re: Spouses not allowed Christmas parties

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The point of a work Christmas party is to get a little drunk and let your hair down and have fun. All your spouse is gonna do is keep you way too reserved and hold back what fun you would have had.

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What kind of wet blanket did you marry?

Well you know I wouldn’t go!!

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Any of you ever experience this?

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Had these in Scotland when I was there.

Each year I learned about a new affair about 6months later. One time one of my managers was sleeping with a subordinate (both married to other people) had to transfer both of them. Also had a team member start sleeping with a manager from another department, he was engaged to someone else at the time. She moved in with him and her job performance went south.

Then we had a female considered high potential, who was married, start an affair with a peer at the party one year. We had to transfer them out as well. She’s still a high flyer.

I could add more to this but you get the idea.

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What’s the reasoning behind not allowing your emploee’s spouses to attend?

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Your lady made that shite up so she could get railed on the copy machine.

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I go and it’s in the middle of the day, at work.

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So no alcohol?

My husband's company always allows spouses/SOs to go.

I like going to his holiday party every year. His company spends $$$ on their holiday party. And it's a fun excuse to get really dressed up.

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No

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Thats why you’re allowed to go isn’t it?

Yup

Been on both sides of this. Some companies do employees only to save on cost in the long run. With catering companies charging what they do per person, I can understand this.

My wife's last two employers have been very good at having employees and spouses attend their Christmas parties and they don't skimp in their catering with great food and top shelf brands of liquor at their bars. We Uber to these events just in case we over-indulge just to be safe.