Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
she- "Is that like exercise?"

Not so much a culture clash, more of a lifestyle clash
You were at Home Depot.

She probably had home improvement on the brain at that moment. She might have just had a long drag-out with someone over how the plywood rang up. "Pilates" was a totally out-of-context word to her that, at that split second, meant absolutely nothing to her.

Ya never know. It's all a matter of context. Hit somebody out of left field and you're bound to take her by surprise. Cut her some slack.