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dutch777

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1. Don't know your brother but as a similarly aged male I would offer after doing most of this myself...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:03 PM

Mar 13

...I feel really self conscious and uncomfortable getting pampered too much. A great haircut with a straight razor/hot towel shave I love. And massage is fine. But I find the mani/pedi and facial thing across some unseen but very real personal line. I have done it a few times as part of a couple's spa experience my wife thought would be fun but I was uncomfortable and not having fun for some of it. And frankly, I think my being uncomfortable made the poor service people a bit uncomfortable as well.

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Men of DU. My baby brother will be getting older next month. really old. [View all] irisblue Mar 13 OP

Don't know your brother but as a similarly aged male I would offer after doing most of this myself... dutch777 Mar 13 #1

Thank you for your reply. Kim, his wife was wibbly wobbly on tbe idea irisblue Mar 13 #2

Some do, just not the same % as women. Maybe a gift card to a place that can do it all? dutch777 Mar 13 #3

Throw out that massage! GreenWave Mar 13 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Mar 13 #5