Wanting to be fit is one thing but when your exercise routine gets in the way of a relationship it’s time to start questioning if it’s actually healthy and wonder if there’s something else going on altogether…
Maintaining a healthy diet and exercise routine is important to keep your body and mind in shape. Plus, physical activity makes you feel great as it releases endorphins and it’s a wonderful way of making friends.
However, one man has revealed that he’s grown concerned about his wife’s behaviour after she started going to the gym more than once a day. Curious to know if he was being unreasonable about her training, he shared the situation on social media.
He wrote: “My wife is 30 years old and she’s always worked out and been in shape, but lately, I feel like it’s becoming excessive. She used to regularly work out at a gym when she was in college. At some point she stopped going to the gym, I think lately just due to her schedule, and preferred to work out at home or go for runs outside.”
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But around 18 months ago, his wife began going to the gym again as her work changed and she was able to finish at a decent time. He went on: “She signed up for classes on the weekend (both days), she started going to the gym every day, then it became the morning before work and then again later in the evening.
“Every single day. If she’s stressed, she goes to the gym. If she experiences some sort of life crisis, she immediately heads to the gym. If we have an argument – she runs to the gym.” The man said that he expected her to slow down a little when she got pregnant, even though he knows it’s safe to exercise while expecting, he just assumed she would be tired. He added: “The intensity is not slowing down.”
“If she misses one of her normal gym sessions,” he continued, “she becomes so irritable, like a junkie not getting her fix. It’s just bizarre. Truly a case of too much of a good thing. Of course, she gets upset when I voice that I feel it’s becoming an unhealthy obsession and that I miss spending time with her because she’s there so much.
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“She has all of these friends and this whole circle of people there that she seems to prefer spending time with over me. Why don’t we work out together at the gym? The gym is her time, she says. This isn’t a case of me feeling insecure because she’s in great physical shape and I’m a fat slob. I work out and am in shape – my job really requires me to stay in shape so I can’t let myself go if I want to.”
Admitting he feels that her gym habits have become unhealthy, he said he feels genuinely worried that she’s over-exercising, especially considering she’s pregnant. He explained that it’s got to the point where her friends and family don’t see her either and he has to do everything around the house because she’s never there.
He finished: “People we know have even commented about it to me. They’ve said things about how she seems different, how she sure is at the gym a lot, and many of her friends and family barely see her anymore. Some have even suggested she’s having an affair with somebody there. Please tell me that this doesn’t sound normal to you. She insists this is perfectly normal.”
People reading the Reddit post were quick to assure the man that this behaviour was not normal, suggesting that the idea of an affair was not ridiculous. One person wrote: “Dude, she’s cheating on you. Either that or she doesn’t want to be with you anymore. If you love someone you want to spend time with them and if she’s not seeing you…”
Another user penned: “Yeah, I can’t help but feel skeptical that she’s not cheating. You need to have a serious chat or go through her phone and see what’s going on.” And someone else added: “She’s definitely working out but not at the gym. Get yourself lawyered up and do a paternity test!”
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