{"id":18871,"date":"2013-08-24T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T19:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=18871"},"modified":"2014-12-02T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T10:09:38","slug":"gym-buddies-or-should-i-say-we-cant-go-on-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=18871","title":{"rendered":"Gym Buddies Or Should I Say We Can&#8217;t Go On Together\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18706\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18706\" alt=\"Gym Buddy\" src=\"http:\/\/alexsuze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/stretching.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gym Buddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s a fact that when asked most people would want to have the ability to work from home.\u00a0 After all you can follow your own schedule, taking time out to do none work related stuff like gym having coffee with friends and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t forget that you also end up making that time up by working in to the night and weekends too.\u00a0 So although a flexible work routine not exactly your 9-5pm.\u00a0 Not that I\u2019m complaining, aside from not having that office banter and interaction.\u00a0 Although talking to clients does enrich your day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the one thing you don\u2019t get is the chance to make friends with new people you would normally happen across in your normal working for an employer life.<\/p>\n<p>So I made a considered decision to make new friends to enrich my life, ones not in the adult industry but in my everyday world.\u00a0 I decided to invite a woman I\u2019ve had regular exchanges with at gym to come over for a coffee.<\/p>\n<p>This invitation was taken in a slightly bemused and suspicious way I discovered when my new gym buddie turned up.\u00a0 She admitted that her friend had told her that she was most probably going to be my guinea pig and even suggested that I could be gay.<\/p>\n<p>At first I was slightly hurt by the implication I might be predatory, then I gave it some thought.<\/p>\n<p>How often does an acquaintance try to take the relationship that little bit further in to a full blown relationship?<\/p>\n<p>And is this situation comparable to a guy asking a girl out on a first date?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll answer that\u2026I suppose so, judging from the reaction my invitation to \u201ccome over for a coffee\u201d received.<\/p>\n<p>I must admit this woman seems to be the kind of person I could have a very good relationship with but now I feel like I\u2019ve been made to look\u2026well, a little desperate.\u00a0 And that\u2019s certainly not what I intended.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addendum:\u00a0 I saw the lady in question today and she was enthusing just how much she enjoyed her coffee which turned in to lunch with me and suggested that we do it again soon.<\/p>\n<p>Should I?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a fact that when asked most people would want to have the ability to work from home.\u00a0 After all you can follow your own schedule, taking time out to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=18871\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,35,25],"tags":[4037,4038,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19139,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18871\/revisions\/19139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}