My gay doctor works out at my gym and it is awkward now?

I've been working out at the same time for quite a while. Once before I saw my former gay physician there, and it was weird seeing him outside of the doctor's office. I nodded and he nodded back. I didn't think much of it, now, he's coming at the time I workout during. Again today, I made recognition contact...but it is weird. It's not like he's my buddy, he's my former doctor. My gym is very small, and we're probably going to have to interact. I could tell by the look on his face he was weirded out the times he saw me. I can't rearrange my life to hide from him. It's going to be weird working out near each other, there's an obligation to recognize the person...but then he's going to be sticking around. The dude has examined me...all over. Now, he's going to be with me while I workout. How do I handle this? Should I strike up a small conversation when I see him? It just feels strange because we have a dynamic of him being in power, but now, we're equals in public and I feel odd being in his private life. What do you think?
It's not the exam part that bothers me, it's that I feel weird around him in public. Like in "Mean Girls" where they saw their teacher and the bath soap place and they got all freaked out seeing her outside of school. :)
 
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