"Work Wives" and "Work Husbands"

[Sinestro]

Someone posted in a separate topic about having a "work wife" at work. What is that all about?

Is it a common practice at the workplace?

Do you have a "work wife" or "work husband" at your job? Does your significant other know about it and what do they think of it?

And what do your co-workers think about you and the other being a psuedo couple at work?

[RhinoinMN]

I have a wife and at work I have a "work husband". There are no women at my workplace. I have to make the best with what I have.

[furie]

Yeah, this is somewhat common. I don't have a work wife. actually i don't really have any female friends. My job is filled mostly with men. But of the two female that i do work with, one does have a "work marriage" to one of the other guys. It's cute and all, they have lunch together, hang out in eachother's cube's, that sort of thing.

[Foster]

I never heard of this before.
If I only hang out with guys at my job am I considered a "work-homo"?
Is there such a thing as a "work-divorce"? And is alimony necessary if "work-kids" are involved?

[Bossanova]

I never heard of this before.
If I only hang out with guys at my job am I considered a "work-homo"?
Is there such a thing as a "work-divorce"? And is alimony necessary if "work-kids" are involved?

Your as much of a work homo as I am a board homo

[furie]

I never heard of this before.
If I only hang out with guys at my job am I considered a "work-homo"?
Is there such a thing as a "work-divorce"? And is alimony necessary if "work-kids" are involved?

this usually happens in an office environment.
do you work in an office or an outside setting?

[grlNIN]

If my boyfriend or i ever had a "work marriage" it would be the end of either the job or the relationship.

I don't see why you would foster that kind of relationship in a work atmosphere, then again im only 23 and i work with 5 female nurses.


But yeah i would probably be really pissed/upset if i found out my boyfriend had basically an alternate version of me at his job that he played out a phony relationship with. Vice versa.

[Foster]

this usually happens in an office environment.
do you work in an office or an outside setting?

I work in a office.
There are women there I'm friends with, but no one I would consider a "work-wife". Any man and women in my office acting in the manner described are usually dating or having an affair.
At least those are the rumors I spread.

[Tall_James]

I've had several "work wives". They've been very helpful in picking out gifts for my actual wife.

However, the spectre of impropriety always hangs over the relationship, making it very hard to maintain in an office.

When you leave the job, its a clean divorce because if you continue to contact this person it is actual shenanigans.

[Franklyn]

I definitely have had this happen with my lead actresses from project to project. I guess I am a work polygamist.

[A.J.]

I'm the "Work Loner".

[topless_mike]

i see nothing wrong with the work wife or work husband.
2 people just happen to click and help each other get through the work day.

now if you are going to the motel for a nooner, thats a different story.
but if my wife had a guy friend at work that she always had lunch with, or went to the mall with during lunch, i would not have any problems with that.

[angrymissy]

If my boyfriend or i ever had a "work marriage" it would be the end of either the job or the relationship.

I don't see why you would foster that kind of relationship in a work atmosphere, then again im only 23 and i work with 5 female nurses.


But yeah i would probably be really pissed/upset if i found out my boyfriend had basically an alternate version of me at his job that he played out a phony relationship with. Vice versa.

I have worked corporate for almost 10 years now, and I agree with you.

[Furtherman]

I work with a lot of women. I have a work harem. I'll occasionally offer them advice about their relationships when they ask, but for the most part I keep out of their business. I've learned not to shit where I eat as well. But damn, I'm hungry.

[Knowledged_one]

The work wife thing is nothing sexual and has nothing to with it. Its just a phrase, the girl that was my work wife got hired a week after i did, same position and we sat next to each other with a divider between us. We worked on some of the same projects and helped each other through things during that time. We ate lunch together every day (with 3 other "work couples") and just had a good time together. I helped her through tough times and she did the same for me. It was never like i would buy her flowers or she would buy me stuff. I mean we did get each other christmas presents but it was just stupid stuff. I was at her wedding. And when i left that job we were both very sad I still keep in touch with her but it was just a close friendship. In fact when i left i gave her some prize that i won at work, and she gave me her Bubbles from the Powder Puff Girls (which i still keep on my desk). Never did my g/f or her fiancee have a problem with it because they knew it was just us being friends but we just called it work husband and work wife. If people are that insecure with their relationship that they feel threatened because of something harmless well maybe you need to take a look in the mirror and deal with your own insecurities

And the first time i heard of it was in a King of Queens episode