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    If you know someone only from working, would you ever say you know each other well?

    I feel like there's a lot you miss when you don't see how the person is at home or around family members. You would never see that at work because you have to keep it appropriate in front of your coworkers and managers.

    I get a little annoyed when people think they know someone very well just because they work together or have worked together for years. Even if that's the case, there are so many conversations you never have and more experiences that you never have together.

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    I always find I can hang out with someone at work or in college and its awkward at their home or if we go out....so I get what you mean
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    I've made life long friends with people who I met on the job. Basically, you live with them practically all day at work. I liked them much better than going home to my ex-husband.
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    I've only ever had two jobs, one which I held between the ages of 15 and 21. I have only made friends with one person there, despite the fact that the staff had mostly remained the same in that span. There were new workers over the years and they became friends with the "regulars", but I was never part of it. I wouldn't say I know anyone there well on any level.

    For the other job which I only had for a few months, I went for drinks/coffee with my coworkers for the first time and actually found myself pretty comfortable with them. Their personalities weren't different than when they were at work, and it was mostly the chitchat we had at work but in an environment with fewer "guidelines". But I knew that if I got to know them any better, we likely wouldn't have remained friends on any deeper level- we were very different. They're social, travel, were graphic designers and whatnot. Meanwhile I lived in my room, avoiding the world.

    Mostly I agree with you based on my experiences. I feel sad about that.

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    Although I'm friendly with people from work, I don't do anything outside the workplace with them and don't share a lot of things I do with friends. So I would say that I'm friendly but not friends. I don't need a lot of friends, it works for me to have only a few friends - I've learned the older I get, the fewer friends I realize I need.
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    I've never found it awkward. But then again, I usually am just so happy to socialize that I don't care about any awkwardness.

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    Not really cause like you said, you have to act a certain way at work. Hanging out with someone outside of work shows their full character. The girls I use to work with get together after work a lot & they're close friends so yeah. You're just "Work Buddies" pretty much if it's only in the workforce.

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