Message #50767

[spitfire78]

I think it's ok to have friends from work, depending on the circumstances. If the only thing you have in common is work, then I don't think that is a good thing.  If, though, you connect on other levels, I see nothing wrong with that.  I have a couple of friends at work, and we have done some things socially in the past.  I eat lunch with them every day at work.  While sometimes we do certainly discuss work, generally we make it a point not to.  We discuss all kinds of other topics and have a good time doing it.  Those are the people I think it is ok to be "friends" with outside of work.  I would not want to interact socially with people with whom I share no interest other than work, because I think, inevitably, the topic of conversation would always be work.  And frankly, when I'm away from work, I don't want to think and talk about it!