Fitness flirtation

If anyone was wondering about flirting at the launderette, I have to admit it does not seem to be too successful. Someone asked me what kinds of people go there, as it is absolutely not common in Sweden. To be honest I still don’t know; you hardly see the other people using the laundrette. I have only met a father with his two sons and two German tourists there. However, today I saw something really mind boggling. In front of one of the washing machines there was a pair of shoes! That makes you wonder where the owner of the shoes are, and what he is wearing. I mean I have seen movies where people are sitting at the launderette in their underwear because they have to wash the clothes they were wearing, but let’s assume the person had to wash the socks and therefore took off the shoes and the socks, but then… It was nobody there!! Did he walk away without his shoes?? Is there something more behind the launderette that I have missed!?

So if the launderette turned out to be a disappointment when it comes to flirting, I recently became witness to flirtation in another unexpected location; the fitness club. I was running on the treadmill and not really paying attention to what was going on around me, until I could not help overhearing the conversation on the two treadmills next to me. There a guy was definitely hitting on the girl next to him. It was quite interesting to listen to. She did not seem to be uninterested and in the end he got her number and they had a date! Amazing! The idea that you could catch a date at the gym never struck me!