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Originally Posted by marsupial
I guess I underestimated how much the social aspect of the gym motivated me to get up in the morning. At past gyms, I always seemed to make a few friends with the regulars. It was nice to have someone to talk it up with while on a machine or before a class, especially for me who has limited adult contact during the day.
My new gym is weird. First, I am almost always the only woman doing free weights. Most of the guys stand around and talk hunting and football in their thick Mississippi accents. The few women there are real Southern bells. I go at 5 freakin' 30 a.m. with my furry morning teeth and bed head. They're there in full makeup and cute little tennis skirts. (And yes, Goat, most have manmade knockers.) It's like a pseudo country club.
There aren't many classes at this gym and I am getting bored. Any motivational advice for me? Any fun workout plan I could work in to my weekly routine? Or should just start following Ole Miss football and go native?
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God bless you and allow me to wax eloquent for a moment. There is a fairly prominent LDS family involved in the Ole Miss athletic department. ute4ever knows them well. Their oldest boy is a JAG and he and his wife were the only normal people, other than my wife and myself, in our entire ward at Fort Polk, LA. We became quite chummy. We went up to Oxford numerous times and eventually I became enough of a Rebel fan that I bought an Ole Miss hat. That is a strange culture you are in and the folks really think it is the pride of the Ol South they are defending. I doubt you will ever fit in, although I bet Danimal wouldn't complain if you sought to replicate some of the social expectations of their womenfolk. Ole Miss games are a hoot with the chicks in cocktail dresses and the fellows in khakis and ties. Further, I recall my friend telling his wife that she would wear more summer dresses. It is a strange gang in Northern Mississippi and neither time nor losing the Civil War has had too much an impact. Enjoy it for what it is and here is a little diddy that will make the Western Mormon gal popular:
Hoddy Toddy
Gawsh awmighty
Bim Bam Flim Flam
Ole Miss, BY DAMN!
If it won't hurt too much, keep us posted on how social assimilation is working for you, as a graduate of the Borg you should be exceptional....