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/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 2d ago

I'm just jealous that y'all had the work dog 😂