I never thought about this until today but it does make sense that it may just be possible to find our life partner at the gym. If you think about it, most people who attend the gym, on some sort of regular basis, have quite a few similar characteristics: they feel the need to take care of their bodies physically, they are conscious of their appearance, and they enjoy being in the company of others. Those are pretty good qualities to look for in a mate. For some reason, I never seemed to see the gym as a source of any love interests. I certainly looked at it as a source of lustful wantings.

Now, don't get me wrong. As a staff member of a gym, I frown upon staff using the gym membership as a dating pool. I do not ever recommend that any staff of the gym date any part of the membership. This is especially true when it comes to trainers/instructors dating their clients/clientele:

There once was a female member who insisted that a group exercise instructor be fired because he was seeing other members. My first reaction to this was that "Is there really a straight male group exercise instructor?" My next reaction was to immediately find out what happened. Apparently, said female member, who we will call Anastacia, had been taking the instructor's (who we will call Rupert) class AND hiring him as a Personal Trainer. Rupert just happen to be this gorgeous man with a body of a Greek god. Anastacia had also been taking other "intimate private lessons" with Rupert EVEN THOUGH she knew that he was married and had a family. Anastacia's and Rupert's sessions continued for eight months.

Well, one day, Anastacia went out to dinner with couple of girlfriends, one of them we shall call Sheryl. After sitting down to dinner, Sheryl informed the group that she was taking this fabulous class with this fabulous instructor who was absolutely gorgeous and who also had the body of a Greek god. Anastacia knew right away who this instructor was but just smiled and played along without saying a word. After a couple of drinks and a few more stories from Sheryl about this diety that she takes class from, Sheryl leaned in and said that she had a secret to share with the group. Apparently, Sheryl had been having SEXUAL RELATIONS with said instructor and his name was Rupert. Sheryl also added that it was just sex and that she KNOWS that Rupert was also having sex with other women in his class.

So the moral of this story is, be careful who you pick up at the gym. Remember that they too can use the gym membership as a dating pool. Later.  ¶ 11:52 PM