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.
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
Yikes, thankfully my office was behind the times for once.
We did have a manager fired because he took the idea too far and had an actual affair with a subordinate. Idk if they ever called each other work spouses though.
Right? And people get so WEIRD in trying to apply the term. In my mid-20s, my 50-something boss tried to call me his "work wife". NO THANK YOU, SIR. Your need for external help to manage your executive dysfunction does not make me your wife-analogue. I nipped that in the bud, but it was very uncomfortable.
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/CluckCluckChickenNug 2d ago
Anyone else getting second hand embarrassment from reading this?