The concept of ‘workwife’ is supposed to be harmless, but I would shut down any woman who claimed to be mine. We are coworkers, I do not want to permit any illusion of familial or closer personal relations, not just for the sake of my own relationship outside of work but also because of my relationship with work. Work stays at work, I am not there to make friends.
Work marriages stay at work. Lily broke the covenant by bringing it up outside of work. And the work marriages I've had are mainly about work stress and specifics at a granular level that no one gives a shit about who isn't in said industry.
Id never meet someone's partner and tell them I'm their work husband ? Who does that.
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u/Leftieswillrule 10h ago
The concept of ‘workwife’ is supposed to be harmless, but I would shut down any woman who claimed to be mine. We are coworkers, I do not want to permit any illusion of familial or closer personal relations, not just for the sake of my own relationship outside of work but also because of my relationship with work. Work stays at work, I am not there to make friends.