Going for a massage

One More Toy wrote: »

Picked up a groupon for a massage place; not too sure about it reputability considering its only a mobile thats provided.

Anyway Ive never had one before and am just wondering what the etiquette is etc.

Be careful they don't sting you with the extras. That's how they make their money.

smash wrote: »

Don't be expecting a happy ending either, it's not what getting a massage is about.

Definitely not my idea of a massage either ... but that's not to say it isn't a service which his expected by some customers and offered in some places.

I remember a place where the masseuse would really try hard to sell the extra service a few years ago in Malaysia (trying to "innocently" raise appetite at the end of the massage and they to talk you into it) ... and that was not in some kind of dodgy place either that was in a 5 stars hotel which was making a large chunk of its money with multinational company employees on business trips (it was the recommended option for my company's employee and at any given time they would have had at least 10 or 20 guests from us - sometimes over 100). I had no interest but a few colleagues did return regularly (both risky for the company's employee and the hotel if you ask me - I think it could have meant disciplinary measures for the former and loss of business for the later if at had come to the attention of senior management).

Having said that OP, the few places I have been to with Groupon vouchers were not like that :-)

Take off you clothes except you underwear, lie down on the massage table, and relax.

Deleted User wrote: »

Wouldn't be so sure. Plenty of sole traders now only use mobile phones.

The girl I go to uses only a mobile, as does my physio.

OP, you've nothing to worry about. Just show up, have boxers on. The masseuse will tell you what to do when you get there. It's all very civilised

I guess that if you have her mobile then you go back to her quite often. If it's in Dublin, can you PM the details? It has been a while and I've been meaning to organise one recently.

Deleted User wrote: »

Just show up, have boxers on.

Strongly advise a spare pair of boxers, nothing worse than walking around afterwards with boxers damp from the oils they use.

One More Toy wrote: »

It was a dood in the end ...

And how was the massage?

I've had one, proper, massage in my life. Someone trained, as opposed to a partner just doing their best with a bottle of baby oil.

This was a girl, as it happens. And, yes; 'A Happy Ending' was the normal outcome of her service. Only, I didn't want that. I wanted a massage. Fortunately, as said, she Was properly trained in that too.

So, I insisted I keep my trousers on and she worked on my chest, stomach, back and arms.

Oh dear god!!! So Much Better than any demonstration of her other technique! She turned my upper torso into a lump of jelly with indescribable pleasure pulsating through the veins, for Days!

Most of us walk around like a skin full of concrete aggregate. Good massage can prove this