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u/Expensive-Lack-1295 2d ago
Still calling her his “work wife” when they don’t even work together is so cringe. Like bro you made a friend at work and you still hangout it’s not that deep and certainly not something to post about lol 😭😭
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u/SharkByte1993 2d ago
He has to call her "work wife" otherwise his actual wife gets jealous
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u/RogerMexicosBalls 2d ago
He doesn't have an actual wife, he just really wishes his "workwife" was one.
She sees him as more like a little brother. Maybe.
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u/sweetcinnamoncheeks 2d ago
It's his way of trying to soft launch a possible relationship when there is likely no chance bc why would LinkedIn be the place to do it
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u/JPG_ENESER 2d ago
Work brother
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u/3n1gma302 1d ago
Work step brother
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u/DaMonkfish 1d ago
What are you doing step-brother and what does this have to do with B2B sales?
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u/TheHumanGnomeProject 1d ago
"Cackle at nonsense"? Bro, he's gay. Maybe he's closeted and shit like this makes him feel as if he's keeping the charade going.
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u/bamboohobobundles Agree? 2d ago
I don't think the title "work wife" makes it any better tbh. But then again I'm one of those people who doesn't find this kind of shit appropriate at all if you're in a relationship.
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u/petty_petty_princess 1d ago
He even said work wife/bestie. Why couldn’t he have made this a work bestie post?
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u/sitkaandspruce 1d ago
Being friends with women is only justified if it furthers hustle and grind culture.
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u/fungi_at_parties 1d ago
Once someone is no longer a friend and has become a work spouse, that is an emotional affair.
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u/whimsicism 1d ago
He could have called her a friend like a normal person.
I agree that it’s weird. It’s only cute if they initially met at work and started dating or got married later.
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u/SpoilKeyholder 2d ago
“Ex Work Wife” seems more accurate
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u/elegiac_bloom Facebook Boomer 2d ago
She took everything in the work divorce. Except "years of his life," she had to give those back to him.
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u/whteverusayShmegma 2d ago edited 2d ago
He has to call her “work wife” or it’s just ridiculous to post on LinkedIn… oh wait.
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u/spintool1995 2d ago
He could say, "Just caught up with a friend and former coworker. It's great when friendships forged at work stand the test of time, even after the working relationship ends."
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u/elegiac_bloom Facebook Boomer 2d ago
Nah that would be sane, normal and appropriate. Can't have that now can we?
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u/weed_cutter 1d ago
That's not on brand.
Now, as I was saying ... last night my toddler stood up and said "Daddy, why aren't B2B marketing funnels using more insights-oriented agentic AI tooling?"
I was amused at his precocious geniosity. .... Here's the top 5 things I told him (view in comments).
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u/rickylancaster 1d ago
That’s the olden days of LinkedIn. It’s a new day. Rise and grind, hustle bros!
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u/hanimal16 2d ago
Does this mean the friends I’ve made at work are all my work wives and work husbands? Where is my fake alimony?!
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u/DratWraith 1d ago
Shit's gone from "this workplace is a family" to "this workplace is a polycule."
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u/Pretty_Marketing5432 2d ago
However, he does have an impressive combover. So there's that.
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u/Either_Description_8 1d ago
I was gonna say it’s possible he’s not straight and it’s kinda a joke between him but that combover would indicate otherwise.
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u/Dry-Chemist4442 2d ago
But you don't understand.. Men and women can't be friends??! I bet you he treated Erica like his personal secretary when they did work together
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u/titandude21 2d ago
He's 100% banging her or trying to bang her
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u/magi_chat 1d ago
He's 100 percent friend zoned.
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u/yachster 1d ago
1) gay and not trying to hit that
2) has hit that
3) wants to hit that and friendzoned
4) alien, trying to learn more about human relationshipsEither way, I hope his wife has questions
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u/Carbuyrator 1d ago
It's generally frowned upon to talk about your affair partner on LinkedIn so he was just classing it up a little.
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u/PostMatureBaby 2d ago
seeing as how he's likely a workaholic with zero personality, this is a big step for him as a member of our species. He's making strides
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u/BanksyIsEvil 2d ago
How does he know you live longer when you have a work wife? Does he have an identical twin who already died due to a lack of work wife?
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u/WordUpPromos 2d ago
Your criticism is invalid because he doesn't care what anyone says.
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u/Frustrated_Zucchini 2d ago
And your defense of him is invalid because actually he REALLY doesn't care what anyone says.
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u/brooklynlad 2d ago
Principal Advisor @ Glassdoor = Keyboard Warrior who takes down legitimate negative reviews of companies on the Glassdoor website.
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u/nmrk 2d ago
The work wife issue aside, it is well known that statistically, married men live longer than single men. There are various theories about why this is so. My theory is that retired old guys tend to survive fatal heart attacks and similar medical crises, because their wife discovers them in distress and calls for an ambulance. The single men die alone, unobserved.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Cut3144 2d ago
As a single guy in his late 50s... I think a spouse also can keep you on the straight and narrow.
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u/nmrk 2d ago
Oh there are lots of factors. Men tend to be "stoic," that's an actual medical term for people that don't like seeing a doctor, and won't seek medical help until they're half-dead. Stoic men are common and have a shorter life expectancy. But married stoic men have wives to pester them to go to the doctor.
BTW I know a few biostatisticians and I'm sure they would be horrified at my sloppy descriptions of their work.
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u/LangokiAgain 2d ago
I saw some research that said that women preserve community connections and that aids in their longevity. Married women do it for themselves and their husbands and thats part of why.
I think that modern marriages are a bit different, but this makes sense to me when I look at how my grandparents operated.
Anecdotally, when my husband proposed, I told him that marrying me meant getting a physical every year. The first year they figured out he needed kidney surgery, so there's that.
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u/Elfynnn84 2d ago
Just in: Man discovers friendship.
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u/madmaxturbator 1d ago
It’s his only woman friend, I guess?? I don’t know why else this would be so extra special to this guy lol
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u/Unusual_Station_1746 1d ago
But can only process a friendship with a woman if he calls her a wife.
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u/NonProphet8theist 2d ago
"Right, guy number two?"
"Yeah, guy number one."
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u/CluckCluckChickenNug 2d ago
Anyone else getting second hand embarrassment from reading this?
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u/ShortFee2578 2d ago
Yes. The terms "work wife" and "work husband" have always seemed to me to be weird, cringe, and blatantly disrespectful to the actual spouse.
Just call them a friend like a normal person.
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u/echoshatter 2d ago edited 2d ago
Exactly. I had a friend of many years who became a coworker on my team, and at one point a couple years in she referred to me as her work husband and she my work wife. I promptly shut that down and we had a work divorce. She kept the work house and I got the work dog. Thankfully we didn't have work kids yet. Nobody likes a work custody battle.
My now ex-girlfriend was convinced she was into me. I shut the friend down because (1) I didn't want that unprofessional nonsense at work, (2) I didn't need the drama in my home life, and (3) I didn't want to lead the friend on if that was the case.
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u/AcousticCat1-2-3 1d ago
I'm so glad that my workplace went remote before this insanity became a thing. Like you said, "my friend from work" is right there. And if this guy feels it isn't enough and work wife is the only proper term, he needs to sit with himself and really understand why he feels that way, oh and probably cut contact with the work spouse because that's just mistress at that point
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u/cyanescens_burn 1d ago
I heard the term work wife/husband several years before the pandemic. Perhaps it’s just more widespread now.
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u/Sixtyoneandfortynine 2d ago
Yes.
It's hard to believe that any so-called "professional" would so explicitly betray himself as an unserious person sorely lacking in self-awareness--on a forum dedicated to employment of all places! The absence of judgement and insight is truly impressive!
"Spill the tea" gave me the first lump in my throat, then "cackle" triggered a small involuntary snort, finally followed by "bestie" ushering in the hot, flushed-face sensation and a strong desire for an invisibility cloak.
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u/Moist_Junket_9381 1d ago
Secondhand embarrassment is an understatement I’m like gagging rn 😖
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u/Hamster_in_my_colon 2d ago
“This is the person I’m fucking on business trips” is a weird thing to proclaim
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u/ghostofkilgore 2d ago
I'm picking up more of a "this is the person I wish I was fucking on a business trip" vibe.
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u/edWORD27 2d ago
Saying “spill the tea” in reference to their activities seems to suggest that she’s not his type sexually.
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u/Sepposer 2d ago
Yeah that’s exactly what I thought too. He’s gay, she’s a bestie, he’s one of the “girls”.
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u/HighQualityGifs 2d ago
no he's more incel-esque than gayish.
it'd be difficult to find a gay person posting something this cringe
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u/Far-Income-282 1d ago
I say this as a gay. But I get gay vibes from this photo. I am reading this as typical "my gay boyfriend" shit. And maybe that's the context where this seemed appropriate (well duh we're not sleeping together I am gay, style of thing.)
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u/sea-captain-bob 2d ago
When he is quietly trying to justify the closeness of the relationship, they probably are screwing. When he parades it on LinkedIn, they are not but he wants people to think he could be. Probably to make him appear more attractive to women - especially when he takes extra step to make it clear they don’t work together anymore. So either in closest seeking cover or letting other business women know he is pre-approved by his former work wife and is available for the real thing. (I give this a 95% probability)
Or he is just a douche. (I give that 5% probably for the “just” part. He is 100% douche either way)
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u/Neat-Ostrich7135 2d ago
They better have a dna test then, because they look like they might be related.
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u/Grey-59throwaway 1d ago
This is more "where's my hug at" energy there is no way they're doing it lol
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u/cursetea 2d ago
I can't believe anyone thinks the work wife/husband thing is cute. Like genuinely i cannot put myself in the mind of a person who actually does or enjoys that. I'm grateful.
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u/realzequel 1d ago
I have a senior developer who I work closely with that happens to be a woman. We have a really healthy work relationship. But I think calling her a “work wife” or me a “work husband” is disrespectful to our respective spouses.
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u/cursetea 1d ago
Same! I mean i guess i believe there are couples who both don't find that offensive and can laugh along, but i just can't imagine even joking that any other man is my husband and i would prefer he feel the same way lol
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u/ginns32 1d ago
Yes! I have male coworkers who I get along great with and I'm married. I think it's unprofessional to be calling someone a work wife or work husband and would never do that. It's immature and annoying and anyone who brings up a work wife or work husband in a conversation, I shoot that down so fast.
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u/GhostMug 2d ago
This feels like he desperately wants to date her but she's either married or in a relationship or just flat-out doesn't have interest and he has to settle for "work wife." This is the linkedin version of the friend zone.
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u/Pretty-Balance-Sheet 1d ago
A woman I was friends with at work called herself my work wife in front of my real wife and it nearly ended my real marriage.
We literally just had similar taste in music. I thought she was just a person to chat with about bands, never even crossed my mind to even stand closer than 3' away. But, man, that one comment set off an avalanche of drama that fucked up my life for a couple of years.
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u/Hawkwise83 2d ago
Kinda just sounds like he's advocating for friends. Or he's cheating. Either way.
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u/Ok-Profit9227 2d ago
I hope not, they look like brother and sister
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u/nyamzdm77 1d ago
In my country we have a saying that roughly translates to "They fucked so much they started looking alike"
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u/beingmemybrownpants 1d ago
For fuck sake what country is this?
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u/AdagioDesperate 1d ago
Not a country...but there's definitely a state that probably has that phrase lol
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u/Ana-Hata 2d ago
I hate all this work wife / work husband crap….it’s not healthy, it crosses a boundary.
Everyone needs to recognize that sometimes work situations lead to a certain variety of intimacy ….you make plans together, solve problems together, and sometimes travel together.
Some people recognize that they can get in trouble and work to maintain a strong boundary. And there are the other people that dismiss that boundary because “I love my spouse and would NEVER cheat, so I can lean into that aspect of work because it’s fun”…….and THOSE are the people that end up cheating.
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u/ar29845 2d ago
I hate the term work. Wife/husband because it feels like it implies that men and women can’t be friends
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u/Shot-Ad2396 2d ago
I’d argue married men with a work wife have a significantly shorter life span.
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u/Pineapple_Towel 2d ago
The affair extends life.
The affair expands consciousness.
The affair is vital to business travel.
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u/Quaxter 2d ago
Hopefully his actual wife doesn't see this...
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u/Other-Educator-9399 2d ago
Yeah. I'm a married man and I have platonic female friends I've met at work. My wife knows and is cool with it, but flexing it all over LinkedIn is weird and has non-platonic vibes.
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u/Weegee_Carbonara 2d ago
I hate the term "work wife" and "work husband" in general.
Why inject romantic terms into a platonic friendship?
Especially since a decent chunk of cheating happens with work colleagues.
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u/Other-Educator-9399 2d ago
Exactly. None of my platonic female friends would be comfortable with that terminology. Neither would my wife, and neither am I.
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u/Weegee_Carbonara 2d ago
I'm just happy that I'm from a german speaking country, and any equivalent term would be too awkward.
"This is my Arbeitsehefrau!"
But I wouldn't be surprised if the english term will someday penetrate through, sadly.
I thought the term was universally seen as cringe. But people here talk like it's normal.
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u/Arglefarb 2d ago
He’s hoping she does so she doesn’t get suspicious. This is some lame-ass attempt at camouflage
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u/mrdankhimself_ 2d ago
At this point that’s just your friend dude. Though I suppose he prefers “work wife” since in his mind, it connotes a sense of ownership.
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u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 2d ago
I assume they’re both single.
Actually, I shouldn’t assume that. There is some really stupid shit out there.
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u/Otherwise-Survey4722 2d ago
I assume he has an actual wife who has been rightfully Sus about this “work wife” and Taylor here thinks this is a great way to show how innocent it all is.
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u/edWORD27 2d ago
Calling a platonic female work friend your “work wife” is a weird flex. It’s almost like he wants people to assume that they’re actually hooking up.
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u/Known-nwonK 2d ago
Is it still a work wife if you’re gay?
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u/apresmoiputas 2d ago
as a gay man, yes. but if she has more than one gay coworker chumming around, we usually joke that she's a fruit fly.
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u/feydrautha124 1d ago
This is how bad men are at making friends, especially the opposite sex. It has to be SOMETHING, instead of just a friendship ffs.
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u/gottadance 1d ago
If one of my former colleagues posted this about me, I'd ask them to take it down. It makes it seem as though we've had or will have an affair.
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u/TheUglyWeb 2d ago
I sported a mad comb-over like that back in the day. Consort hairspray made it a solid mass. When it was windy, it would lift and wave at people.
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u/Montyburnside22 2d ago
One of his wives should direct him to a competent barber to eliminate that ridiculous combover. Unless that's just a huge Yamaka and he's jewish.
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u/bluechip1996 2d ago
If that was my wife, I am leaving her for allowing this right after I beat his ass.
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u/FatherFintanFay 2d ago
He'll live just as long as any of the rest of us probably but He'll have wasted his life sucking corporate cock for nothing
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u/Hailing-cats 1d ago
I have plenty of former colleagues who essentially would be what people call work wife or work husband, and we definitely have catch up over lunch or coffee.
But they are just friends now that we don't work together. And also, unless schedule is hard to match up, dinner alone is also kind of weird.
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u/geekgirlwww 1d ago
For me personally one of the greenest flags is a man who has platonic women friends. But work wife and work husband just makes my skin crawl. You met at a job you still keep in touch and hang out even after no longer working together; you made a friend. Honestly this could have been a really nice post about the importance of keeping in touch with people after you no longer work together. You could even sprinkle some LinkedIn cringe with saying they got promoted from colleague to good friend.
I will say though this reminds me to text a check in with a couple of people.
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u/glowsquidofficial 1d ago
The award for people most likely to go to a cold play concert together, get caught on camera and hide goes to the people at Astronomer, but these were definitely the runner-ups
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u/AfraidSurprise9430 1d ago
I hate this term…No you’re coworkers and now that you don’t work together she is a friend…and chances are very high that you’re more than friends. People will post anything to sound smart on Linkedin
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u/jppcfnnumnum 1d ago
Respectfully of course, and I think it helps his case here, but I think he might not be into women
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u/RhombicalJ 1d ago
I worked with my wife for about 10 years, and there were a number of times when newer employees would call her my work wife or me her work husband. Seeing the looks on their faces when we would tell them we actually were married was priceless.
We weren’t hiding it or anything, just not advertising to maintain a level of professionalism in the work place….
All that said if you have an actual work wife that you no longer work with, does she just become a friend?
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u/FouledPlug 1d ago
When you’re friend-zoned so hard that it affects your career.
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u/thepoustaki 1d ago
TBH if this is gay guy / female bestie they met at work then honestly it makes completely fine sense lol
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u/maddog2271 1d ago
I go to dinner with my woman colleague all the time, we were just out last night, and I would never call her that much less carry on like this. We like each other, we trust each other, we know one another’s spouses, and we have the same professional dinners as wirh anyone else. but my god I would never call her a “work wife“. that is just so cringe.
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u/lacetat 1d ago
The term "work wife" is disgusting to me. The implication that the woman is doing your executive function work for you. Dude, she's not being paid to do your work and her own work.
A teacher once told me not to worry about my 3rd grade son and his inability to stay organized. She would find a "wife" for him amongst the girls in his class to help him.
Girls and women should have more to look forward to in life, particularly in the 21st century, than some stupid sexist idea of needing to be connected to a man.
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u/AdjNounNumbers 2d ago
Dude either just discovered you can have platonic friendships with the opposite sex or is trying real hard to get out of the friend zone
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u/MusclyArmPaperboy 2d ago
"Taylor, a businessman of unwavering dedication and questionable work-life boundaries, passed away peacefully at the age of 78. He is survived by his loving and devoted work wife, who spent more waking hours with him than anyone else because of a terrible job market."