Well,that's almost as good as what my in-laws told my husband when we got engaged: "She has so much more education than you, she will probably leave you..." Then, after he went back to finish his degree, they have spent most of the last 28 years smirking that I turned him into a snob.

I am not sure why people act so vehemently against others who live in a healthy way. It's a jealousy that seems not proportional to the situation. But, I agree. A friend of many years recently told another mutual friend of ours that we are "over the top" with cycling. Now, it's OK for her to brag about her brother and sister and law running marathons or to endlessly tell me about how she USED to hike, etc. When I did aerobics this was "acceptable" to her. But now she is getting fat and always telling me how she can't do anything. And I know she is jealous that I spend so much time with my husband cycling. I haven't called her since my friend told me she said this.