I don't know if my husband suspects anything. And TBH, boss and I have never, ever crossed the line. We've never overtly said anything to each other, but there is definitely a chemistry there. I think it's more obvious on phone calls and in person, but Husband is never around for that. I do have to stop myself from talking about Boss a lot though. Like if my husband asks me about work, I have to consciously remember to talk about work and not just Boss. But TBH, my marriage isn't all that great. My husband's not a horrible person or anything, and we still get along just fine, but we're really just going through the motions. And I don't know that I really want to save it. My youngest only has two more years of school left. When she's done, I'm pretty sure husband and I will separate.

Ohh OK thanks for the clarification! Does your husband know or suspect your feelings for Boss?

It's called a conference, but it's really just all the managers and higher-ups getting together for a week-long meeting / presentations / discussion of goals, objectives, etc. It's done at our main location, which is where Boss and I are based. So for us, it's really just going into the office every day for a week. No hotels or going out for drinks, really. The whole team is remote now (have been since COVID), so some folks are spread out in other parts of the country. Those folks will fly in for it. There may be some lunches involved and maybe a dinner or something, but if so, there will be at least a dozen of us there. I don't drink, and we would both be driving home anyway, so the drinking too much scenario doesn't really come into play.

Do your spouses go to, in September? I assume you are both still married? Sometimes it's nice to have that "what if" fantasy about someone. Even if it never comes to fruition. Although, hypothetically, say you guys are flirty and maybe drink too much one night at the conference in September.. Would you act on it?

I will probably need to go into the office again fairly soon. They're gradually issuing everyone new phones, so I'll have to go pick mine up whenever they get to me. Boss has to meet with vendors a lot, so he's been going in once or twice a month. I'll try to schedule my phone pick up for a day he's there, so we can hang out. It would likely be just the two of us. Otherwise, I think we're going to have our sort-of annual manager's conference in September. If so, we'll both be there for 3 days. But there will be a bunch of other people there too.

Thanks for the updates!

I saw Boss. It was all good but nothing exciting. We've joked that we talk to each other less when we're in the same room than when we're working from home. We were there because some folks that work for us were in town for a project, and we wanted to say hi, since we're never met some of them, even though we work together (we're all remote). So I saw him, but we were with other people the whole time. We had like 15 minutes when we first got there, and that was it. And we mostly talked about work stuff for the day, because we had to. Joked around a little, which we do a lot, but nothing exciting. Still nice to see him though.

Yep. I still talk to him. Probably will see him on Thursday.

Keep us updated! You still talk to him during work?

I have an in-person meeting with Boss in 2 weeks. It will be the first time seeing him him months.