When I was in my 20s I became very friendly with some of the people I worked with. We went on holiday together and I spent my vacations with them when they koved abroad. One or two I am still in touch with - albeit online now.
However as I grew older and my life became more complex I felt that the people I worked with were simply colleagues with whom I did not wish to socialize outside. It was a way of detaching myself from office politics which is something I have always steered clear of.
More and more I became oriented to a job as somewhere you go, work the hours you are paid for, and then cast off as you walk out of the door. I think that this happens when you work with a customer or client group, as I always have. You get sick of people and their demands.
🦞 Locked down no longer but still firm friends 🦞