Will seeing someone too much damage friendship?

[Lucyxoxo]

If I could have some advice please that would be great.

Im a bit of a gym bunny. I go most days and really enjoy it. Towards the tail end of last year, 1 of my friends messaged me asking if she could come along with me if she joined up. I was of course happy to have another person to go with and said yes. She’s basically gone every day with me over the past 6 weeks bar a few days that I didn’t go because I was busy.

Each day I plan out a session almost like I’m a PT, and she does everything I do, albeit slightly lighter weights ( if I do any ).

My question is, will seeing eachother almost every day affect our friendship? I.e will we get sick of seeing eachother? I’ve had a few friends go with me in the past, same kind of scenario. To begin with they went almost everyday with me to learn what to do, then after a few months they started going less and less, or on their own. That’s absolutely fine with me, but I feel with them it’s slightly affected our relationship as I feel we’re not as close anymore. I do like this woman and don’t want it to go the same way.

I did mention this to her, I.e, ‘you’ll probably want to go on your own soon when you’ve learnt what to do etc’ and she was like ‘no it’s fine, I’m more motivated to go with someone’.

I’m probably overthinking and there’s going to be no problem, but I guess where it’s kind of happened before I’m paranoid about a repeat.

Has anyone else had this problem before? It doesn’t have to be the gym, it could be anything you do socially.

I think perhaps you're overthinking, especially if she's said she enjoys going with you. I used to be close friends with a couple of my old work colleagues and we would often do a morning class together at the gym before work, work all day together and then often go swimming in the evenings! We never got sick of each other . Obviously if you'd like some more time to yourself at the gym that's fine too!

Perhaps the others feel guilty about stopping and you are a reminder?
Do you see this woman outside the gym or does your friendship now revolve around going together? I'd make a point of seeing her just for a relaxing meal or whatever it is you like to do other than the gym. Then if she trails off exercise you still have other things you enjoy together.

The last time I saw her socially other than the gym was for some drinks for my birthday last year with some other friends. But she often mentions she’s too old to go out for drinks ( she’s only late 30’s ). A meal sounds like a good idea or something similar,