Dear Urban Diplomat: My friend signed up for a trendy fitness club, and it’s bleeding him dry

Dear Urban Diplomat, My friend started taking classes at a trendy fitness club in Yorkville, and I’m concerned for him. The place is super expensive, with cultish branding and drop-dead-gorgeous instructors he can’t seem to resist. It gives me the creeps. My friend says I’m just not committed to health, but he’s pouring a ton of money into this place, and I’m afraid he’s going to bankrupt himself. Should I leave it be or stage some kind of intervention? —Fit to Be Tied, Downtown Yonge

A full intervention is a bridge too far in this case. He’s an adult. As a friend, your duty is instead to tease him for suiting up for classes just to ogle women. If that fails to dislodge his passion for this wellness cult, consider the possibility that your interests are diverging, which is a natural phase of any friendship. If he’s happier and healthier than before he signed up, give him the privacy to abuse his chequing account in peace.