EIGHT WAYS TO TELL I F

YOU HAVE A WORK SPOUSE

1 You’re seen around the office together …gossiping, naturally – but you’re happy to work late together, too. If you can’t lunch in the canteen with your work spouse, you’d rather eat al desko.

2 They’re your number one go-to colleague

Got a work dilemma? Your work spouse is the first to know. You talk about the office on the phone after hours. All work-related gossip is told to the work spouse immediately.

3 You ask each other for advice

Rough patch in a relationship? Should you move house? Who you gonna call?

4 You’ve cried in front of them

Your work spouse has seen you at your lowest – and you know they’ll say all the right things.

5 You’ve got each other’s backs on social media

A work spouse is quick to ‘‘like’’ Instagram posts and Facebook statuses. You have at least 10 photos tagged together.

6 They know how to embarrass you

The flip-side of your close relationship is that work spouses know your most compromising and cringeworthy secrets, and use them to great comedic effect at office parties.

7 They can be brutally honest with you

Your work spouse is a voice of reason who will make you think again before sending that illadvised email to a superior.

8 You miss them when they are out of the office

Don’t worry, half-term only lasts a week.