Approaching women at the gym/ yoga class? (1 Viewer)

[MAC_32]

Guys...the context of the post is approaching women AT A CLASS.  In this case, it's perfectly acceptable.  I go to some classes fairly often and see the same group of regulars. There is plenty of socializing before and after class.  I've approached women after class, "hey, I see you here quite a bit.  My name is Trout".  To the hot yoga girl, "Nice Bird of Paradise.  Not a lot of us can do that one".  Nothing creepy about that at all.  Never had someone be totally put off.  When i see them at the gym, outside of class we exchange greetings.  I'm friends with a couple of them on social media.

I'm married, so my end game isn't to date or sleep with them.  But if i were single, approaching women at a class would be golden.

That being said, do not approach women when they're on the gym floor with earbuds in.  That's a huge signal that they don't want to be bothered.  Easbuds=stop sign.

Schtick aside, to piggy back off this - this setting led to sleeping with the yoga instructor 10 days later.  'Can you give a couple of pointers on this one particular movement? I don't think I'm getting it.'  *oh yeah, now I got it* 'Oh, you frequent that wine bar in my neighborhood?' *goes to wine bar the next two weekends*

 

[jonessed]

To piggyback off the gym question, can someone help me out if this is the new thing to prevent hitting on women in the gym.

A girlfriend and boyfriend walked in the gym right in front of me. We only have 3 treadmills and all were in use, however a separate woman only had 4 mins left. The boyfriend hopped onto an elliptical and the girlfriend was sort of hovering behind the treadmills. I decided not to wait the 4 mins to see if she was going to use it so I simply asked her if she was going to use it when it opened up. She said yes so I decided to go upstairs to get on a spin bike. As I'm walking away the boyfriend makes a nasty face to her and asks "What did he just say to you?" 

10 mins later they both come upstairs and into the room with the bikes. She starts doing abs and light weights as the boyfriend just sits on the hardwood floor 3 feet from her and never takes his eyes of me for 25 mins. I will say, the guy way out kicked his coverage so good for him, but if he is that overprotective of her I feel very sorry for her.

They left the gym after the 25 minute staredown so what was the point of him even being in the gym for those 35-40 mins? I've noticed plenty of people of both genders being in the gym solely to take a selfie and leave, but never a boyfriend doing what he just did. Is this common these days?

Overly possessive boyfriends have always existed.

 

[Bossman]

I have nothing to add outside of this one time, this cute older than me girl at the gym came over to start a convo. She asked my name and told me she loved my facial hair. We chatted for 30 secs or so and then it got to the awkward phase. I said nice to meet you and went back to the next set as she stood there and then walked away. I was too young and stupid to realize she might have thought I was cute. Im shocked to this day that I have a wife and kids. What a loser I was. 

A similar thing happen to me in college. I was at the school gym (I never go to the gym) messing around on the pectoral machine thing. A cute Asianed girl I had a class with started a conversation with me and put her hand on my shoulder for balance as she did leg stretches. I didn't know what to say so I asked about homework and papers. I probably could have made some EY juniors if I wasn't so dense.

Why is it wrong for a woman to walk up to a man and ask him if he wants to make out?

Life would be so much better if people would just get to the point.

 

[EYLive]

You think it's wrong for a woman to approach a man? Why?