My "work wife" recently left my company and I cannot help feel depressed. I miss her! I wish I had known this before so I could have tried convincing her to stay.

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Can’t believe I haven’t seen a single comment condemning/disagreeing with this.

Wtf everyone. Be faithful to your partners, infidelity is a terrible thing that destroys many things, and the world works in strange ways, people don’t get away with anything in the long run.

If this is just a friendship that you’re calling a work wife, then apologies.

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M1, this is the manager that was crushing on his former colleague when they’re both married*

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I want a work wife too. It’ll be just like my real wife - no sex and mad at me all the time for no reason.

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Hmmm that's wierd. I guess you guys were not that close that she never shared about other opportunities and that she was planning to leave

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Well thats no reason to convince them to stay just cos we miss them. Unfortunately our work life is so long, you may run into them again. Chin up!

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Are you the same manager who’s married and who’s work wife views their LinkedIn daily?

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No, a lot of judgement for op. It’s like he’s actively seeking validation to cheat and pursue this. If that’s really what you want, man up and tell your wife you’d like to see other people or whatever you need to say to be honest. There’s no need to blow up other peoples lives with cheating.

Secondly, it may not be physical, but you are emotionally lusting after this attention. Maybe it’s just the attention and validation you’re seeking. Either way, still sounds like something to sort out with yourself or your wife before sorting out with a third party.

I don’t even know how to respond to this

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Doesn’t OP have an actual wife 🙄

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Never seen more disrespect for spouses (real ones) than in this Confession Bowl. Heathens

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I want a work husband too…

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You gonna leave too OP?

Seems to me like your work wife cheated on you😂. Time to move on I guess.

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I know she was forced to leave...we discussed her boomeranging back here in a year or two. But its going to be a long year or two without her. She starts her new job tomorrow

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You can find a new work spouse. They’ll help you pass the time at work and provide the social/emotional peer support.

It would probably be odd if you were too attached to a work spouse after your working relationship ended…

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Someone made fun of my work wife’s haircut and I drove over to his house and slapped him mid-Zoom meeting

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I can’t tell if this is real or not…

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Wtf with this work wife

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I want a work husband 🙁

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I’ve missed my work husband so much in the pandemic but not enough to actually go to the office and see him 😂😂😂😂 it’s funny bc my real life SO asks about him.

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OP, you have to find other reasons to stay connected with her 😀! Go take photography classes together ❤️

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Right. Her SO still works at my firm

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I get it

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What do you guys do as work husband/wife?

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IYKYK!

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Must be a bad work marriage if she didn’t tell you beforehand lol just saying

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