- By Shailvee Tiwari
- Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:37 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Viral Reddit Post: Workplaces today are changing fast and with them the way people think about life, career and marriage. A 26-year-old man, married for a year and a half and working in marketing at an MNC, recently shared how confused he feels about the differences between men and women at the office. In the post, he says his senior colleague is “super ambitious, really sharp at work,” but her views on marriage are the opposite of his. When he mentioned he got married early, her reply was, “Why rush when there’s so much to do out here?” That left him wondering if wanting stability early made him look less ambitious.
It’s not just her. Many of his "female coworkers believe early marriage or kids can be a setback." Over lunch once, someone even joked that “getting married young is career suicide,” and the whole table agreed. He felt completely out of place in that moment. He also noticed how his "senior is always looking for feedback, wants her work noticed and she even double-checks if her ideas got credit after meetings." “I don’t see the guys doing that so much,” he said, adding that maybe she doesn’t feel heard at home, so work has become her space for validation.
His big question is, am I just overthinking? Or have things really flipped in offices today? This honest reflection shows how different ambitions and priorities can sometimes clash in modern workplaces.
Watch The Viral Post Here:
26M married for 1.5 yrs trying to understand modern wowen at workplace
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The post shared four days ago grabbed social media attention. While some questioned whether he is happy with this early marriage, others supported modern women's thinking. "Every year, we lose a bunch of talented women to this vortex of marriage. For the majority of women, marriage is a roadblock to their careers. It is impossible to manage a household and work single-handedly and keep everyone happy. On top of it, after a year, people are forced to have a child and raising that becomes only the mother's responsibility," a user wrote.
"You are a man. They are women. You live in a society that treats men and women not just differently but it’s very clear women have a pretty rough deal around. Or have you never noticed this?" a second user wrote. "Are you happy that you got married early? Is your wife happy too? If yes, then that's the only thing that matters. Anyone else's opinion is theirs, not yours," wrote a third user.
"As long as her views and opinions are not impacting your work, it's best to focus on your own work," added a fourth user. "Apart from the taunting thing, both sides are right in their thinking. You and the girls. Marriage is a career suicide for girls, while for boys it's just a thing that'll take some time to happen. Married girls aren't preferred for hiring. Pregnant ladies are fired," added another user.
