would you be offended?

RoadDog

I think you're playing with fire. How would you feel? What is someone got you a book on "101 Housecleaning Tips"? Would you think that someone was telling you that your house was unclean?

I don't know if this analogy is totally accurate. If you had a friend and you were judging the state of their house or their weight, then yeah, it's pretty lame to buy them a gift as a "hint." But, if you have a friend that you're close enough to know a) they're working towards a goal or have an interest in something, and b) they aren't so sensitive about the issue that they'll be offended by you're support, then you should be okay. It all depends on your motives in buying the gift, how well you know the friend, and how sensitive the friend is.

The only thing that matters is how your friend interprets your gift. I wouldn't do it. I would only buy someone a weight loss related gift if they specifically asked me for it.

fitnesspirateninja

I think you're playing with fire. How would you feel? What is someone got you a book on "101 Housecleaning Tips"? Would you think that someone was telling you that your house was unclean?

I don't know if this analogy is totally accurate. If you had a friend and you were judging the state of their house or their weight, then yeah, it's pretty lame to buy them a gift as a "hint." But, if you have a friend that you're close enough to know a) they're working towards a goal or have an interest in something, and b) they aren't so sensitive about the issue that they'll be offended by you're support, then you should be okay. It all depends on your motives in buying the gift, how well you know the friend, and how sensitive the friend is.

The only thing that matters is how your friend interprets your gift. I wouldn't do it. I would only buy someone a weight loss related gift if they specifically asked me for it.

I think there's a difference between "weight loss" and "fitness" or "healthy living." A person can be interested in fitness or health and not be losing weight. My brother and cousin are two examples I can think of off the top of my head. Both have always been thin and healthy - and both are fitness nuts.

But I think we are getting locked in a semantics battle about hypothetical situations and people. There's so many variables here. I understood the question to be "would you be offended?" I wouldn't be offended if someone gave me a fitness or healthy living type of gift, but I would be offended if it was something specifically for "weight loss."