Of course people do like each other, enjoy each other s company, rely on each other s support, and care about each other. It is good, and healthy to have friends in the workplace. But it is not the same liking, caring and supporting that happens in a family. Personal relationships that are formed in the workplace are shaped and influenced by the bonds of business, and not by the covenants of family. Business almost always inserts itself into personal relationships in the workplace.
Business demands preference, affects loyalties, and causes unexpected actions and reactions.
Workplace friendships can often conflict with job responsibilities, work obligations, and company loyalties. Adding family expectations to this mix is unreasonable, unfair, and unhealthy. Keep the details of your personal problems out of the workplace. This includes the specifics of your romantic life, the particulars of your financial situation, the intimacies of your friendships, and the secrets of your family. You control access to this information.