So if TK sorted properly, I'd just add this vent to yesterday's thread but alas it doesn't.
FI and I went to the gym we joined earlier this month for a
free health assessment/workout session last night. Pretty awesome thing for them to offer if you ask me and we were excited to learn exactly what would benefit each of us (especially FI since he wants to lose some weight before the wedding).
The personal trainer we were with was really nice throughout talking to us about a typical day, our goals, and even through the workout. He kinda kicked our butt too, in a good way. Found out I can't even lift a 15lb weight with both hands for any extended period of time too. I digress.
We get finished with this 15 minute workout session and he takes us back downstairs to talk about stuff. Suddenly, the nice PT that we had been with for the last 45 minutes evaporated and this jerk replaced him (same person). He suggests that we both get a PT to help us reach our goals quicker and more effeciently. We politely tell him we can't afford that right now and apparently that's not good enough.
He starts badgering us with ways we could afford the PT and why we have to have one. "Use the money you use on Fast Food! The workout I showed you will be ineffective in 2 days! I'm not stupid, I know what I'm talking about! (Well guess what, neither are we and one of my BFFs lost a ton of weight
without even going to a gym!)" He even asked Matt after I said we can't afford it if he works, as if I am some biitch who dictates where he can spend his money. Sorry, we're adults with joint money and we make financial decisions together, neither of us dictates what can and cannot be spent on something.
Matt tries to politely (thank goodness because I was fuming) tell him that all money we save by not eating out or whatever else is going towards our wedding no ifs and or buts about it.
That's the way is has to be and last time I checked, the PT didn't have access to my bank account. Well I couldn't hold it in anymore so I finally spoke up and informed him that he didn't know our financial situation and we literally can't afford it right now. We go over budget almost every month as it is, so there is none of this magical extra money to put towards a PT. We're trying not to use credit cards and haven't in MONTHS. I'm not going to start because some egotisical jerk thinks we have to have a PT. Sorry dude. I even said "This isn't the wedding budget I'm talking about because we can cut stuff out of that if needed" (so no Bridezilla here).
Then the PT tries to tell me there's no need to get upset. Which only made me more mad. I really can't stand it when people forcefully try to tell you how to spend your money.
Then, even though we've told the PT the same thing over and over again, suddenly changing one word made everything okay. Matt said "We are
choosing to save all of our money towards the wedding" and the PT was fine with that. Really dude?
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING THE WHOLE TIME!
I really want to write a letter to corporate because Matt said a different PT tried to do the same thing to him when he first joined (about a week before I did). That's just ridiculous, rude and no way to treat your PAYING members.
If you read all of that, I applaud you and you rock.
If you didn't, the CN is that the PT tried and tried again to get us to pay for personal training by badgering us and basically telling us that if we didn't do this that we didn't care about our health. He was a jerk and I want to write a letter to corporate.