The Honest Boss on whether close work relationships really stay platonic.
really“My partner and his colleague are extremely close, often referring to one another as their ‘work husband/wife’. At first I found it harmless, but now the paranoia is creeping in. They text frequently outside of working hours, often hanging out for after-work drinks. I trust my partner implicitly, but I feel a little weird about someone else being referred to as his ‘wife’.
Your partner and his work colleague are clearly close, so on some level you’re practically sharing him with another woman. However, here’s the reality check: you have absolutely no reason to suspect that this relationship is anything other than what it seems – a great friendship. During my career, I have also enjoyed the pleasure of a work husband. I was partnered with a colleague by bosses and we became extremely close. We supported, influenced and contributed to one another’s successes. We laughed at the same jokes, enjoyed similar books, music and movies and we genuinely enjoyed hanging out together at work and at after-work parties. Other colleagues joked about us being ‘work husband and wife’ as we were often seen getting lunch together.
A good friend of mine is recently divorced, but before the breakup, she noticed her husband suddenly became negative, bad-tempered and highly critical of her and their children. It turned out he was having an affair with a colleague, and his guilt was underlining all of his moods. Infidelity is rarely accompanied by someone who behaves angelically at home.Honest Boss: “My office affair ended badly.
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