The Secret to Marriage According to ‘M’
My trainer ‘M’ works with post-rehab patients like myself, as well as with athletes and fitness clients. He takes care of us or rather he ‘tortures’ us. He has fun putting us all through contortionist-style exercises and introducing us to muscles we didn’t know existed. He’s a little bit warped that way. ‘M’s my age, in perfect shape, nice looking, funny, eats APPLES for snacks and runs everyday at 5am while listening to audio books on his ipod. Obviously there’s something wrong with him! I wish I were half as motivated as ‘M’ to take care of my body.

The other day at physical therapy a young couple in their 20’s who train with ‘M’ in a fitness program were discussing living together with our group.

“I come home from work and she’s already giving me grief about stuff!”

“You think that’s bad, just wait until you get married.” A post-rehab patient informed him.

“I told him that living together is practice for when we get married.” She explained.

“Do you know what the secret to marriage is?” ‘M’ stepped in to help the young guy.

“What?” He asked.

I stopped to listen to the wisdom ‘M’ was about to dispense… The secret to marriage! Maybe I'd learn something. I thought.

“The secret to marriage is: pretending to listen and pretending to care.”

PRETENDING TO LISTEN AND PRETENDING TO CARE! I was flabbergasted! I knew there was something wrong with ‘M’.

“Does that work for you?” I asked ‘M’.

“Sometimes,” he grinned, “but sometimes my wife calls me on it and then I’m in BIG trouble.”

“You deserve to be in trouble for that!” I laughed.

Labels: athletic trainer, exercising, Physical Therapy, post-rehab, secret to marriage, Terrio Therapy Fitness

  posted by Matildakay at 12:30 PM