I've come across this funny and yet partly-true article about someone who work at home missing office romance - Work at Home: The Ugly Truth by Andy Borowitz, a comedian and NYTimes writer.

Gone are the liquor-fueled holiday parties and the team-building retreats that have traditionally served as the tinderboxes for employee-on-employee passion. Gone, too, are the monthly budget meetings, where passed notes and stolen glances often lead to more - so much more. Lonely and isolated, the home-based employee will start looking for love in all the wrong places. And therein lies the ugly truth of working at home: when you're your own boss, you have no one to sexually harass but yourself.

Consider my story a cautionary tale. When I got the opportunity to start working at home a couple of years ago, I jumped at the chance, envisioning the huge Spike in productivity that would naturally result from not having to shave or put on pants. In those early, innocent days, I was putting in robust eight-hour workdays, interrupted only by lunch and semi-hourly visits to YouTube. But then, after three days of this happy routine, everything changed in an instant. After using the bathroom one morning, I caught sight of myself in the mirror and, almost without thinking, I uttered these two fateful words: "Looking good."

When I got back to my desk, I was rattled. Perhaps my comment to myself in the bathroom had merely been friendly, but a part of me felt that it was inappropriate. And that come-hither expression on my face was unmistakable: I had seen it many times before, most notably on my Match.com profile. No, there could be little doubt: I was my own boss, and I was hitting on myself.

Seriously, I believe a lot of single people who are working from home are also suffering from such situation. If you're too busy taking calls and checking emails and there's no office mate to wink at or no office parties to get a chance to meet hot secretaries or hunky department supervisors, how do you find yourself a date? As shallow as this may sound, personally, I think it's still important to be also successful with your lovelife. It can be one major source of inspiration to work harder.

So for those interested, here are some tips that can be viable solutions to this question - how do you manage to have a lovelife, a successful lovelife if you're busy with your home based business?

- Opt to co-work every now and then

- Join organization or clubs with people with same interests as yours say badminton associations, writer clubs, virtual assistant organization, blogger eyeballs, etc.

- Consider online dating, if you know how to keep yourself safe that is

- Avoid missing family gatherings or friend party invites

- Get a gym membership and go there, of course

Apparently, it's not so different from the socialization methods employed by a non-home-based-worker.

Have other tips to keep the love ball rolling while taking care of a home based business?