Timothy Noah, in his Slate article, Prexy Sks Wrk Wf - Condoleezza Rice's promotion creates a void describes an interesting relationship...
With Rice departing the White House for Foggy Bottom, President Bush isn't just losing a national security adviser. He's losing his work wife.
Now, normally I get annoyed at pendants psycho-analyzing people from a distance, but Noah's article is both interesting in a general sense and somewhat convincing concerning Bush and Rice.
The entire subject of a "work wife" or "work husband" is an interesting one. Previously, I worked a lot in the male dominated world of computer games. Now I work out of my house. I didn't see much of the "work spouse" phenomena in either case.
But I have had several "work friends", people who I shared confidences with during stressful work times. A few of these "work friendships" lasted beyond our term of common employment. Many did not.
Maybe I should look some of them up, just for old times sake?
Posted by georgegmacdonald at November 17, 2004 08:00 PM