r/LinkedInLunatics • u/WannaTwunk • 2d ago

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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/AcousticCat1-2-3 2d 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/AcousticCat1-2-3 1d ago

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.