I’ve been having casual small talk with a man in the gym, he is one of many people that I chat to. All conversations are very basic small talk. Good week? Good weekend? Talk abit about holidays and he’s told me the odd thing about his children. We’ve known each other from another gym pre covid where we’d also exchange small talk.
Over the last 6 months he started acting odd, where he directly avoid me for a week or so then go out of way to chat to me. Very odd vs the usual dealings which were talk when we near each other or walked past. Didn’t initially think any of it but he’s then started building weird tension between us so I decided it would be better to avoid. He then started parking near me in the car park knowing I often sit in the car waiting for my friend. If knows I’m in the car he always does something bizarre to get my attention. Not long after this his wife started turning up for sessions with him and he went back to avoiding me. All odd as there is literally nothing going on. His wife has also started turning up without him which seems to co in side with being there. She literally parks herself near enough to me to stare right at me but never close enough for me to directly talk to her. I’ve attempted to go over and chat to her to see what the issue is but she clicks on and walks off.
Fast forward to 6 weeks ago and he has now taken to attempting to talk to my friend that I train with. Similar small talk to ours and seems desperate to get my attention. If I train without her he either avoids me or just stares at me but whip his head over when I look back.
any ideas to what the hell is going on?
all conversations are small talk, clearly not showing him any interest that he’d think I’d be after more. I’ve swapped my gym times but he always seems to be in there. Also note he speaks to a lot of women in there but none seem to be getting the issues I’m having with his wife.