Work Husband
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Does anyone have a work husband or wife? Are they just a fun, beneficial work relationship or do they tend to lead to something more scandalous?
I have a work husband! It's a really great friendship/working relationship and nothing more (because we're both taken, and he's gay as an easter bonnet). I highly recommend it :bigsmile:0 -
I have a work husband! It works well - but I assume that's because away from work, he is friends with my SO and I am with his as well.0
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Keeps work interesting for sure0
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lol just watched "King of Queens" about the work husband/wifeLOL, me too!!! "We'll share a margarita too!!"
"If anything, you're MY work wife".0 -
My work husband is now my real husband too!0
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I have a work husband. Was asked once by a customer if we were married because we argue/tease like a married couple. We have a pretty good relationship, and while I think he's a cutie, I would never cross the line because I respect him and his wife too much. He also gets along well with my husband, and my youngest son thinks the world of him. I've been down the path of infidelity, and would never put anyone through what I went through.0
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My sister does, but it's because she works at a nursing home where some of the residents were making up crazy stories about her being the 'other woman' etc. So she has a work 'husband' to be able to say "no, that wasn't me. I'm married to him." She's not married yet wears a wedding band to 'prove it' hehe.
Like some others here, my hubs and I work at the same place, so I have a real hubby at work. I don't think people would even think we were married if they didn't know our last names.0 -
We have them around our office (I don't have one yet since I only started here about 5 months ago). It's just something fun a way to lighten the office environment.0
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Lol, the person who mentioned the King of Queens episode...oh my gosh, I forgot about that! When I worked it was inevitable that I would have a "work husband" because I worked in a predominantly male field. So during the course of my one job I had two different "work husbands." One was in a serious relationship and the other was single. Never crossed any lines with either of them. Just fun guy friends to grab lunch with. I think it helped that my husband had met and hung out with both of them so it wasn't an issue for us.0
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several.
if i get anymore work divorces i won't have anything left of my k3yb0rd
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I have a work hubby. We are awesome friends and can really trust each other with issues or for an honest opinion. Love his family as well!0
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I was totally a work husband back when I was a teacher, and my work wife was a fantastic woman. There was nothing romantic about this relationship or anything like that. She was just a good friend for whom I fulfilled the "masculine" role at work that a husband might at home - listening to her problems, lifting heavy things, etc
In this age of increased specialization, many of us benefit from having someone we can turn to that actually understands our job. My wife never really understood just how crazy my day was as a teacher, but my "work wife" did. We could laugh, joke, maybe innocently flirt a little, and then go back to our real spouses, to whom we were each deeply devoted. I did not routinely refer to this coworker as my work wife, but my actual wife was fully aware of our friendship, and she did not feel threatened by it.
I have seen cases of a work husband/wife escalating into something more, but cheaters are going to cheat. If this is a potential problem, then the couple needs to look at their relationship and see what they can do to fix it.0 -
I am in a trade association and we joke about having assocation husbands/wives since many times we are at education/networking events without our spouses. But our spouses all know each other and get along great - we have had numerous events/trips where all our spouses came. Our association "spouses" are dinner escorts and would protect us in a heartbeat.0
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several.
if i get anymore work divorces i won't have anything left of my k3yb0rd
LOL!0 -
I've had several ( I worked in a job where we moved branches a lot) and it was always about work. My fiance works for that same company still (I moved on to something that doesn't require me to cope with lack of time for real relationships by creating pseudo relationships with people you won't realistically keep in touch with) and I know most of his former/current work wives. Some are really good friends of mine, some I've had a tinge of jealousy about (mainly because I actually know them and they like what other people have- gets under my skin every long once in a while) and the ones I don't know I've had the fiance explain very specifically their relationship if I feel it's one too many texts after work. I know it's in my head- because I know the job and it's just like that. One of them who I hadn't met yet at the time, he explained it and turns out- she is my personality twin. Hence why they got along so well, and is exactly why I like her so much now.0
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know what a work spouse is ... never had one personally .. I have HOWEVER had a work "mom" .. She was litterally old enough to be my mother.. to quote from her the day I was "adopted" ... " you know I like you better than my OWN kids.... i think im adopting you!!" Its been a mother/son relationship ever since....Id get the "where is your coat young man!" and the thermos of chicken noodle soup that would almost always happen when I had a cold to she was the listening ear when my second child was born 2 months premature and I needed to talk about my fears.. These kind of relationships are good within bounds.. There has to be a mutual signal in place if either party starts to sprout "feelings"
I have had work moms before! They are awesome. I have had a gay-husband at work. But never a straight man.0 -
know what a work spouse is ... never had one personally .. I have HOWEVER had a work "mom" .. She was litterally old enough to be my mother.. to quote from her the day I was "adopted" ... " you know I like you better than my OWN kids.... i think im adopting you!!" Its been a mother/son relationship ever since....Id get the "where is your coat young man!" and the thermos of chicken noodle soup that would almost always happen when I had a cold to she was the listening ear when my second child was born 2 months premature and I needed to talk about my fears.. These kind of relationships are good within bounds.. There has to be a mutual signal in place if either party starts to sprout "feelings"
That is sweet... I have a work Mom. Much more worried about me and caring about me than my own Mom. Love her like a Mom.
Don't have a work hubby.0 -
my husband HATES this new work husband, work wife thing... i don't have one, neither does he... but we saw it on king of queens, happy endings & there was an article abt it in last month's shape (or women's health, can't remember which)...
funny on sitcoms... probably not the best idea in real life0 -
One husband is enough for me!!
I hear that
My real husband used to call certain guys at my job my "work" husband and I would correct him and say they are my brothers!0 -
My work husband is my husband... we both work at home!0
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