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I'll reply to my own comment with one thing: I was the "work-husband" of a girl. That girl is now my wife. Real wife.

I have never been happier, but the point is that the platonic-ness of such close relationship can't be always safeguarded.

I mean it not in a negative affair-wise connotation, but still you can't help it. And what if some of the two is not actually single?

Which begs the question: if you had been married at the time, would you have left your then-spouse for your current wife as a result of being so close at work?

Hypothetical, naturally. For many people who are in the wife's role of that question, that situation is all too real.

Happens a lot.

Also, the claim that it's purely platonic is a bit strong. Feelings can develop suddenly, which can destroy your current marriage in the worst case.

Couldn't be more true!