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Work wife (discuss.online)
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[–] Janx@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

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!?

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Tech morons are always acting like they've just discovered fundamental features of the human experience for the very first time.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 2 days ago

Oh it is not just tech. Sailing and ships have ship wives which usually just means taking advantage of a newer person that is scared of saying no to a higher rank.

Everyone likes to think they are new and original and good morally while being awful.

[–] chris@l.roofo.cc 0 points 2 days ago

They probably did