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See also [[Salaryman]], [[Workaholic]] and [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]] Contrast the [[Crusading Widower]], who loses his family through more violent means.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Godannar]]'': Both Goh Saruwatari and his "wife" Anna Aoi. His mother-in-law, Dr. Kiriko Aoi (Anna's mother), also happens to be his boss.
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== Film ==
* In ''[[
* Nicholas Angel of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' has this as his defining trait.
* ''[[Die Hard]]''. The stereotype of the 'workaholic cop and frustrated wife' was curiously inverted, however, as at the beginning of the first movie police officer John McClane's complaint was that the devotion his ''wife'' had to her job was killing their marriage.
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'''Provenza''': When why my first wife and I divorced, I agreed to split my pension with her from the day I retire. I'll be damned if she gets a nickel.
'''Pope''': That...I understand. }}
* On ''[[
* ''[[Law
** When Olivia Benson was asked if she was a lesbian (her answer, "No", made plenty of Alex/Olivia shippers pissed), Elliot teases her that it would explain why she has had such rotten luck with men. Her reply is this trope, word for word.
** Also, in her first episode with Casey Novak, she explains that being married to the job, particularly their job, screws with ''everyone'''s love lives, and then proceeds to list them.
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