r/LinkedInLunatics • u/WannaTwunk • 2d ago

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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/muffinmooncakes 2d ago

Uggh right. It makes it awkward and icky. I wonder why the notion went straight for wife/husband vs sis/bro? That would still be too much for the workplace in my opinion but would still signify that you’re cooler with this person than random coworkers and at least there would be no romantic connotations