There are a multitude of factors here, but the big one is that the office provides a space to regularly socialize with peers that I'm not directly related to th

There are a multitude of factors here, but the big one is that the office provides a space to regularly socialize with peers that I'm not directly related to through blood or marriage. The concept of a "third place"[1] is downright foreign where I live, likely because for most people in my community that role is served by the dominant church.