Is this really how negatively you view the world? This is what I tell my kids about dating people at work. "You guys have spent the first few years of adult li

Is this really how negatively you view the world? This is what I tell my kids about dating people at work. "You guys have spent the first few years of adult life getting to the same place. You probably have similar values as a result. You probably even have similar values in your upbringing. Now you want to tell me that you should ignore people who have similar values to you and go meet random people at a bar or otherwise make your romantic life more difficult? It sounds kind of stupid." I used to work in a family office where inter-employee relationships were more or less encouraged. And this was the reason. More to your point though, with men having affairs with women who are "lower in status" at the company, I refer you to the following research: https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/attach/journals/aug16asrfeature.pdf https://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/attach/journals/a... TL;DR: main determinants of divorce are NOT sharing of household chores, or a wife's financial independence, it is the lack of a job for the husband. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2... TL;DR: women consider strong men more attractive These combine to show that women are generally more attracted to men who are "strong" and have a job. In the context of work, there is a social hierarchy of men by default and those higher up would be considered stronger. It's not like these women are "helpless" to choose their mates. They want strong men. Don't treat them like children.