to think people who exercise excessively are boring and quite selfish

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I have a couple of friends who cycle a lot. By that I mean all school day on their days off work (work part time) plus at least 2 evenings and a large proportion of the weekend. I get the importance of exercise and I do and also have friends who do a few 5k runs a week but never mention it. I wouldn't mind if they would keep it to themselves, but they seem to have the knack of turning conversation around so they can talk about their bike ride, they moan about how tired and achey they are. They complain their dh's (who work full time) are not pulling their weight (dispite the fact they are spending a couple of days sat on their bikes). And their latest feats are all posted on social media. I just get the feeling they think it's great and the rest of the world is missing out when in reality non excessive excercisers just think it's a bit sad and they need to get a life.

Yep, I think they are boring. But selfish? No, I don't see how.
It's ok to be obsessive about something as long as you keep your gob shut about it and don;t kill anyone nearby with your stories about it.

Yabu. I’d far rather hear about cycling than housework.

If they spend every second cycling how can you possibly have so much contact with them that you get frustrated by the amount they go on about it. Just sounds to me like they've got a hobby they enjoy and are passionate about and for some reason you feel a bitterness about it. Not really their issue in my mind.

When I started C25k I would go on about it if asked, but generally wouldn't bring the subject up. Now I've broken a bone in my foot I'm jealous of people who can run. I never thought it would be something I'd enjoy but I did and I suspect I was a bit of a running bore.

But let's not be disparaging about vegans.

I don't have people on my SM that I don't like or want to know about what happens in their life. YABVU to be social media "friends" with people who you don't like and then bitch about them.

Why does everyone who disagrees with this think everyone who doesn't exercise a lot spend all their time doing housework?

This comment killed me haha

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Essentially, people talk most about what they are interested in. I don't see why sport and exercise are necessarily any more boring than any of the other things people bang on about (their diy projects, house prices, their job, their kids' achievements, their holiday plans etc).

I find exercise talk a lot more interesting than some of the conversations I have with my friends. I have zero interest in their diets which never work or Love Island I listen for a bit and when it's polite change the direction of the conversation. None of us talk about housework except for we hate it.

Why does everyone who disagrees with this think everyone who doesn't exercise a lot spend all their time doing housework

A previous poster said they had too much housework to go running or cycling.

So sad that you think that cleaning is a hobby. Everyone should have a hobby they can witter about, be that cycling, running, quilting, birdwatching, baking or whatever. Maybe pick friends that overlap interests?