Plural of spouse is...?

[osuche]

Today Show has an interesting video on "office spouses." Seems many people (they say about 40% of office workers) gravitate towards a member of the opposite sex. We share stories, confidences, work problems, etc with these people. These people are almost as close as real spouses, without the physical intimacy.

Do you have an "office spouse"? Does the relationship benefit you?

Ever had to "break up" with an "office spouse"?

Do you think "office spouses" are emotional cheating?

Here's the video:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=46d670a4-e43c-4570-982f-ac9644f4e079&t=m69&f=06/64&p=

[Oldfart]

Once long ago.

She moved away and it was sad, but not devastating.

[PantyFanatic]

Plural of spouse is...?
"Spice" .................. if the plural for mouse is mice. :sad:

[Oldfart]

If the plural of mouse it be mice
And the plural of louse it be lice
Then the Moslems agree
With the Mormons and me
That the plural of spouse it be spice.

[Lilith]

I just was thinking that too.^^^ "spice" precisely :hot:

[Loulabelle]

I most definitely have an office spouse. One day I actually referred to him as my 'on-screen' husband, and ever since then, the nickname has stuck. He always refers to me as 'on-screen' and, since we sit back to back, bicker a lot and don't have sex, we figure we're like a real married couple!

As for emotional cheating.....NO WAY! I have absolutely no attraction to him physcially and I don't prefer his company to my husband's. If anything I think the reason I am close to him is because there's no way I could ever be attracted to him in a 'relationship' way.

[fzzy]

I had one ... at my previous job ... actually I never gave it much thought and I don't think he did either ... it was his wife who gave me the title .... and it made sense to both of us once she had done so ... funny thing was that she was a wonderful woman, but very jealous ... of anyone and everyone and not because of him ... her father had been a major "player" .... (got sidetracked there) ... anyway, because of both his and my personalities and life-style choices, I was probably the one woman she was never really jealous. It worked well for all of us ... I always made sure he remembered her birthday, their anniversary ... gave him possible suggestions for gifts for different occassions, he had a place to vent (without giving too many details) about her idiosincracies and so did she ... I think I was really the office spouse to both of them come to think of it! :)

[Lilith]

In days gone by wouldn't you have just said this person was your closest friend? Is it only because of the gender dif that the term spouse is used?

I'm a person who has always had close male friends as well as female ones.

[osuche]

My current "office spouse" is a woman...which is very unusual because I've had so few female friends in my life.

In almost every job, I've had an "office spouse" that I spent time with at and outside of work. On a few occasions, these turned into romantic liasions. Even without physical intimacy, we were very close...and I am still friends with every one of them. Funny, but I always seem to have one at every job. :rolleyes:

[Aqua]

I'd like to get spousal in the office with my boss... :boink: ;)

[LixyChick]

I sorta hate this term "office spouse" for a few reasons. Firstly...I don't work in an office and so out the window THAT term goes. But secondly, and foremost...I think a "work spouse" should be someone you pick (in any department they happen to be) in a "I feel I can talk to you" kinda way, instead of just someone you work closely with on a day to day basis and HAVE to talk to them cause they are close range.


Oh fuck! That ^^^ made better sense in my own head!

Bye now!






















Oh...and YES! I have a spouse at work! It's a "he" but we never did the nasty and never will...in case you wondered!


Bye for real now!