Dating After Sport

I was told by a good friend that the best time to make the first call to a prospective date is after a workout. After a good workout, your endorphins are flowing and you are on a non-drug induced high. How good is that? Now that you are in the feel good state, you can make that call to the awaiting lady. Unless she tells you that it is not a good time now. Oops.

How about taking it up a notch and dating after sport! A cool divorcee, hindsightisprettyfunny, wrote a blog about someone who pitched up to the second date, dressed in a sweatsuit. I do not think that is the best attire for a date, unless as the lady said “Unless you’re doing some activity that necessitates different clothing”.  How any guy let this lovely lassie go, is a mystery to me. Maybe he is kicking himself.

I decided to try this myself. My prospective date was accommodating and suggested we meet in the mall where my gym was. I took my dating change of clothing to the gym with me  so that I could change after my shower and shave. Nothing like going on a date freshly showered and groomed and smelling like flowers. Well, not flowers but some Hugo Boss aftershave and deodorant. Have to make an impression!

There I was having my workout and enjoying myself and then I had time left and decided to go for a sauna. Great idea! NOT. In Julia Robert’s words “Mistake, a big mistake”.

The strenuous workout with the addition of the sauna invoked sweating, daaaah. But the sweating continued after the shower.  This is the sign of a good workout! But I have a date! My face is all flushed from the workout and I am sweating.

No time to hop into the shower a second time. What is worse, arriving 10 minutes late or sweating. Ewwww!

I will not do that again! BTW the lady was quite cool.