6 Things Your Work Husband Will Do For You That Your Real Husband Won

6 Things Your Work Husband Will Do For You That Your Real Husband Won While you love your husband dearly and wouldnt trade him for a hottie with six-pack abs, theres something extra-special about your work husband.Your what?Your work husband. You know. Your male work BFF. The man around the office who you are not hooking up with (oh, no-no-no, ladies), but who makes your life at work infinitely better?Sure, he might not make your heart skip a beat quite like yourOriginal Official Husband(OOH), but he is pretty damn great, and you sort of wish that ersatzdarsteller O-H would take a few hints from your work husband counterpart, like1. Notice Your HaircutsHe might not know a highlight from a lowlight, but an observant work husband can tell your hair is different from the second you set foot into the office. Its not that hes a better guy than your real-life husband, but that hes got to keep you cheery or life at the office will suck much more for him. Plus, amongst the drab corporate li fe, what else does he have to notice besides a billion memos and emails?2. Order Your Coffee Like You DoOOHwill make your coffee in the morning maybe. If he remembers. Most likely though, a child is annoying him or refusing to get ready for school, or hes in his own panic rushing to work. Mr. Work Husbands kids (if hes got any) are away when hes at the office. That means he can pay extra-special attention to your inane coffee requests like, no sugar vanilla syrup, but of course, whole milk. Or that you take a shot of espresso before your first coffee cup. Yup, he shows up like an office cabana boy each and every time3. Soothe Your MoodsSure, the hubby does his best to tip-toe around you when youre stressed or upset. But your work husband knows just what to say or do. Hell take you on a brief walk so you dont lose it during a major meeting. Hell drop off a piece of chocolate at your desk to prevent a mini-meltdown from affecting your (or his) workload. Hes just dang great at putting out those emotional fires that work just happens to bring out in you.4. Support Your ChoicesSo theOOHhas to pay bills with you andkeep life afloat with kids. Your work hubby doesnt have that pressure, so he can fully support all your choices, even if theyre completely impractical because he wants to see you happy. He can also give you the thumbs-up over ridiculousfashion choicesyou might make. What does he care? He doesnt have to sleep with you. If youve decided that your yoga pants count as geschftlicher umgang wear or fancy going-out attire, it doesnt hurt him one bit to nod and smile.5. End That FightLets say you and your IRL hubby have a fight. You live together. The fight could go on, conceivably, for years. Decades even. With the work hubby? Fights have to end on Friday, at the latest, when the office doors close. If he doesnt get it straightened out with you, he knows that work will be another level of hell that he doesnt need. Youll get apologies with ease from the work hub s.6. Pick Your SideSo sometimes, whenyou and the MIL butt heads, your real husband sort of stands there and thinks, Oh crap. Now what? But your work hubby only has to back you up in the employment worldand not at the expense of his own mother. So his loyalty is fierce he wouldnt want his work wife looking shabby or getting attacked over her work. It might make him look bad too.Chances are, the work hubby is a regular ol knight-in-shining armor at the copy machine, in meetings and even the cafeteria. Just dont lose sight of the fact that its pretty easy for him to be this way, and it behooves him--This article originally appeared on WorkingMother.com.