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Yes. There have been a few men at work that were friends. With one we would go about every fri. after work and have drinks talk about work, etc. Sometimes his wife would join us somtimes my dh would. I have also been to lunch and gone shopping with a guy a work. He might be gay tho.
Pardon my ignorance but what's a DH? A Designated Hitter?
They have a term for these people. They're called work spouses. You don't date them and you never see them outside of work, but they're the person you confide in at work, usually about stuff relating to the workplace, but sometimes about your life outside of work. I think a lot of people need this type of relationship. Although they have a spouse at home, that person doesn't know what it's like to work where you work or maybe they're in a different field and can't always relate. But having a work spouse comes in handy cause you have lunch together, talk about your jobs, your boss, or your coworkers, and that person will be able to understand what you're going through, perhaps better than your partner at home. And in a way, it's good for the person at home. They're spared from having to listen to you complain about work. You dump that on your work spouse instead. As far as limits, I think they should be obvious. Keep the relationship at work and anything you say to that spouse should be things that you could still tell to your partner at home. You've crossed the line when you find yourself telling your work spouse things that you don't want to tell your partner.
i suppose it depends on the field you work in. but i have very close relationships with my colleagues, relationships maintained even after leaving a job.
i have made great friends this way. it is very innocent and i would never consider it cheating.
I agree with the work spouse theory. A friend of mine calls it 'work husband/wife' and yes, I have a work husband.
My last boss was my work husband. We would actually scream at each other like bitter, old married people from time to time. That part was awesome, since I knew the first time it happened and I didn't get fired, that this was a "perk!" Unfortunately, I didn't get 50% of everything when I left. *lol*
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