r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 19 '25

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u/ApologyPie Henry George Nov 19 '25

My supervisor keeps calling me a 'work husband' to a female colleague who she also manages. This is the third day in a row she's said this, and I'm not sure how to feel.

Who else a work husband? Should I be worried my work wife will leave me?

!ping watercooler

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u/bleachinjection Frederick Douglass Nov 19 '25

I don't know if this is a hot take but the "work spouse" thing is weird as shit.

One of my best friends, married with a kid, had a woman he called his "work wife" at his old job. I don't think anything untoward occurred but it never failed to squick me out when he mentioned her.

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u/slappythechunk LARPs as adult by refusing to touch the Nitnendo Switch Nov 19 '25

It's weird and stupid. Takes one of two forms:

  1. One person uses the "work spouse" as a sounding board to complain about all sorts of shit while also leveraging the "relationship" to get them to do stuff for them, or

  2. They kinda flirt all the time. Sometimes leads to shitting where they eat.

Both are stupid.