Does the idea (or fact) of your SO having a Work Wife or Work Husband bother you? Why or why not?

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I hate those words. I use friends and partner in crime instead.

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Going to say it again but I hate the term work spouse 🥴

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I never really understood what this term means vs work friend

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As long as the relationship generally stays at work or stays platonic, I would not have any issues with it. I feel like it can be a dangerous line to walk if they spend too much time outside of work or communicating too much about anything outside of work. I have had experiences in the past where work friends become more than work friends and people end up cheating.

That’s fair, i don’t like the terminology either to be honest. If you’re good friends, best friends etc. just say so don’t make the relationship more than that by giving it names that make it seem like more.

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Addressing all comments so far: So I also prefer to say friend because that’s what I actually mean, but it seems like there are different definitions of WW/WH depending on who you ask. I always took it to mean someone that you would otherwise date if you didn’t both work for the same company and/or weren’t committed to other people.

Nope! He’s got a work husband and 2 work wives. Love that it makes him happy since he works so much.

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