'My boyfriend is trying to stop me from going to the gym – it feels so unfair'

What would you do if your partner wanted you to quit the gym? (stock image)

If you thought a gym obsession couldn't affect your love life, think again.

It's no secret that hitting the gym is a fantastic way to boost your health and fitness. But for one couple, it's the unbelievable source of endless rows - and neither party is showing signs of backing down.

The tricky situation unfolded this week after an 18-year-old told her boyfriend she was thinking of signing up for a gym membership. Given that her partner is also a regular gym-goer, she figured this wouldn't be an issue and said it without batting an eyelid.

But the nameless woman couldn't have been further from the truth, with her 19-year-old partner soon expressing his strong dislike for the idea. "Whenever I told him about it, he said he really doesn’t want me to and said he doesn’t want me to change my body and is afraid that I wouldn’t physically feel the same (like if we cuddled or something)," she said anonymously on Reddit.

"He even asked me why I wanted to go anyway, and I told him that I thought it’d be good for me and that I’d have my own goals." The couple, of just over a year, have now discussed this over and over again, but they seem to be stuck in a rut.

Although the writer is keen to focus on herself and her personal fitness goals, she's scared that exercising will be the downfall of their relationship. She continued: "He still doesn’t want me to go even after the multiple times I’ve discussed this with him. It feels unfair and I still don’t know what I should do. Should I just go anyway?

"I don’t want our one-and-a-half-year relationship to end because of something like going to the gym and working out." Unsurprisingly, the anonymous confession has since racked up countless comments on the platform, with various users concerned that her partner is 'controlling'.

One person wrote: "Your bf is too controlling. Maybe he's not the right person for you if this is a hill he wants to stand firmly on. You don't need permission from another person to exercise and go to the gym... (Unless it's financial and you want him to pay for your gym membership..."

Another added: "Why are you asking his permission? You are not a child and he is not your parent, this is not something he needs a say in, or you need to get his okay for. He does not get to control your actions like this - that's not healthy."

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