Comments on: Honey, I’d Like to Introduce You to My Work Spouse… http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/ Modern Marriage Musings brought to you by a Modern Married Woman Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: ppo plans http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-3815 ppo plans Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:56:01 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-3815 thanks for this nice information. you have solved many cofusions i think. really you have given a great definition about work spouse. thanks for this nice information. you have solved many cofusions i think. really you have given a great definition about work spouse.

]]> By: health coverage http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-3746 health coverage Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:49:34 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-3746 Well, I agree. My husband works with a girl who is his partner at work and that doesn't bother me. The thing that bothers me is they almost had a thing before he and I got together, she's really "easy", and I don't trust her at all. But I have no problem with my husband simply having to have a co-worker he is in close proximity with who is female. I trust him completely. Well, I agree. My husband works with a girl who is his partner at work and that doesn’t bother me. The thing that bothers me is they almost had a thing before he and I got together, she’s really “easy”, and I don’t trust her at all. But I have no problem with my husband simply having to have a co-worker he is in close proximity with who is female. I trust him completely.

]]> By: Bingo gambling http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-3693 Bingo gambling Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:40:19 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-3693 I agree with you and very uncomfortable with this concept because if you look up the definition of emotional affair - there are some of the same elements especially the shared confidences and openess. have seen too many instances where the flirting becomes more and doesn’t end well for any of the parties involved I agree with you and very uncomfortable with this concept because if you look up the definition of emotional affair - there are some of the same elements especially the shared confidences and openess.
have seen too many instances where the flirting becomes more and doesn’t end well for any of the parties involved

]]> By: Chinkyrotia http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2601 Chinkyrotia Mon, 11 May 2009 11:46:00 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-2601 I use the word wife exuberantly. No, neither the federal government nor my state government acknowledge that Ms. P is my wife. It bewilders conservatives (who’ve been known to sidle up to a friend of mine and ask when it got legalized around here) and flusters all the Good Feminists (in whose numbers I usually claim myself) because it’s such a heteronormative word. See? Fun. I use the word wife exuberantly. No, neither the federal government nor my state government acknowledge that Ms. P is my wife. It bewilders conservatives (who’ve been known to sidle up to a friend of mine and ask when it got legalized around here) and flusters all the Good Feminists (in whose numbers I usually claim myself) because it’s such a heteronormative word. See? Fun.

]]> By: RL http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-609 RL Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:58:37 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-609 Hmmm I never really thought about which friends at work that I always turn to and try to align my schedule around to at work...so I guess I do have a "work spouse". I believe that it is completely platonic, we both have our own signficant others and I do not feel phyiscally attracted to my "work spouse". I just have alot of inside jokes and that person knows what the BOSS and its all in good fun and it doesn't hurt to have a similar sense of humor. I mean sure I've hung out at my "work spouse's" house with his roomies and stuff but its just casual laughing around the table, chilling. Sometimes I wonder though because I do act differently and feel that I can say stuff I can't normally say around my actual significant other...but then again its like that when you get together with your girlfriends...you can say stuff you can't normally say with your BF too...hmmm i think the whole "opposite sex" thing is what makes it an unusual situation... Hmmm I never really thought about which friends at work that I always turn to and try to align my schedule around to at work…so I guess I do have a “work spouse”. I believe that it is completely platonic, we both have our own signficant others and I do not feel phyiscally attracted to my “work spouse”. I just have alot of inside jokes and that person knows what the BOSS and its all in good fun and it doesn’t hurt to have a similar sense of humor. I mean sure I’ve hung out at my “work spouse’s” house with his roomies and stuff but its just casual laughing around the table, chilling. Sometimes I wonder though because I do act differently and feel that I can say stuff I can’t normally say around my actual significant other…but then again its like that when you get together with your girlfriends…you can say stuff you can’t normally say with your BF too…hmmm i think the whole “opposite sex” thing is what makes it an unusual situation…

]]> By: Nicki http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Nicki Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:51:42 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-576 SO FUNNY! I work in an office with 8 other people... only 3 of us are women and we joke around about the guys being our work spouses. I don't think in any other career that I've been in have I ever heard of this term. We are very laid back and joke around about it here- it's all in good fun. :) SO FUNNY! I work in an office with 8 other people… only 3 of us are women and we joke around about the guys being our work spouses. I don’t think in any other career that I’ve been in have I ever heard of this term. We are very laid back and joke around about it here- it’s all in good fun.
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]]> By: “Work Spouses?” http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-53 “Work Spouses?” Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:19:10 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-53 [...] Kids, asked for thoughts on the phrase and practice of work spouses. Heather from Marriage Diva has picked up on the topic, and so, too, have Julie and Brad who have been researching the topic. What’s a work spouse? [...] [...] Kids, asked for thoughts on the phrase and practice of work spouses. Heather from Marriage Diva has picked up on the topic, and so, too, have Julie and Brad who have been researching the topic. What’s a work spouse? [...]

]]> By: Julie and Brad http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Julie and Brad Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:12:08 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-48 Thanks for the support Heather! Reading over the comments, everyone has valid points. That's why we are creating our website (and hopefully a book!) A lot of what we will discuss is about where the line is - and what a workspouse is and isn't. Sure, there are people who take it too far, but there are also people who use this type of partnership to their professional advantage. Thanks for the support Heather!

Reading over the comments, everyone has valid points. That’s why we are creating our website (and hopefully a book!) A lot of what we will discuss is about where the line is - and what a workspouse is and isn’t. Sure, there are people who take it too far, but there are also people who use this type of partnership to their professional advantage.

]]> By: Heather http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Heather Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:52:31 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-47 Good luck on the book, Julie and Brad! Just from reading the comments here and on other sites, there are definitely strong feelings on the issue. I think DJ has a good point - it's not the relationship that's the issue, it's more about comparing it to marriage. Good luck on the book, Julie and Brad!

Just from reading the comments here and on other sites, there are definitely strong feelings on the issue.

I think DJ has a good point - it’s not the relationship that’s the issue, it’s more about comparing it to marriage.

]]> By: Julie and Brad http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Julie and Brad Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:35:23 +0000 http://marriagediva.com/2007/11/13/honey-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-work-spouse/#comment-46 Actually, we have been researching and writing a book about this for some time. We just started a blog and a website; both are at the beginning stages, so please forgive us for that. But we're trying to hear from as many people as we can about this. The whole work spouse thing seems to be a topic a lot of people can relate to. And everyone seems to have strong opinions about the whole work spouse thing. Please share your thoughts at otherotherhalf.blogspot.com. - Julie and Brad Actually, we have been researching and writing a book about this for some time. We just started a blog and a website; both are at the beginning stages, so please forgive us for that. But we’re trying to hear from as many people as we can about this. The whole work spouse thing seems to be a topic a lot of people can relate to. And everyone seems to have strong opinions about the whole work spouse thing. Please share your thoughts at otherotherhalf.blogspot.com. - Julie and Brad

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