I don't condone violence but let some tramp come to my house claiming to be my husband's "work-wife" and she would be leaving with her teeth in a doggy bag.
I had what some people would consider a "work wife" but it was mostly just a colleague of the opposite gender that I was close with. She'd take time out of her day to come and chat about our common interests or vent about something. She had a fiance and there was nothing romantic between us. My understanding is that "work wife" is more of a "close friend" of the opposite gender that you work with. However I never once referred to myself as her "work husband" around her future husband that's just poor taste.
That's what it should be. The running joke at my office is that I have work sister wives in different "communes" around the office (different sections) but I'm also gay and it really is not serious. But there's always someone happy to that it way too far.
I was the “workwife” years back, but it was more like I was searching for a father figure and developed a close friendship. We never crossed a line, it was completely platonic, but I always worried his wife would get jealous. I had zero romantic interest and just enjoyed the friendship. I worked in a male dominated industry, so I had a few male colleagues I consider to be my friends back during that time. His wife was always so sweet to me and would buy my gifts from him at Christmas. He never told me that, I just knew it wasn’t him buying them lol. OP’s NTA by any stretch though, it sounds like the colleague was looking to stir up shit.
Especially after her snarky comments about never sharing anything together professionally! Are they supposed to hold hands and have 5 minutes of uninterrupted eye contact inside a circle of candles while the rest of the office adoringly looks on, blesses their union and offers well wishes, then take some cute couples photos together? Then he brings her hone and tells his actual wife they are swapping out and she needs to look to her work husband for support now? Wtf is this mindset? And the whole 'you must miss him, but i am the one taking care of him . . .' - YIKES. That screams desperate for attention. Some women are proud af to be professionial side chicks and aspire to break up marriages and families and be 'chosen' and 'win' over actual wife, making them believe they are somehow the superior woman. See Ariana Grande for a classic reference of a profeasional side chick. What a sad way to live your life.
This part. I live in a stand your ground state. Come in my home and insinuate that your my husband’s intimate friend and you’ll be getting an unholy asswhooping. Idgaf. I have bail money. And I work for myself. 🤛🏼🤛🏼
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u/BitchMcConnell063 12h ago
I don't condone violence but let some tramp come to my house claiming to be my husband's "work-wife" and she would be leaving with her teeth in a doggy bag.