Agreed. It’s just a natural process of life. I personally think that being married also gives you a spiritual sense of well being (call it psychological if you will). At one time we have a very beautiful married woman working with us. Not once did she ever flirt, or feel uncomfortable around the males, because she was just working to help pay bills while her husband was in college. She was always eager to get back home to him, which I appreciated. When the pressure was tough, she didn’t buckle, either. All around she was very admirable. While I have seen that in a few single (college/away from home) girls/women in their mid 20’s, I have yet to professionally see it in someone under the age of 23 or so.
And that’s not to even mention the gabbing, lol.
Yes....it’s pretty much understood “girls will be girls” in our workplace, but the management team knows fully well who they can rely on and who they can’t. It’s rare to rely on most of the young girls who want their managers to be more like mothers than managers. It’s an adjustment to the real world.
But this also makes it difficult for managers at times who cross the line and attempt tp treat mature woman as they might teenagers....it’s a line they must walk and most don’t understand or do that very well. If there are too many young immmature girls on board then managers tend to be in the “parental” mode 2/7...in addition mature woman find they have to draw a line when that gets out of hand...and it can and does.