Please refrain from hitting on my husband...k? Thanks...

There comes a time in every married woman's wife when she realizes she's not the only person who finds her husband attractive.  I mean, we should all KNOW this, but it's like when that ring goes on you think it's a protective barrier of some sort...the ring means taken and taken means no one else is going to look at him like I do again.

It just sucks that it doesn't work out that way, doesn't it?

I've listened to all my (single) girlfriends complain over the past few years about how all the good ones are already married and I think to myself "Yup!  And I GOT HIM!"  Because in my mind, of course, there is only ONE good one.  But he's wearing that protective barrier of a ring so no one else notices, right?  Right.  Ugh...wrong.

A little over a year ago (has it been that long???) the hubby's exgirlfriend started trying to contact him.  He didn't let it happen because of the protective barrier.  And the one time she did get a message through to him he told her to leave him alone.  He is the best hubs ever.  She took it fairly well and has stopped trying to make contact.

More recently, when the hubs and I have been at the gym, I've noticed girls taking a "liking" to him.  Let me remind you, he NEVER leaves the house without the protective barrier ring.  Ever.  But it's like that ring is a beacon now.  It's calling to them.  "He's a good one...someone else married him...you need to try to get him..."  Seriously girls?  Have we no self respect?  Hell, forget the self respect, have we no respect for a marriage?  Have we no respect for God (if you believe in God, that is)?

I've seen a lot of marriages end because of the "other woman."  Luckily my hubs is faithful and caring and puts up his own barrier when someone tries to break through, but some of my friends haven't been so lucky.  SO, why is it that women can't realize that he, whoever he may be, is married to someone else?  And that marriage may be important to him so maybe you shouldn't be chasing him around the track asking if your panty line is showing?  I let hubs handle all these inquiries, until someone touches him.  Then, if need be, I will attack.  It's happened.  Once.  I came out unscathed. 

Side note: I do realize that people do cheat.  I also realize that there could come a time that hubs could cheat on me.  I don't think he would, I think our love is stronger than that, but it's a possibility.  I would just prefer that women stop dangling themselves in front of him.  If he's interested, trust me, he'll come to you.  After all, he came to me that night many many years ago and we've been together ever since.

Simple Gym Etiquette

I go to the gym every morning.  Ok that's not true.  I try to go to the gym every morning but some mornings I simply don't make it.  But some mornings I do make it.  I made it this morning. 

There's a guy at the gym.  And he kind of thinks he owns the equipment.  As in, every time I am on a machine, he comes over to me and says "You are on my...(insert gym equipment here - bike, elliptical, treadmill...)."  It's gotten to the point that he's a running joke between my friends and I.  However, this morning he wasn't complaining that I was on HIS machine.  This morning I was apparently magnetic.

I was on a bike.  Doing my thing, thinking "I'll do this for 45 minutes, then go lift..."  There was a lady 2 machines down from me doing her thing on the stair stepper.  And Annoying Gym Guy ("AGG") comes over and gets on the bike right next to me.  Did I mention we were the ONLY People in the Cardio room?  JUST us three.  And he picks the bike between me and the lady on the stairstepper.  I continue to bike because I know his workout routine and I was not going to let him bother me.  He'll be on the bike 5 minutes, then off for 10, back on for 5, then gone for 10. 

BUT then another person joined us in the cardio room.  The very large cardio room.  And that person?  Got on the treadmill on the other side of me.  I promise there were other treadmills not near me.  In fact, there are about 20 other treadmills.  And then what does this woman do?

She starts talking to AGG and the lady on the stairstepper telling them about someone with gout and pneumonia and how this person (did I mention AGG and Stairstepper lady didn't know who this sick person is?) was apparently vomitting something green yesterday.

WHILE I WAS WORKING OUT!!!

I understand people want to talk to their friends, but she was not talking about something anyone wanted to hear.  And I was working out!  I ended up getting off the bike after 15 minutes just to get away from the madness.  And because I felt like vomitting after hearing the description of the green vomit.

If you're curious, it was apparently chunky.