• [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

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

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        7 days ago

        like if buddy here was behaving romantically towards his ‘work wife’ without the consent of his actual wife.

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          7 days ago

          What does “behaving romantically” mean, though? Can they go see a movie together? People become emotionally intimate with their friends, and it seems pretty fucked up to claim that’s cheating.

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            7 days ago

            It probably depends on the person/couple. But if he were being emotionally intimate with the work colleague in a way he wasn’t with his actual spouse that could be problematic.

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      7 days ago

      That’s reductive and throws away most of the meaning. A cell mate is not just someone you live with.