Today I fucked up by thinking taking my Tinder date to the gym on our second date would be a good idea.

First off, I understand how lame that date was. It’s not something I’ve ever done before or ever thought about. I am very bulked up and the gym is a big part of my personal life. But never has it been a part of my romantic life. The gym is my getaway. I should have kept it that way. (But also, the gym for a second date is a red flag. Trust me, I agree with what you’re thinking and went against my better judgement.)

Here’s the story:

I met a lady off of Tinder and we hit it off pretty well. Decided to trade numbers, spoke for a few days, and then planned our first date. It was at a very nice Italian restaurant in our downtown area and then we went on a sunset boat ride (I live by the beach.) It went really well and we both enjoyed ourselves. On the boat ride when we were chatting, she brought up how bulked up I was and asked about it. So I started to discuss my story of being overweight as a teen and when I got in my 20’s I started to work out and when I started to see results, it became a passion of mine. Blah blah blah. She mentioned to me how she has always been trying to gain muscle but find it difficult because of her size (she is a toothpick.) So I told her the next time we go out, we should end the night by stopping by the gym and I can show her a few ways I think she can see those results.

A week goes by and she showed a lot of interest in a second date, so I planned it and we set a day. Which ended up being last night. The plan was to go out again and then swing by the gym before heading back home. At dinner, I drank a bit more than my usual amount because I was just enjoying myself. Everything up to this point was going fine.

We get to the gym and change our clothes and I meet over at the weights. I made sure to pack my most revealing clothes to show off my physique a bit more since she showed interest in how I looked. I started to show her basic techniques and was helping her out as she lifted. She mentioned to me how she was embarrassed by how little she can weight lift compared to me. Up to this point, I didn’t even lift anything yet. Was just helping her out. I took this as a way to show off how strong I was to her.

I walked over to one of the empty bars and loaded up 350lbs. Now, I have a very strong upper body by spending a lot of time in the gym over the course of years. 350lb is way over how much I normally do on any given day. But a bit of liquid confidence and trying to show off made me think I was capable of that amount.

I got in position and began to lift. Instantly feeling it in my body that it was too much. But there was no way I was going to put the bar down and unload weight. That’s embarrassing. I continued to push up and saw her mouth drop as I did it because she was impressed. I planned on doing it a few more times and then walking away from it like it was easy. Except the last time I lifted up the bar, I felt my leg begin to get hot. As I put the bar down, I ended up shitting my pants after a very loud fart uncontrollably launched out. I looked down and saw myself standing in a puddle of my own piss. I was absolutely humiliated. Some of the nearby guys started to laugh and point at me and I stood there frozen.

She was very nice and instantly jumped to helping me out. She even cleaned it up as I changed and cleaned myself up in the locker room so we could be ready leave when I walked out with new clothes.

The car ride back was completely silent. We tried small talk a few times but obviously we were both still shocked and embarrassed. I apologized and went on my way. By the time I got home, there was a text that read this, word for word:
“Thank you for dinner. After tonight, I think it would be best if we pursue other options. It’s not because of what happened tonight at the gym. Just something I’ve thought about and think it’s the best decision…”

It’s ABSOLUTELY because I shit and pissed myself at the gym. I’m absolutely humiliated. I called this morning and cancelled my gym membership at that gym and searching for a similar one in a surrounding area.

So the moral of the story is this…never take a girl to the gym as your second date. You might shit yourself.

TL;DR: I lifted too much weights in order to impress my date and ended up going on myself because of it.