I sent a woman friend of mine a normal, fully-clothed, waist-up photo after she asked me for a more recent pic. Nothing unusual. She said something later about me “flexing in your photo.”

I said, confused, “Oh, did I send you the wrong photo?” I really didn’t know what she was talking about. “One of my workout ones or something?” I thought maybe I’d sent a different photo than the one I’d intended by accident — I’ve taken a few where I am flexing in workout clothes and the like.

She said, “No, it just looks like you’re flexing in it.” I assured her I wasn’t flexing and that’s just how I look now. Then she jokingly asked me if I was taking steroids as my muscles looked so defined and nice. I told her I definitely wasn’t. That’s just how I look, I said, and that I work out a great deal so am still getting stronger.

Then she asked for my secret of looking so — as she put it — “tasty.” But there is no secret, and I told her that. It’s mainly just work out a whole damn lot and don’t eat like an asshole.