Have you ever crossed the line with your work spouse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Work spouse” is like “emotional affair” - two made up concepts.

How is this made up?

[Anonymous]

No and no. Though we have evolved past work spouses and I am now his “life wife.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Work spouse” is like “emotional affair” - two made up concepts.

How is this made up?

the same way "Love" and "spouse" are made up concepts. But who cares? Mother's day is a "made up holiday" ... right? So is Christmas and Easter and Diwali and Rosh Hashanah. We celebrate them.

So this concept of a spouse is something people made up, or defined in a certain way. We can make up other categories, too. Like "Work Spouse" or, as I like to call them, Wouses. And emotional affairs -- just another name for love if you ask me. We have no limit on love. But our concept - as defined by society - likes to limit us to one person at a time. So no wouse for you.

xxoo love you all I don't have a wouse I do have a spouse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband had a work spouse. Turns out they were f-ing eachother.

That's not a work spouse. That's an affair. You talk about your affairs to your work spouse...two different people/concepts.

So, my husband always had a work spouse. Always. Until I had an affair. Then never heard another word about work wives. Is it likely that he had a work (emotional or sexual) affair?

If you had an affair, then he probably did too. In fact, I'm sure of it.

why?

[Anonymous]

FFS, I hate that term work spouse. You have co-workers, friends, crushes, and APs - so call it what it is. And NEVER use that phrase with your actual spouse - it just shows how little you think of your relationship.

[Anonymous]

Had a situation with someone that I thought of as a beloved work spouse. We were very close and could finish each other's and other people's sentences. So much fun. But then I released the person in question did not actually work with me or work anywhere. It was quite the shock. When I told them, they got very flustered, pretending to be confused and asking me who I was and did we know each other. "Im sorry, I think you have mistaken me for someone else" and all this Who Struck John. BTDT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had a situation with someone that I thought of as a beloved work spouse. We were very close and could finish each other's and other people's sentences. So much fun. But then I released the person in question did not actually work with me or work anywhere. It was quite the shock. When I told them, they got very flustered, pretending to be confused and asking me who I was and did we know each other. "Im sorry, I think you have mistaken me for someone else" and all this Who Struck John. BTDT.

WTF are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

As far as I’m concerned, calling somebody your work spouse is crossing the line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had a situation with someone that I thought of as a beloved work spouse. We were very close and could finish each other's and other people's sentences. So much fun. But then I released the person in question did not actually work with me or work anywhere. It was quite the shock. When I told them, they got very flustered, pretending to be confused and asking me who I was and did we know each other. "Im sorry, I think you have mistaken me for someone else" and all this Who Struck John. BTDT.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had a situation with someone that I thought of as a beloved work spouse. We were very close and could finish each other's and other people's sentences. So much fun. But then I released the person in question did not actually work with me or work anywhere. It was quite the shock. When I told them, they got very flustered, pretending to be confused and asking me who I was and did we know each other. "Im sorry, I think you have mistaken me for someone else" and all this Who Struck John. BTDT.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say.

TIA. Am saying the individual I assumed to be my work spouse, in a marriage of sorts in the workplace, turned out not to be working there, or anywhere, which was quite a bolt of out of the blue. So when I asked them how come (and where the job went), they claimed not to know who I was and went into all this silly business about a case of mistaking identities, so we agreed to disagree for the moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Work spouse” is like “emotional affair” - two made up concepts.

How is this made up?

the same way "Love" and "spouse" are made up concepts. But who cares? Mother's day is a "made up holiday" ... right? So is Christmas and Easter and Diwali and Rosh Hashanah. We celebrate them.

So this concept of a spouse is something people made up, or defined in a certain way. We can make up other categories, too. Like "Work Spouse" or, as I like to call them, Wouses. And emotional affairs -- just another name for love if you ask me. We have no limit on love. But our concept - as defined by society - likes to limit us to one person at a time. So no wouse for you.

xxoo love you all I don't have a wouse I do have a spouse.

Lol. Please post lots! Keep wouses coming!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had a situation with someone that I thought of as a beloved work spouse. We were very close and could finish each other's and other people's sentences. So much fun. But then I released the person in question did not actually work with me or work anywhere. It was quite the shock. When I told them, they got very flustered, pretending to be confused and asking me who I was and did we know each other. "Im sorry, I think you have mistaken me for someone else" and all this Who Struck John. BTDT.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say.

TIA. Am saying the individual I assumed to be my work spouse, in a marriage of sorts in the workplace, turned out not to be working there, or anywhere, which was quite a bolt of out of the blue. So when I asked them how come (and where the job went), they claimed not to know who I was and went into all this silly business about a case of mistaking identities, so we agreed to disagree for the moment.

So weird.

[Anonymous]

Well the story thickens. It turns out they do, repeat do, work there, but now they say they are not my spouse and don't even recognize me. Back to the drawing table! LOL

[Anonymous]

I have had two work spouses. One was gay. The other I could tell started having feelings for me, we were both married. We held hands once but otherwise nothing happened but I could tell he was jealous when I was hanging out with a platonic male friend in my office who also worked at our company. His wife would stop by occasionally and she would give me dirty looks. He and I stopped chatting when I left the job.

[Anonymous]

Well he’s my husband now so I guess yes