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Husband and girl at the gym

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EmilyBabe · 01/12/2025 14:11

I wondered if I could have some opinions / advice please.

So basically my husband has this woman ( friend ) at the gym that he gets on with. They always chat, she asks for his advice all the time about workouts etc. I personally feel they’ve got too close as I feel she flirts with him a lot when he tells me about some of their conversations etc. She parks right next to his car ( its a big car park ), and constantly moans about her boyfriend to him, and talks about their problems.

Anyway, 1 day last week my husband couldn’t make the gym, but his training partner was there, and was chatting to this woman. He basically asked her what was going on, and they ( Her and my Husband ) seemed a bit close and whether she liked him or not. She basically turned her nose up, and said a few nasty things about him, basically saying she didn’t find him attractive and how he can be a bit creepy / pervy always chatting with her etc. ( He told my husband all this after )

I thought this was obviously very mean, especially if they’re friends. And doesn’t make a lot of sense considering how flirty she is with him. I’m just wondering what her game is?

My husbands friend has said to me a couple of times how flirty she is with him and how even her boyfriend apparently calls my husband her ‘gym boyfriend’. It just doesn’t add up. My husband says 9/10 she will approach him ( not the other way round ), to ask about gym workouts, or to just offload about her boyfriend.

In 1 way I’m kind of happy if she doesn’t fancy him, but at the same time I feel
a bit sorry for my husband as he had always spoke quite highly of her before. This woman is a lot younger than him, so I’m just wondering is she just using him to get advice and offloading to him about her boyfriend because she has no one else.

My husband was quite hurt by the comments and feels awkward now when he sees her.

OP posts:
dollyblue01 · 01/12/2025 15:43

If it was me I’d go with him and see what she does then, she clearly wants attention from wherever she can get it, or I’d be telling him to tell her he’s busy training.

RealEagle · 01/12/2025 15:54

Snoken · 01/12/2025 15:35

So all the information that you have on this is coming from your husband? He's feeding you all of this for a reason. Possibly because he did get too close to her and he is interested in her, but he is trying to make sure you don't suspect anything so he's telling you that she doesn't like him.

I was thinking the same

EmilyBabe · 01/12/2025 15:55

Boobyslims · 01/12/2025 15:34

What age range are you all? - not asking in a snooty way - just trying to land this situation in my mind.

We’re late 30’s, she’s maybe mid to late 20’s

OP posts:
DeftGoldHedgehog · 01/12/2025 16:32

It sounds like she is flirting with both of them and playing off one against the other, but then it could all be made up or amplified coming from either your DH or his mate.

gannett · 01/12/2025 16:39

OP, I can't really work out how you know all these in-depths details and nuances of conversations you weren't there for (and involving people you don't know). Why are your husband and his friend relaying all of this he-said-she-said back to you?

Waitingfordoggo · 01/12/2025 16:45

Do any of the people involved actually get any training done?

RealEagle · 01/12/2025 16:58

These gym posts are all very similar??????

justasmallbiz · 01/12/2025 17:07

Your husband is lying to you and is flirting with the girl.

Aladscave · 01/12/2025 17:17

RealEagle · 01/12/2025 16:58

These gym posts are all very similar??????

They also write one as 1 in both threads

1 day
1 of them

RealEagle · 01/12/2025 17:33

Aladscave · 01/12/2025 17:17

They also write one as 1 in both threads

1 day
1 of them

Edited

I spotted that also

Hedgehogx · 01/12/2025 17:42

It`s all abit he said she said school ground drama.

bumptybum · 01/12/2025 17:45

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 01/12/2025 14:59

So you're annoyed that the younger woman at the gym doesn't fancy your husband?

Stop being obtuse

Firefumes · 01/12/2025 17:58

Anyway, 1 day last week my husband couldn’t make the gym, but his training partner was there, and was chatting to this woman. He basically asked her what was going on, and they ( Her and my Husband ) seemed a bit close and whether she liked him or not. She basically turned her nose up, and said a few nasty things about him, basically saying she didn’t find him attractive and how he can be a bit creepy / pervy always chatting with her etc. ( He told my husband all this after )

^ women can tell when someone is attracted to them you know. Maybe she was talking to him as a mate but he was overstepping? Hence why she thinks he’s creepy.

She told him they barely do it anymore and she’s just ‘had to get used to it now’. How she has a high sex drive, and even mentioned an outfit she dressed up in the other day and that her boyfriend wasn’t interested….

But why does discussing her own relationship issues automatically mean she must fancy your husband? Where is the logic? I tell my friends about my sex life, it doesn’t mean I want to secretly have sex with those friends. The fact she’s very loudly and obviously signalling that she’s taken, in a relationship and actively dating someone else, suggests she isn’t into your husband imo

Maria971 · 24/03/2026 19:02

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 01/12/2025 14:14

Why, why, WHY do men think that every time a woman is nice to them they’re flirting?

Who even decided she was flirting? Another man?

Your husband needs to give this woman some space. She thinks he’s pervy and creepy. He needs to back off.

This. I know i'm bumping an old thread, but 100% this.

MrsPicklesToBe · 24/03/2026 19:10

Throatsore · 01/12/2025 14:22

The scenario you outline in your Op is so very far from the realms of something I have ever encountered in my marriage. Thankfully. Him, her, you, the friend.

Are you being serious ??? Stop trolling!

MrsPicklesToBe · 24/03/2026 19:15

You only have your husband’s word for this - if it didn’t mean anything why mention it ? My DH goes the gym and doesn’t tell me who he talks to if anyone ?!

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