Married men are a pain in the ass to work with, and I am a guy.

[Yavin4]

This is the first job that I've had where the majority of the male workers are married, and good lord they are insufferable. One, they're always preaching to me that I should get married, and two, when they are not preaching, they are flirting and coming on to any one with a XX chromosone. They don't harass our female colleagues, but they do come damn close.

I don't treat my workplace like it's a singles bar, but the married guys do. In the end, they are pains in the asses.

[Wounded Bear]

1. This should be interesting...

[TexasTowelie]

2. Please pass the popcorn.

I'm stepping away to get my favorite drink.

[seveneyes]

3. This is not real ...

[seveneyes]

4. Better fucking call Saul Goodman

[NewJeffCT]

12. that scene was great

one of my favorites from the first season for how crazy it was.

[mainer]

13. Just ... wow.

As a woman, I'd say the same could apply to us as well. We don't need husbands to have kids. And 38% of wives earn more than their husbands, so the cash may flow in the other direction. (As one of those wives who out-earns her husband, I'm glad I have a spouse who's man enough to deal with that.)

[BlueJazz]

5. I get that "When are you gonna' get married and settle down" from some of my older friends.

Most women want children. I love them but don't care to be a father. That usually ends my relationships.

[Skittles]

7. do not EVER ask me that again

that is my standard response and it works

[BlueJazz]

8. Good response. I've never figured out why the question is ever asked. Either it's like the best...

...drug in the universe and your caring side wants the whole world to explode with joy or people who get married are sworn to secrecy about the tortuous life that they enter upon and get some sick pleasure in trying to lure others into this disastrously life of despair.

Or maybe I don't know. I do know about Quantum Entanglement and how the future truly does determine the present and that's strange enough.

[seveneyes]

6. Are you fucking kidding me?

[Major Nikon]

9. So you've formed your opinion of all married men on the basis of three of them?

Your experience certainly doesn't match mine, and I've been working with mostly married men for over 30 years. If I've noticed any preaching going on, it's predominately been married men trying to talk single ones out of getting married.

[Tobin S.]

10. That's been my experience as well.

I was soon to be married when I went to work at my current job. Several of the married guys I worked with told me not to do it.

Married life has been a challenge at times, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I got married relatively late in life at 39. I had experienced loneliness so intense that it actually made me start to like country music.

I've been married for almost 4 years now. I have not grown cynical about my marriage like many of the guys I work with. The only thing I regret is not being able to have children. For that reason, I wish my wife and I had met earlier in life. But we still have each other and we love each other. You'll never find me engaging in the behavior as described in the OP.

[Major Nikon]

14. Same here

I've been married over 30 years and I can't remember encouraging or dissuading anyone to get or not get married. With about half of all marriages ending in divorce, I figure people need to make up their own mind about it. For some it's the greatest thing ever and for some it's the worst. I wouldn't want to be in any way responsible if it turns out to be the latter.

[DFW]

11. You sure don't work in our outfit

The married guys are the most stable ones we have, although most of the single guys we have are pretty stable, too. Maybe you're working for the wrong people?

[Avalux]

15. I work with a guy who gets constant texts from his wife.

He complains about it incessantly, yet is always holding his phone in his hand waiting for the next text. His vibe is like a pressure cooker about to blow.

[UTUSN]

16. Yip, on all counts. n/t

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. Every man who has sexually harassed me on the job

has been a married man. EVERY....SINGLE.. .ONE.