In today’s story, a man helps a girl at the gym, but his girlfriend walks in at that very moment.

She’s not happy about it, but he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong.

Let’s see how the story unfolds…

AITA for spotting a girl at the gym while my gf was there?

I am 20, my gf is 23, and we started dating this 5 months ago.

We usually work out together, but she was running late from class, so I started without her.

While there, I noticed a girl struggling with her squat form as her knees were bending in unevenly, and her back wasn’t straight, so I gave her a tip to avoid injury.

After that, I went back to my routine.

The girl asked for more help.

A few minutes later, she asked me to spot her for a heavy set.

Since the gym was literally empty other than us, I agreed, thinking it was just common sense to help someone lifting heavy.

I was standing pretty close to her to make sure she wouldn’t get hurt, and we ended up chatting a little after the set.

I made a few jokes about her form, which made her laugh, but I didn’t think much of it as it felt like a normal gym interaction.

His girlfriend is upset.

However, my gf arrived right at the time, and saw us like that.

She didn’t say anything at the time, but later, she was really upset.

She told me it looked like I was being too friendly and that helping her with her form and spotting her like that when she wasn’t there crossed a line.

She also said I shouldn’t be that close to another girl in the gym, especially while joking around.

I tried explaining that I was just helping someone and didn’t think it was inappropriate, but she’s still mad about it.

I can see why the girlfriend is upset, but it sounds innocent.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted…

This reader points out a way OP could’ve prevented this problem.

Another reader thinks he was flirting.

Here’s the perspective of a woman who goes to the gym…

This reader asks him a question.

He really shouldn’t be flirting when he has a girlfriend.

And it doesn’t seem like he made it clear that he has a girlfriend at all.

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