Charlie the Trainer

Charlie was yet another guy I met on CL. He is a personal trainer and I was able to talk to him about my workouts and my plateau. We talked and chatted quite a bit and I "liked" his training page on Facebook. He found me on his page and added me as a friend to his personal page. We talked on the phone and eventually made plans for a date.

We met at Red Lobster for dinner and I was surprised by the look he gave me when we first met. I didn't seem to be the person he had in mind. But we still had dinner over which we talked about his training more. His goals for a gym. And my workout routeins. The conversation wasn't flowing easily at all. But after dinner he suggested we head somewhere and do some walking. Off to the mall we went.

We lapped that mall a few times, only stopping in the candy store where he bought a bunch of sugary treats for his nieces. Most of our walking was done in silence with random bits of conversation here and there. At one point when I was trying to lead the conversation somewhere I asked him what he liked to do other than working out. His answer was: Nothing. He said life is all about eating sleeping and training. And that was when I knew it was over. I can talk about working out and training for a while. And I enjoy the conversation. But there is more in my life that just that.

Charlie still hangs around. He is still a FB friend and comments on my stuff every now and then. Also, every couple weeks I will get a text from him. Checking in on how I am doing. How my training is going and if I have gotten off my plateau yet. I don't know if Charlie will ever be gone.