Is ASD where love happens?

Been laying off this entry for awhile.

I was talking to Katrina on Tuesday, (after she blasted my nuts with a kick during sparring earlier in the day) and she told me that she had just been asked out by a guy whom she had just met that day at the Academy of Self Defense (ASD). Maybe Katrina hit him really hard and in a daze he saw how cute she was or maybe he finds girls in sparring gear really attractive? Interestingly, this is the second time someone has fallen for Katrina at ASD, which begs the question , is this where love happens?

Thinking back, I realized that there have been a lot of crushes that went on during my time at ASD. Katrina herself fell for someone at ASD once, and one of my better friends at the gym, Will, met his girlfriend there. To top it all off, Will just got engaged to that same girlfriend a couple of months ago at ASD!

When I went in to do Jiu Jitsu, I swear I was unknowingly caught up in a guy's attempt to impress a girl. While I was working with my girl partner, this random guy, Javier, came up and just took me down. At first I thought it was all in good fun, but when Javier took the girl aside and started showing her some moves, I realized that the take down was done to impress her. Even my instructor seemed to be in on it, and at one point told him to leave the girl alone. Perhaps Javier saw me as a threat, but whatever the reason, he continued to show off on me for the rest of the night! I even got flipped once! Despite getting completely destroyed that night, I have no ill will towards Javier because I learned a lot from him.

In short, if ASD is really where love happens, does this mean that if I stay there long enough I will find my next girlfriend?

-muffinman