As a nerd, I enjoy general truths that I don't need to think twice about: Gravity, Evolution, The Empire Strikes Back was the best one, etc. So when I see one of these infallible statements challenged, it makes me think. What I'm referring to is my notion that girls don't want to be approached at the gym because they're all sweaty or they're just not interested in being approached while focused on something else. Now, there are two reasons why I use this rule:
1) It stops me from making an idiot of myself and trying to be witty while there is no oxygen in my brain.
2) It's way more common than a "girls want to be hit on all the time" rule.
Now keep in mind that all of my ideas like this should come with the Brad Pitt rule (If Brad Pitt hit on you (a straight female. Hey maybe even lesbian too. He could do that) you could care less if his timing was right. Unfortunately for me, I have zero common characteristics with him. Okay, maybe one: I'm what 5/7 of his kids will look like in 20 years.
So while I was at the gym today, I saw a pair of guys talk to two different really pretty girls. Lots of smiling, laughing, etc. It may be possible that each girl was a sibling of the guys, but I'm inclined to doubt that. Now, these guys were generally better looking than me, but nowhere near BP level. I don't really know what the best move is. So this situation has broken my logic, but I wouldn't know how to go forward with it.
One other issue that I have is that while I've grown up in a city with about 90% white people, I don't really think much of the whole "interracial relationship" idea. Given that Chicago is way less diverse than I originally thought (probably because I don't get south of the Loop too often/ever), I still don't know what most non-Asian girls think. Is it really not that big of a deal? Or is it a BP-type situation? Who's the Asian equivalent? Probably no one. Maybe the guy from Harold and Kumar? Jet Li? What do you think?
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I think the gym is absolutely fair game for picking up. There are definitely girls who see the gym as a potential place to meet guys.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's not like you have to be a body builder to approach them, I mean, you've already earned points for being at the gym as opposed to on your couch. Plus, many girls who go to the gym are there because they feel insecure about their body, so if you're checking them out while they think they need drastic improvements, it's an underlying compliment.
"Okay, maybe one: I'm what 5/7 of his kids will look like in 20 years."
ReplyDeleteThat comment made me lol.