Cleopatra Jones

@Bubbles, the reason your Irish friend had not heard of Irish twins….

I’m pretty sure that the phrase ‘Irish Twins’ is an ethnic/religious slur against the Irish.

Irish twins has to do with the fact that many Irish immigrants often had large families, sometimes with many of the children close together. So it became a way for non-Irish, Protestants to poke fun at the poor, illiterate Irish teeming on the American shores.

You can Google the ethnic/religious slurs && treatment leveled at the Irish during their mass migration to the U.S from about the late 1800’s to the turn of the century.
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A lot of times in the U.S. we grow up hearing things that are clearly slurs and we don’t even think about their origins. I can think of quite a few slurs that people (to this day) still say and act like it’s not a big deal.
1. jew someone down, jew someone
2. gyp, jip someone
3. Indian giver
4. Paddy wagon
5. The use of the N-word in any context
6. Redskin
7. Beaner or wetbacks

Just saying… don’t continue to perpetuate the stereotypes.

Ok, I can try. 🙂
She could end up in a bad spot for a number of reasons. First, he’s your manager so the power dynamic in a relationship with him will never be equal. He has the ability to fire you if the ‘relationship’ goes sour or at least make your life a living hell at work. You also don’t want your co-workers to start gossiping about your relationship. It’s absolutely horrible to hear people say that the only reason you achieved X is because you slept with the boss (and trust me, they always say that).
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Secondly, he’s married. You seriously don’t want to be the other woman because when it all comes out, he’ll likely stay with his wife and then you are going to be really pissed and bitter about the situation. Even if he left his wife for you, you wouldn’t ever be able trust him. I always tell friends that are in this situation…if you met him when he was cheating on another woman then you don’t get to be surprised or hurt when he cheats on you because you knew who he was.
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Sarah seems like she might be young, so all of this could just be “OMG-my-boss-is-sooooo-hot & cool-for-an-old-dude”, because we’ve all been there. She just shouldn’t act on those raging young adult/teen hormones and she will be fine. Back in the day, when I was in the military…I had the HOTS for one of my drill sergeants. Seriously, I couldn’t even talk to him because I was so sure that my clothes would fall off in his mere presence. 😉 It was crazy but shortly after I left basic training, I was over him. I think I was so drawn to him because he was a grown up doing grown up things (raising a family and working on a career) and the young men I knew and dated weren’t yet at that level. That and the fact, that I love a physically fit man in uniform. 
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Sarah, it will be hard but don’t get into a physical or emotional relationship with him. Just figure out WHY you are attracted to him and then look for that (assuming it’s a healthy trait) in other relationships with men who are available to date you.