The Boyfriend Test
Just by chance, due to my training/working out lifestyle, I have developed a Potential Boyfriend Test which is that I go out on a date with a guy, and of course, I go to bed very early to get up and go to the gym and work out 6 days a week- and I work out at 3 a.m! So, I am not one to stay out late or up late, so a date must be ok with not getting what he might want for the first few dates… me to stay out late or staying up late! So, if a guy can handle having to be patient or if he can be flexible enough or interested enough to work around my schedule, then he would have boyfriend potential. However, turns out so far NO DATES have passed my Gym test!
Just tonight, I saw my stupid ex-boyfriend, and kind of felt out whether I felt comfortable around him again, whether I could trust allowing myself to get close to him again - BUT HE FAILED THE GYM TEST!!! I told him I was not going to be staying up very late because I was going to the gym in the morning, and he got all pissy and threw a little tantrum about "his needs not getting met." Too bad!!!!
So, if a guy is out there who is willing to wait to be able to hook up more with me, which means hey, actually wait more than one date!, then he might pass my test!!!!
Can any of you gym rat women relate?????????
On a more positive note, I saw my personal trainer today for another grueling workout (Ok, I really DO love a challenge!!!!) and she said she sees how my body has totally changed since we started working together about 6 weeks ago! So that was great to hear! She could notice!!! Just when I had started to give up because I got on the scale on Thursday to compare my Monday weight and I HAD GONE UP THREE POUNDS!!!! THREE POUNDS!!!! It was really devastating to me. Damn scales.
So that was cool. My hard work IS paying off!!! Thank god!
Hope you all are well! I would love to hear my sister gym rat’s stories on dating!
October 18, 2008 at 7:27 am
I can relate! Those of us with fitness/bodybuilding lifestyles don’t do all those "normal" things that people always whine we’re "no fun" about: eating crappity-crap food, hanging out in bars, going to bed early… If people can’t work around a lifestyle that’s benefiting me greatly just because of things they want to do on a whim/in the moment, then I have no respect for them and don’t need to waste my time with them.
October 21, 2008 at 9:31 am
I would think a guy would realize the rewards by waiting a few dates. It would certainly be in my best interested to pass the boyfriend test. It seems like an easy enough test if you’re patient!!!!