People can be so good!

LauraMax

LauraMax

Cathlete
I just had to start this b/c the other thread was depressing the heck out of me. Generally being an optomist, I still believe the so-called "masses" are good at heart.

So here's my example: I started at my new gym a little over a month ago. There were a few women there who I saw pretty much every time I went in. By the end of the second week, one of them came up and introduced herself (Kathy) & said "I just wanted to tell you how great you look." Bearing in mind, this chick is at like 13% body fat & looks pretty darn good herself.

Then she introduced me to the other woman I kept seeing (who I call Fergie b/c she is a dead ringer for the princess). Now every time I go in there we all work out together & have a really good time.

One of the reasons I'm so happy about this is b/c usually the first person I meet in a new gym is some scumbag hitting on me. It was such a delight to meet some women who share the same interests & are the same age (Kathy is 36, I'm 38, Fergie is 40) instead of the scantily clad perky little girls usually running around gyms.

Kathy now text messages me every couple of days to see how Cosmo is doing. We schedule our workouts together. Last week the three of us exchanged phone numbers & tomorrow we're having a girls night out (about 10 of us!).

So, instead of the typical catty women we so often encounter, I was lucky enough to meet two wonderful, warm hearted, caring women who I'm sure I'll be friends with for years to come.

Share some nice stories with me. I feel guilty about starting such a pessimistic thread.
 
Laura, you are so funny! In a good sweet way though. Anyway, ok, since we're on the subject of friends that we make at the gym I will go next, since I think I might have helped that pessimistic thread just bit.x(
Last year, I ahd the same scenario as you, Laura, where there were pretty much the same few women and a couple of men working out at the gym at the same time that I went in. I got familiar with their faces, but never talked to anyone. One day I was picking my son up from Montessori and I noticed that one of the women that I saw at the gym was there talking to the teachers. I mentioned something to one of the teachers about what a small world it was. She then said that the women was the mother of my sons good friend at school. So, the next time I saw her at the gym I introduced myself and invited her son to my sons b-day party. The boys are still friends and I made a friend on top of it.
You're right Laura, it's very nice to have someone to workout with at the gym. But it's even cooler when you end up being friends.

Kathy
 
I honestly believe that the vast majority of people have good hearts. The scumbags always make it into the news, but they are a tiny minority.

I remember when I first came to NYC, I was walking down a crowded street and a rather scruffy looking man got a little too close to me. Before I could move away, I realized that he was trying to tell me that my handbag was open. :D

-Nancy
 
That reminds me of the true story of a New Yorker, tired of hearing how horrible his city was, posed as a well-to-do foreigner with a poor grasp on English. He went to 100 taxi drivers and asked to be taken from point A to point B. His friends thought he was crazy and predicted that he would be robbed blind. 95% of the taxi drivers not only took him from point A to point B by the most direct route, several even got out of their cabs and showed him how close his destination was and that he could easily walk. The most ironic thing? Most of the taxi drivers warned him to be on the look out for crooks.

I know it's not a gym story or anything Cathe related (okay, NY borders on NJ?), but I think it's a reflection on most people's true natures. I think I read this in Reader's Digest ages ago, but I can't remember exactly - I do remember that it's a true story.
 
Ha ha Nancy, that reminds me of a story that happened several years back. I was driving through a small town and this guy behind me kept beeping at me. I was getting really p o'd at him !!! The speed limit is 25 and I had gotten a ticket there a few years earlier. He then pulled beside me and was yelling furiously at me. I was just about to flick him the bird when my ds (probably about 11y/o) at the times says "he's yelling that your purse is on top of the car" OOPS! I had placed it up there when I was putting dd in her car seat and then proceeded to drive around town with it perched up there!

Here's a story about someone good - but it's not a gym story. Several years back we had to go to NC for a wedding. This was before everyone had minivans and suvs, so we decided to rent a van. We loaded it up and my mil, her friend, my dh, me and 2 kids and one small dog loaded up. Well, the dang thing broke down in the middle of some mountainous area. 2 cops in different patrol cars came. We called the rental co. and they said to have it towed and get a new vehicle at the nearest location of another rental office (there was none near BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE! )Ugh. They were so unhelpful! My dh was frantically trying to reach some of our family at the wedding location to come get us, but we couldn't get anyone. The tow truck came and we unloaded ALL our stuff to the side of the road. The one cop was getting pretty impatient. But, the other called his wife and we loaded all our stuff into their cars and he took us to his house. The wife fixed some coffee and we sat and visited for about 1 1/2 hours before we could reach someone to come get us. I will never forget that kind young man!:) Marnie
 
Hi Marnie- your story reminded me of an incident that happened a few years ago-- my husband and I and our kids were pulling a boat trailer and it was late at night and all of a sudden this car behind us starts flashing its brights and honking. My husband and I are arguing about whether or not to pull over and he did- the guy gets out of the car and starts walking up to the side of our car and I panicked- I yelled for my husband to take off. I must have freaked him out he just stepped on the gas and we were out of there (mind you I was being very protective of my little babies) so this car starts chasing us again and passes us and takes off. We were thanking our lucky stars when a couple of minutes later we came to a light and the guy was at a parking lot, out of his car, pointing at the back of our van & boast trailer (shaking our his head back & forth like he was so disgusted with us). We scratched our heads and went on our way and when we got home found out that we had a chain dragging--Ha, ha, ha my husband was not amused but we have a good laugh over it now & then. deb:7
 
Clearly the man trying to get your attention wasn't too bright himself. I could see why you would be freaked out. I wonder he just didn't pull up alongside you, roll down his window, and let you know about the chain.

But I should add that at least his intentions were good. I don't want my post go out on bad note. ;)
 
These are great stories. Thank you all for sharing. And I wasn't looking for gym stories--I was just using that as an example b/c I have nothing else to share since my entire life revolves around the gym & the office. x(
 
Hi Lauramax..
That is sooo cool Laura, I remember your thread when you were steaming about something someone said about using your cell phone at your old gym. Sometimes change ...can bring about some surprising good things, in your case, good people. Now...maybe they know some single hunk who has their head on straight because you deserve the best!!!

Amber
 
Miz LauraMax -

This jumped out at me that you said, "I have nothing else to share since my entire life revolves around the gym & the office. x( "

Girl, you need to get out more! You sound like me, and I know I have to expand my horizons to include more than working out and working. In my case it manifested itself in depression, and your case it appears that it manifests itself in anger - an observation I made from reading your other posts which are usually rants about something or someone who makes you mad. I hesitate to read a lot of your posts for that very reason, and I hesitated to post this myself because I figured you'd get mad!

I say this with the utmost kindness, my dear, because it ain't fun living your life p#ssed off all the time! You'd also posted before about being impatient, and I daresay, again, this may be the reason. I think this is a very good thing that's happened to you, 'cause I've read that friendships are very important in keeping us mentally healthy - something I can't say that I have in my life, and I need to fix that, too! I really have no gal pals that I do stuff with on a regular basis, so I need to take my own advice!

Good for you, girl! Have a great time on your night out, and please tell us all about it!

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Thanks for pointing this out, HB. Laura, I am so happy for you! I too do nothing except go to the office and the gym, and this year I stopped going to the gym so I could spend more time at the office! :p What a treat to have other women just like you to share your life with! :D
-Nancy
 
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