My wife and I are fairly healthy people and we like to keep ourselves in shape. However, before we were married, my wife came to live with me while teaching primary school in the United States for a year; a 12-month span in which spare time became one hell of a valuable commodity. Between the two of us working full-time, planning our marriage, sharing one car, preparing our lunches in advance each evening, my German classes and her doctorate degree research, our exercise options were pretty much limited to joining a fitness club, where we hoped the financial commitment would guilt us into lifting something heavier than our totally awesome beer steins.
So, The Wife and I went back and forth over the issue of jogging around the neighborhood for free, or paying money to sweat it out with a bunch of grunting Philistines. My wife articulated her point thusly:
THE WIFE: “I really like the idea of gym membership right now because I wanna work out with you and then we both look incredible and feel healthy as shit!”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Ve arrrr Hans & Franz, and ve vant to POMP YEWW OP! JA! Here ve ko! Ach! Djoo arrrr nicht dreddy! Vat deee Heil?
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I would love to read this woman’s doctoral thesis! :o) Or maybe you need to be her editor to keep it from being too heavy.
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Oh lord, it is the driest sequence of words you will ever read. I’ll make sure and pass it along though, for when you’re having trouble sleeping. :)
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Wait, back up… German Classes vs. Doctorate Degree?! Oh, ok. It’s about even then. The difference is that she will finish someday and learning German takes more than a lifetime. But you’ll both be healthy as shit so, it’s all good. LOL
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Exactly! :)
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I want to know what it feels like to be “healthy as shit!”
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Me too! I bet it’s awesome. Fecally awesome. :)
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I hope you guys were able to recover from it and now feel younger than ever :)
~Anja~
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Thank you! And we do!
How are you?
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Your wife rocks!
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Thank you! It never gets old! Especially because I only ever tell her the bad things people say about her.
Just kidn’. :)
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I’ve always been about as healthy as shit and It’s starting to catch up with me. I don’t recommend it; avoid it if possible.
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Haw haw! So how active is your lifestyle?
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It would depend on what one considers exercise. I chase a golf ball now and then, but that’s about it. Compared to most Americans, probably not that bad; to most Germans, pretty lousy.
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Haw haw! “…chase a gold ball now and then…”
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