I wouldn’t mind getting approached at the gym

I’m a female who wants to give her 2 cents. On mobile so sorry if formatting is weird!

I honestly wouldn’t mind getting approached at the gym, especially if it was in a respectful way. Literally just “hey my name is x and i think you’re really pretty, would you like to …?” Or “could i give you my number? no pressure” or something like that. as long as you give me an easy out, appear friendly and like you won’t take rejection as a personal attack, i would take it as a compliment and probably be more motivated during my workout lol 😂 also, as a gym girl, i only want to date other gym guys, and where else is better for finding gym guys than at the gym?

Personally, I hear people say “don’t approach me at the gym” all the time and it discourages me from doing it at all, even approaching other girls to try to make friends. I think i would feel way more motivated to go if I knew i would see friends there, so i kind of wish gyms were more social as a whole. I’m afraid to even talk to anyone out of fear of bothering them.

I feel like the biggest thing for women is safety and not feeling objectified. I sometimes get scared rejecting a man for fear of retaliation, because of the stories i’ve heard. So it’s understandable that some women don’t wanna be approached at all. But also, the gym is a public space, just don’t make things weird and i feel like it’s a perfectly good place to approach people.

Would love to hear others thoughts. Maybe it’ll be enough to get me to start talking and making friends at my local gym :)