She Told Off Her Coworker After She Asked Personal Questions About Her Husband’s Salary And Lifestyle Since They’re Clearly Rich

Jacob Lund - stock.adobe.com-  illustrative purposes only, not the actual people
Jacob Lund - stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual people

It can be really annoying when people who don’t know you that well become nosy around you.

One woman recently had to shut down her coworker who wouldn’t stay out of her business and asked personal questions about her husband’s salary.

She and her husband are both 33-years-old. They’ve been together since college, and over the last few years, her husband has had quite an impressive journey during his career as a quantitative portfolio manager. 

While she earns a great living with her own job, her husband makes ten times more than her, so they’ve been adjusting to their new life as a wealthy, successful couple. However, even if it sounds like a dream life, it has downsides.

Since she and her husband started making more money, everyone around her has become nosy and has begun asking personal questions about their lifestyle and finances. 

“When people ask me how much he makes, I no longer say anything,” she said.

“I’ve learned the hard way that giving an exact number can have bad consequences.”

Recently, a new 25-year-old woman started working at her job, and she’s quite a character. She’s very chatty, loves to gossip, and always asks about single guys in the office like she wants to marry for money.

“Last Friday, our office hosted an afternoon happy hour,” she recalled.

Jacob Lund – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual people

“She approached me and asked how my and my husband’s recent vacation to Europe went. I told her it went well and briefly summarized what we did.”

Then, her coworker became nosy and started asking about her husband’s job. She explained that her husband works in finance, and her coworker started presuming that he makes “tons.” Her coworker went right ahead and asked how much her husband makes in a year.

She became uncomfortable and tried to politely explain that he makes a good salary and that they’re a very lucky couple. 

Her coworker kept pressuring her, telling her she wouldn’t tell anyone else in the office about her husband’s salary and started asking if he made millions of dollars. She told her she wasn’t comfortable answering the question.

After going back and forth for a while, she became more annoyed. Finally, her coworker called her stuck up for not wanting to say how much money her husband makes, which made her snap. She told her coworker she was nosy and needed to learn to take ‘no’ for an answer.

“Then, I smiled at her and walked away,” she explained.

“Later on, I had a few coworkers reach out to me and say that she was crying and left [work] early and that I should apologize for calling her a rude name. I refused.”

Her mom thinks her coworker may have been too young to understand she was crossing a boundary, but she disagrees and thinks she was plenty old enough. While her husband is on her side, he suggested she briefly apologize to her coworker, only to keep peace within her office space. Now, she’s torn on what to do.

Should she apologize to her nosy coworker?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

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