Personal Trainer + Boyfriend = Disaster

Top Ten Reasons Why You Should NOT Date Your Personal Trainer
10. There is no romantic allure about what you may look like sweaty, panting, and overheated.
9. Instead of wondering if he ever thinks critically about your body you will know for sure that he does when he says something like, "do another set of squats it will help to lift your butt up."
8. You will not get away with complaining to this trainer as you did with others. No longer will whining or refusal to do another set be acceptable.
7. Your food choices over dinner will lead to discussions of nutrition and how you are straying from the trainer's stringent guidelines.
6. Many conversations will lead back to why you did not do something you were advised to do. This is meant to be helpful but it will likely only be annoying.
5. Your muscles will suffer the consequences of any unresolved issues between you. No longer will the gym be a place of solace and stress relief but one where you will be punished for a difference of opinion.
4. Stretching and massaging of muscles is now expected to be reciprocal.
3. Your desire to not appear weak in front of him will cause you to overdo it and you will be in considerable pain the next day. Which of course you must hide and suffer through because you don't want him to know what a weakling you really are.
2. Accomplishments are no longer "yours" they are "ours." As in, "we really worked your muscles good with that one." Funny, I seem to recall lifting that weight entirely on my own.
1. It's a difficult situation to get out of once you're in it. If you would rather have a different trainer you'll likely have to get a new boyfriend as he will probably take offense at having his professional services dismissed. And if you decide you'd rather have a new boyfriend there is no way you can have your ex as your trainer (see #5) so you'll have to find a new trainer.

Off to ice my entire body and reflect on how potentially disagreeable conversation topics should be brought up after a training session not before it. At least there's a positive - I'm definitely getting smarter about the role of timing.