This blog reminded me of an etiquette issue. I am a thin person who loves intense exercise. I’m also fairly social about it; I love to invite my friends to join me for super-hardcore workouts. However, I feel unsure about asking my fat (their words, not mine) friends to join me. I’d love for them to come, but I don’t want to sound like I’m trying to get them to lose weight. I know lots of people of all weights who are in better shape than me! On the other hand, NOT asking them also seems rude because it seems like unfairly assuming that they wouldn’t be interested. Basically what I’m asking is: is there a polite way to invite my heavier friends to join my social workout sessions? I’ve thought about sending a group email to everyone I know. Thanks!

Mod response: I would probably just write an honest emails from the beginning. “Dear friends, You all know that I love intense exercise and super-hardcore workouts. You all know that working out is a really social thing for me and I just really wanted to extend an invitation to all my friends, of all shapes and sizes (Lord knows some of you can kick my ass on the treadmill) to come work out with me!”

Or, something like that. :) -Fatanarchy