Welcome to December, month of gift-giving. Which is to say it is time for my yearly helpful reminder: do not give passive-aggressive fitness gifts.
What fitness gifts qualify as passive-aggressive? Any exercise equipment or clothing, any cooking/diet supplies, any subscriptions or books about fitness or exercise or healthy diets that were not specifically requested by the recipient are passive-aggressive. We may think we are being helpful by giving Uncle Larry some yoga classes—that dude needs to chill out before he has a heart attack—but no, we are not being helpful and may in fact be adding to Uncle Larry’s stress. It may be abundantly clear to everyone that Mom could use some larger exercise pants, but it is not up to us to address that unless she asks us to do so.
It is, however, entirely fine to buy ourselves fitness gifts. We could probably use some chill time and some new exercise pants as well. And, again, if our loved ones ASK for fitness gifts, we can shop to our little hearts’ content.
Be kind.
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