I think he's also the best friend she has, too, which is sad. We don't really get much of a glimpse into her life outside of work, but I get the impression she doesn't really have much of a life outside of work, ergo not many close friends, if any.
Your reply makes a lot of sense. I hope that Cuddy has a nice circle of girlfriends outside work who she only gets to see in person infrequently, but who share a lot of emails and have an internet board together. : ) That's not supported by canon at all, though D:
Somebody said once their relationship is like divorced parents trying to co-parent their kid (House). I don't know. Maybe along those same lines, Cuddy is birth mom who gave kid up and Wilson is adoptive dad, and now they're trying to co-parent?
That's one way to look at it, I guess. For sure, they wouldn't bother with each other if they didn't have the common factor of House to unite them. If House wasn't a mutual tie, Wilson would likely be just another doctor on Cuddy's staff that she sees around at meetings and nothing more.
Also, she knows Wilson will always put House's benefit over hers in the end, no matter what the situation. So, I think she always approaches Wilson with a level of self-preservation intact because of that, which can also make her seem like she's brushing him off at times.
Which is, again, the reason why I find it sad that he's the closest friend she has. She's a very lonely woman.
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Date: 2008-12-30 02:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-12-30 04:26 pm (UTC)Do you think she's a good friend to Wilson?
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Date: 2008-12-30 04:42 pm (UTC)Wilson and Cuddy is an interesting dynamic because they're close friends without being close. It's weird.
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Date: 2008-12-30 04:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-30 04:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-30 04:47 pm (UTC)Which is, again, the reason why I find it sad that he's the closest friend she has. She's a very lonely woman.