The difference between you and your wife and the vast majority of these claims is that you weren't creepy about it, and you approached the entanglement with respect and a certain amount of humility. I'm sure if your wife had said no, you would have backed right off.

What gets me is the poor judgment on display in all of these cases. Yeah, you did Gwen in HR, good job. I hope you guys blew the roof off the house, because now you get to deal with the entanglements that come with sex in a place you spend most of your waking hours. Are these people truly unable to think that far ahead? If their judgment is so poor in this arena, how am I supposed to trust their judgment in professional matters?

It boggles the mind.

(Also, are you btilly from the xkcd forums? If so, long time no see!)