Meat Head Alert (and a funny story to go along with it) =D

While at the gym last night I was suddenly taken back by a complete stranger (male) acknowledging me by my name. I was 110% certain I’d never met this guy and yet he knew MY name. I was dumbfounded and a bit alarmed, but my type A personality got me thru it. I spoke back and commenced with a little ‘small talk’ with he and his gym buddy. Throughout that conversation I learned that he had asked a gym employee for my name last week. Anyway, after sizing him up for a moment I realized he was harmless and fun to mess with. I like confident men but never a man that forward so I continued on with the conversation as it was simply taking my mind of the strain of the workout and making the time go faster. By the end of the workout I had learned that “Mr. Forward” was married with children anyway. Seriously! (Have I mentioned dating SUCKS?!?) Turns out “Mr. Forward’s” gym buddy is a single (divorced) dad who has been in the dating scene for a while now. So, while “Mr. Forward” got his tan on (no kidding) Mr. Gym Buddy and I talked. I have really been hoping to meet someone (a friend) who has done or is doing the “suddenly single at 30+” thing. Mr. Gym Buddy is quiet and polite and likes to work his way off the bench rather than come out swinging like his MARRIED friend. What a treat it was to open his shell and ask him questions about his experiences. He even offered advice of which MOST of it I will keep in mind. There are a couple things he did say that has bothered the hell out of me though… He insisted I needed a rebound relationship. He assured me my next relationship would fail. He even had statistics backing that up. He also said I’m probably going to have to eventually settle or I am going to end up 87 years old with a bunch of cats!?! I simply responded that I refuse to settle. I want the magic like I had the first time. It fell into my lap and I have to believe it can (and will) happen again. He then said – you better get to working on that rebound relationship. =) Too funny.

Oh – a couple of side notes:

1) “Mr. Gym Buddy” and I were still conversing when “Mr. Forward” came out of the tanning bed. You should have seen “Mr. Forward’s” face when he noticed we were STILL talking! He totally had the “are you messing with my girl” face on. What a slime ball! =)

2) When the long and drawn-out conversation was finally over, the gym head manager came up to me making sure I was OK, and offering to interrupt any conversation I’m uncomfortable with. He even gave me a “code word” so that he would know when to intervene. What a great guy! What a great manager!!! This gym thing is working out for me in more ways than I could ever imagine. And Dad, (now that I know you read this blog) doesn’t that make you happy knowing that the gym manager is looking after me too!?! =)

Have a good Tuesday Y’all!!!

-Amy-