The Office Wife [new] [2025]

Note: If your office husband/wife makes your actual significant other uncomfortable, it’s a problem.

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What do you call your closest work ally? Share your alternative names below. Which platform are you planning to post this on? I can refine the tone further. Note: If your office husband/wife makes your actual

In the era of Mad Men , the "Office Wife" was a literal role: a female secretary who managed a male executive’s life. By the 2000s sitcom era ( The Office , 30 Rock ), it evolved into a tongue-in-cheek term for a platonic, hyper-efficient work pair. 30 Rock )

But in 2026, the term is facing a reckoning.