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

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

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.

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

That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!

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

Otherwise known as "friends without benefits".

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.

work wife

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

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

You know what, seal Hormuz up again.

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.

This guy is desperate to:

1. fuck her

2. pretend he doesn't

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.

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

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

Yah, they're fucking.

They look weirdly alike. I don't like it.

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

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.