Woman Calls Her Longtime Teammate Her “Work Husband” In Public, Gets Mad As He Corrects Her Wording

It’s good to have friendly relations with your colleagues, it makes the workday a lot easier to get through. But it’s a little too easy to cross some lines and boundaries and make things uncomfortable for everyone.

A man asked the internet if he went too far when he referred to his coworker as his “work sister” after she very publicly called him her “work husband.” People online weighed in on how close this was to an HR violation and later the man returned with an update on what happened next.

Some coworkers don’t know how to maintain normal boundaries

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So one man had to call out his colleague for calling him her “work husband”

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Many readers thought she crossed some lines first

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He later shared an update

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Commenters thought he made the right call

Then he came through with another update

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Readers had a lot to say

He posted one last update

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People suggested he had to cut ties