They don't work together anymore. So….he has a friend?

Book the dinner. Spill the tea. Crack the plates.

That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!

Assuming he’s not cheating with her (emotionally or physically), this is called having a friend.

Otherwise known as "friends without benefits".

The term "work wife" is so gross.

She was a colleague, and now she's a friend. It's fine to have colleague's and friends but when you start referring to them as some kind of pseudo romantic but professional counterpart it's just weird.

Work wife.

And ... does he have a home wife? A weekend wife? A holiday wife? A doctor's waiting room wife? A golf course wife?

When you get older your coworkers are work son and work daughter. I’m their work uncle.

Wait until you discover the "regular wife" that keeps being your wife even outside work.

work wife

Isn't this just describing a "friend". Idk I have none

Take a work wife (which is already a psychotic term), remove the "work" part, and act like you invented this new type of relationship...

What are you even talking about!?

My work wife was a tiny Sicilian guy named Bruno. He doesn't work for us any more, but I still miss our walks into town to get lunch.

I mean you can just call her a "very good friend"? Or "one of my best friends". I am sure this will have a positive impact on your real wive's psychology too if you are married.

The expression “Bestie” is pretty weird in Germany, as it is pronounced besty-uh and literally translates to “wild animal” or “monster”. “Larissa was a real “Bestie” in bed last night; I’m completely bruised and scratched all over. Glad I have my work wife!”

Absolutely detested the only place I've worked at that I ever heard this term being used

I'm sure his SO doesn't see her as an emotional affair threat.

You know what, seal Hormuz up again.

You could not pay me enough money to admit something like this publicly, yet bro just did it for free. Lmao.

Semantics aside, I wonder how she would describe the same relationship and what prompted him to post this in the first place.

Friends are good for you

his "work wife" is likely his sidepiece.

most of my colleagues are women, I get along with them great. We occasionally socialize a couple of times a year outside work. I would be mortified for anyone to think they were anything more than purely colleagues.

like I wouldn't really be happy to think of them as friends - not that they're not lovely people, just that I have my friends who are friends, and these are nice people I work with.

I'm bald so I don't remember ... is that what hair is supposed to look like?

Yah, they're fucking.

Intersting the way people assume "wife" means sex, and not the more likely analogy that she does all the shitty work to aid his career.

I've had a "work wife" or two at every job I've had. Most of them were married, and I never hooked up with them. One of them told me she loved me, and divorced her husband because she wanted someone like me, even though we never so much as kissed. Two of them (single) became girlfriends, so not really "work wives." I had two bosses' wives hit on me, which I avoided. I haven't kept in touch with any of them.

There are a lot of women in the art and design field.

I'm just, uh... I mean... wut?

Corporate shit that just needs to die

work wife=side piece, assuming he has a real wife.

Slippery slope