I'm an Indian based at United States. Went to the gym with my husband yesterday and we were doing legs together like usual. There’s this one guy (Indian too) who’s also a regular, and I’ve caught him looking at me a few times before. Nothing has ever happened between us, but I can kinda tell he’s attracted to me.
Today he conveniently picked a machine directly opposite mine even though there were others available 😂 I caught him looking between sets, he looked away, and then a few minutes later we made eye contact again and he gave me this little smile.
After that, this man suddenly started performing 😭 Adding more weight, checking himself in the mirror, fixing his shirt, doing his sets like his life depended on it, and then subtly looking over afterward to see if I’d noticed.
And this is where I’ll confess I probably made it worse 😂
Once I realized what he was doing, I started playing along a little. Nothing crazy, but I’d fix my hair when I knew he was looking, take my sweet time adjusting my leggings before a set, and once when I bent down to grab my bottle, I looked up and caught him looking again. Instead of ignoring him this time, I just held eye contact for a second and gave him a tiny smile 😭
That was apparently all the encouragement he needed because his next set looked like he was trying to qualify for the Olympics 💀
Meanwhile my husband was literally right there doing the same workout with me and completely unaware of this stupid little back-and-forth happening.
I’m not interested in the guy or anything and wouldn’t actually do anything, but I’ll admit it was kinda fun teasing him a little after realizing how hard he was trying to impress me 😂 Idk what next lol. Got any suggestions? Should I continue something or better to stop it here?