Tonight at the gym....  

secret_lade 49F
14311 posts
3/3/2021 5:03 pm
Tonight at the gym....


It's been a while since I've said that!

Damn, I've missed going the gym....

As punishment for her snotty attitude, I forced the Spawn come with me for some special bonding time.

Just me.... Her.... The large, older man who kept wiping his arm pits with his towel and tossing it onto the treadmill next to me....

I couldn't have asked for a more special mother / experience.

I was minutes into my treadmill time when I heard her little voice facetiming her best friend.

"You should see this guy. It smells like armpits in here."

"Show me"

Horrified, I glance behind me and see the little stinker holding her phone up show her friend the guy.

"Hey! Why don't you go sit on the couch and talk [BFF]!"

There is no possible way this guy wasn't acutely aware of what was happening behind him. If it were possible, I would have died of embarrassment on the spot.

Lord have mercy on my soul....

Happy Wednesday!

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 5:44 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:
    You reassured me that you wouldn't tell anyone that we'd met in the gym last night!!

    Smelly armpits.........do you know that some deodorant manufacturers employ people with the specific task of smelling armpits, before, during and after, and with or without their product? An honourable profession if ever there was one!! Of course I applied for a job!!

    Ah, you do make me laugh McLade!
Yikes! Try telling your friends about that job. LOL "I'm a detector of odiferous emanations." LOL


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 5:40 pm

    Quoting KX450F2016:
    You are the Spawn are quite the pair!!
I just hope we continue to be close as she grows up. I never had this kind of relationship with my mom, but it was something I'd always wanted.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 5:38 pm

    Quoting positively4you:
    Teaching moment for sure. Remember some young woman was sued or public shamed for posting a pic of an older overweight woman in a gym locker room a few years ago? But she is young. I did stupid juvenile stuff too. Actually, I still do at this age.

I remember that... She was a model I think. Lost her job and all her contracts. The guy was back tonight when I was at the gym, he was totally unfazed and trying to make small talk with me.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 5:36 pm

    Quoting citizen4722:
    I wonder if that's the last you'll see of that guy...and his smelly armpits?
It was not! I was already at the gym when he showed up tonight, and decided to park his ass on the treadmill right next to me. Ack!


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
3/4/2021 8:57 am

I wonder if that's the last you'll see of that guy...and his smelly armpits?


positively4you 74F  
4605 posts
3/4/2021 6:22 am

Teaching moment for sure. Remember some young woman was sued or public shamed for posting a pic of an older overweight woman in a gym locker room a few years ago? But she is young. I did stupid juvenile stuff too. Actually, I still do at this age.


KX450F2016 55M
193 posts
3/4/2021 6:18 am

You are the Spawn are quite the pair!!


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
3/4/2021 3:51 am

You reassured me that you wouldn't tell anyone that we'd met in the gym last night!!

Smelly armpits.........do you know that some deodorant manufacturers employ people with the specific task of smelling armpits, before, during and after, and with or without their product? An honourable profession if ever there was one!! Of course I applied for a job!!

Ah, you do make me laugh McLade!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 12:49 am

    Quoting bbuckwwheat:
    So is your goal to live long enough to become a huge embarrassment to the Spawn?

    Don't answer that as I am sure that she thinks that you have already embarrassed her many times over.
I embarrass her now on purpose. It's my new pass time.... Lol. My favorite is singing along with department store musac.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 12:45 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    OMG, I would have been incredibly embarrassed!
I was horrified. The guy seemed unfazed.... The daughter and I had a nice long talk about respecting others and accepting differences. She ended up crying and feeling bad, but she needs to understand when someone is really trying to make positive chang, her actions are detrimental. I used myself as an example and said, what if someone did that to me.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 12:36 am

    Quoting flannel_light:
    Girl you do not have a dull moment in your like. That was funny.
You are right! Never a dull moment.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 12:36 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    Ahh... armpit smell.
    Some people have that affliction.
    Some people have that affliction and don't KNOW they have it.
    Ahh... the gym — I don't miss it. lol 😂

    Well, I miss the whirlpool they had at the one I used to go to. Damn those jets were powerful! 👍 😊
My gym is not that fancy.... This guy knew it, I'm certain. I can't get down on anyone for trying to get healthy, but at least have the courtesy of throwing your armpit towel away from others. Yikes!!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/4/2021 12:33 am

    Quoting  :

Before COVID, there were a trio of guys that I called the Gym Rats that would do that. They would make fun of others and hog all the equipment. Hated them.....


bbuckwwheat 65M
6265 posts
3/3/2021 8:11 pm

So is your goal to live long enough to become a huge embarrassment to the Spawn?

Don't answer that as I am sure that she thinks that you have already embarrassed her many times over.


Private mailbox at my blog bbuckwwheat
Fayette, Iowa


mc_justmc 63M

3/3/2021 7:39 pm

OMG, I would have been incredibly embarrassed!


flannel_light 61F
4586 posts
3/3/2021 6:51 pm

Girl you do not have a dull moment in your like. That was funny.

The Light is shinning and she is lonely and waiting in the darkness.


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
3/3/2021 6:24 pm

Ahh... armpit smell.
Some people have that affliction.
Some people have that affliction and don't KNOW they have it.
Ahh... the gym — I don't miss it. lol 😂

Well, I miss the whirlpool they had at the one I used to go to. Damn those jets were powerful! 👍 😊


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
3/3/2021 5:05 pm

It's been a while since I've said that!

Damn, I've missed going to the gym....

As punishment for her snotty attitude, I forced the Spawn to come with me for some special bonding time.

Just me.... Her.... The large, older man who kept wiping his arm pits with his towel and tossing it onto the treadmill next to me....

I couldn't have asked for a more special mother / daughter experience.

I was 10 minutes into my treadmill time when I heard her little voice facetiming her best friend.

"You should see this old guy. It smells like armpits in here."

"Show me"

Horrified, I glance behind me and see the little stinker holding her phone up to show her friend the old guy.

"Hey! Why don't you go sit on the couch and talk to [BFF]!"

There is no possible way this guy wasn't acutely aware of what was happening behind him. If it were possible, I would have died of embarrassment on the spot.

Lord have mercy on my soul....

Happy Wednesday!


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