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19 Massage Therapists Admit the Dirty Details of their Trade

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It’s not much of a pet peeve, but so many ladies apologise for not shaving their legs. I don’t care lol.

10.

When I was in school, I had a lady who would frequent our student clinic, and she would request me. Nice lady, but holy sh*t did she have emotional baggage. I think I saw her maybe 5 different times and every single time she would flip from prone to supine, she would IMMEDIATELY have a tearful emotional response. And then she would pour her heart out to me about what was wrong in her life. I politely listened, and didn’t say much beyond the occasional one word affirmation.

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I’m a male massage therapist. I had a male client grind into the table while he was prone. When I had turned him supine, he asked if I could massage his stomach. I started my stomach routine, but was aware of a different consistency on my hands. Something that wasn’t my oil. I was desperately trying to figure out what it was (had I accidentally mixed oils?), when the treatment had ended. He tipped me $100 with a big grin and left. I knew what that strange consistency was now. After my shift I went to the bar my buddy worked at and spend the $100 on a giant burger, 3 packs of cigarettes, alcohol and tipped them the rest. I didn’t want anything to do with that money. It taught me to be more aware and direct with the client when that sh*t starts happening.

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My biggest pet peeve is people refusing to work with me because I’m a male and their own body issues. I had a lady come into where I worked for a couples massage with her daughter. The mother was booked with me, and when my co-worker (female) and I got out there to greet them, she looked at me, then at my co-worker, then quickly to her daughter, then back at me, and said, “…can we switch?”

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.