{"id":10058,"date":"2010-09-21T19:33:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T19:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/09\/lack-friendships-and-longer-wroking-hours\/"},"modified":"2010-09-21T19:33:18","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T19:33:18","slug":"lack-friendships-and-longer-wroking-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/09\/lack-friendships-and-longer-wroking-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Friendships and Longer Working Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"officefriends.jpg\"<\/a>These days we work a lot of hours in office. Sometimes and in some cases these hours are as high as 20 in a day! For many people, there is hardly any life outside office. Such is the state of life these days. And we all have many colleagues we come in touch with. For consultants like me, who go from one project to another, there are many colleagues to be in touch with. But for those who work in a company for long, they have the same folks they have been working with for a decade sometimes. <\/p>\n

But does such proximity create friendships? We know such proximity creates romance or sexual relationships, because that is based on looks and desires. And sometimes, that leads to even marriage. If one is in a romantic relationship, then the proximity spills outside the office as well.<\/p>\n

Friendship, however, is different. Do you really make friends with colleagues? Can we say after we have worked with the same people for say 10-15 years, that we know them as friends? <\/p>\n

I have seen with many of my friends, that the refrain usually is that friendships made in school have stayed intact ever since. But all the relationships \u2013 even current ones \u2013 do not have that \u201ccloseness\u201d factor. Why is that?<\/p>\n

If you are wondering if your colleagues are your \u201cfriends\u201d or not, lets ask some questions that may help us:<\/p>\n