I see on this sub all the time that work friends AREN'T real friends – I get that this is true a lot of the time, but a lot of the time it also isn't true.
I met my wife in one office I worked in. I met my best man in another office. I hated both of those jobs, but they both changed my life.
I'm as anti-work as the next person, I'm 36 and have about 5 years left in me before I go full Falling Down, but I just want to say that you can make real, meaningful connections in horrible places.