Do you think its weird of my coworker to say that my coworker is married when introducing him to me?

[Anonymous]

When I came at work on my duty at office there were 3 other employees there and Im new there and Louise introduce herself and she also introduce my other coworkers she said "This is Marge and Aaron but this guy Aaron is already married recently got married. I thought why do I care if he's married or not? Lol Im not gonna flirt him even if he is single Im not gonna flirt him
They are all older than me by 8 years Sir Aaron is 6 years older than me. And Im 27 so my question is do you think is weird of her to say that?

[Oliverlogan263]

Hmm, that does seem like a bit of an odd and unnecessary thing for your coworker Louise to mention when introducing Aaron. Like you said, why does it really matter to you if he's married or not since you have no interest in flirting with coworkers anyway.

A few possibilities for why she brought it up:

- She may have just been trying to be really thorough with the introductions and give you as much info about your new coworkers as possible. But his marital status isn't really relevant to the work.

- Some people, especially women, are wary of dealing one-on-one with men at work if they're married, to avoid any hint of impropriety. But again, not something you need to worry about.

- She could be self-conscious about her own marital status maybe? And wanted to emphasize his to feel better about hers in comparison.

- Or it's possible she thought as a young woman you might find him attractive, so she wanted to "warn" you off right away even though none of that should matter.

Overall I wouldn't read too much into it or think any less of Aaron. Louise may have just been oversharing without thinking how it would come across. As long as everyone can be professional, his marital standing shouldn't impact your working relationship.

[Iron_Man]

I guess he wants to make sure you don’t make a move