It’s never a good thing when a person gets called out for spending too much time with a married guy or gal.
And while some of those situations are definitely harmless, I think we can all agree that funny business ends up happening with some of them, too.
But maybe it’s not such a deal, you know?
Take a look at this story about a woman who wants to know if she’s wrong for telling a younger coworker she’s been acting inappropriately and stick around to see how readers responded.
AITA for telling a younger female coworker that it doesn’t look good for her to be spending so much time with our married male coworker?
“I (44F) work in an office of 20+ people. The youngest is Jenny (28F) who started to work for us just this year. Jenny immediately clicked with our coworker Dan (47M) and became close with him even though they work on different floors. Dan is married, Jenny is single.
For the past months I’ve heard other people in the office gossip about Dan and Jenny, who always leave the office to have lunch together outside. Most of us bring our own lunch and eat in the pantry, and Dan and Jenny both used to do this too. Now they are usually gone for an hour or two.
Jenny always asks me if I want her to grab coffee for me when they leave so I assume they eat lunch and have coffee after, but some of my coworkers wonder if this is all that is happening.
This week Dan was on leave and Jenny stayed in the office for lunch so I took the opportunity to tell her that it doesn’t look good for her to be spending to much time with Dan as it makes people wonder if there’s something going on between them.
Jenny was upset and asked if I people wonder about that or if I wonder about that so I told her the truth that I’ve heard other people gossiping. She said she feels insulted that I even needed to tell her this because it means I believe it might be true.
For the record I don’t think there is anything going on between Jenny and Dan, but I understand how it might look that way and I only told Jenny to look out for her, so she could do something about it if she wanted to.
Am I the a**hole?”
Here’s what Reddit users had to say.
This reader said that this woman is an a**hole and that her and her coworkers are gossip queens.
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Another person said that they seem to be putting all the blame on the young girl and that it doesn’t seem like she’s doing anything wrong.
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This individual took another stance and said that the woman probably did her a favor by telling her that people are talking about her at work.
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And lastly, this Reddit user said that this situation seems to be overblown and people at work can be friends with folks of all ages and genders.
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Do you think this woman behaved badly?
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