DISQUS

Jacobus · 1 year ago

Manssage Hilarious -- very entertaining blog post. I don't have anything to stand up to that experience, but I did enjoy the post.

BusyDad · 1 year ago

Oh if I only had a beer right now, I'd knock it back in sympathy. You did good. I wouldn't want to be you, but you did good. Can I laugh now? hahahaha! The only thing worse than getting a massage from a man? Getting one from a hot female. Oh the thoughts you have to put into your head to prevent an embarrassing moment. Especially if your pregnant wife were there!

Jeremy (Discovering Dad) · 1 year ago

Man, I am sooo glad that Lori likes her "alone" time. Good job being supportive and doing something your wife enjoyed! I'm with BD too - just best not to have someone other than our wives touching us, just in case ;-)

jason · 1 year ago

We took advantage of a couple's massage a while ago. We were fortunate to have two women therapists. I, like you, would probably wouldn't be too fond of a manssage. That's just weird. But I agree with BD and J too. Too hot can create a lot of uncomfortableness.

cory huff · 1 year ago

Uncomfortable with male touching? LOL Perhaps it's my theatre background, but I don't see the big deal. ;)

Way to be there for your wife Tyler!

Xbox4NappyRash · 1 year ago

Dude, you're a prude!

;0)

I have a buddy who gives the best shoulder rubs ever, we all buy him beer so he'll 'do' us, guys n'girls alike.

as long as they know what they're doing & where to stop, then I've no problem with man, woman nor beast!

Jolly Green Dad · 1 year ago

Man-ssage. Well I have a story. The barber shop I go to has a standard deal where you get a hair cut, back of your neck shaved with a straight razor, and a neck massage (about a minute long). I have to admit the neck shave and the massage are my favorite parts of the deal...that is except when I get a dude who gives me my hair cut. I am more than happy when its all over!

Tyler · 1 year ago

@Jacobus: Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment. Glad you enjoyed the article.
@BusyDad: Sure, you can have a laugh on my expense - and you're right...I'd hate to have a massage from a hot female. But, if I had a choice I'd still pick the woman.
@Jeremy: Very true - if only my wife would give me a massage :-)
@Jason: I'll take my chances with an attractive therapist over a dude!
@Cory: Some light man touching doesn't bother me...but when it involves soft lighting, romantic music and lotion, then yes - I do have a problem
@XBox: Your comments nothing short of entertaining. You have a point...if they know what they are doing it shouldn't be too bad. Maybe if I went into the manssage after a few beers I would have been more relaxed!

esa · 1 year ago

You definitely get the award for giving it up for your wife. She's a lucky woman. My husband gets massages weekly (from a girl, but if you didn't know it, you might not know it). We gave a gift certificate from her to his best friend once, about 3 years ago, and he never used it. He was afraid of the same thing Busy Dad mentioned.

Love your blog, by the way.

Tyler · 1 year ago

@Jolly Green Dad: I hear ya! The barber shop deal sounds cool...I'd love to have a nice straight razor shave done but I'd enjoy the neck rub from a female too!
@Esa: Thank you! And thanks for stopping by. I say that I would be okay with an attractive female but I've never been in that situation. It might be easier said than done.

daddybrain · 1 year ago

HA! My wife is a massage therapist, how funny is that? I'm glad you survived. If you lived in Wisconsin, you could come to our home (I built a massage room for her). She's a woman & she's fantastic!

Good man. I'm sure your wife appreciates your sacrifice. Hopefully there was no tenting going on in the room...

Peace,

Joey
www.daddybrain.wordpress.com

Dad of Divas · 1 year ago

I tell you I love it! Manssage...I've got to think of these things. But seriously, you seem to have made the most of the situation and did your best. I can't say I have ever had the situation. The only massage I ever had was with a woman...but I definitely can feel ya and understand your unease in the situation as I think I probably would have felt the same.

Kudos!

Selina Wragg · 1 year ago

On our first holiday together boyfriend and I had gone to Gambia for a week to relax and unwind together. On the second day we thought we'd nip across the dusty road from our hotel to the local massage (shed) parlour.

If you could see past the incense smoke (to mask the smell of feet) and the flies there were two tables at the back with thin curtains separating the two rooms. Convincing him that this was a brilliant idea we were greeted with our massuses, one was a slim, not bad looking, Gambian lady and the other a Mr T lookalike with hairy hands.

I wasn't keen on the bloke touching me so gave my boyfriend my best "please" eyes and so he allowed me to take the pleasant looking girl.

45 minutes later I came out feeling wonderful, my boyfriend came out feeling violated! lol.
My poor boyfriend insisted on keeping his shorts on through the whole massage and had said that the guy was very rough with him. 45 minutes of having another man grease him up and rub him down was not his idea of a good time and I am NEVER to take him to another massage place again.

6 years on we're still together and I made up for it since by booking him a lovely massage at a spa with the prettiest girl I could find.

Joel · 1 year ago

Just came across your blog and love it. Well done - you've been bookmarked.

Jen W · 1 year ago

I can't say my husband ever encountered a "Manssage". I'm sure he's thankful for that. However, your story did remind me of a massage I had one time that left me feeling a bit, um, I don't know- icky? Is it normal for your massage therapist (woman) to hug you after the massage and then send you a note to your home thanking you?????

tom · 1 year ago

Tyler - you poor, poor dude. I can't stop laughing. I'm sorry, man. Okay - quickly, get yourself a copy of Delta Force or Silent Rage or at least the first season of Walker, Texas Ranger, and get absorbed in watching Chuck Norris kick butt. While drinking some Newcastle. That'll man things back up for you good.

Xbox4NappyRash · 1 year ago

"Maybe if I went into the manssage after a few beers I would have been more relaxed!"

Woah...easy there now, you don't wanna be TOO relaxed ;0)

...you just can't win eh?

Tyler · 1 year ago

@Babbo: If I'm ever in Wisconsin I'll make it a point to stop by...thanks for the offer!
@Dad of Divas: I appreciate the comment - thanks for stopping by! I was very uneasy and from what I can tell, I'm not the only guy that would be uncomfortable.
@Selina: Oh boy - I feel for your boyfriend. I but his Mr. T wasn't too excited to be massaging another dude either! Thanks for stopping by.
@Joel: Thanks for the bookmark - hope to see you around.
@Jen: That is kinda weird...when we left, the guys handed us their business cards and that's about it. I might have punched the guy if tried to give me a hug.
@Tom: Good idea! It wouldn't hurt to surround myself with some manliness.

Ben Englisch · 1 year ago

To Tyler and anyone else who has reservations about receiving a massage from a _professional_ masseuse, you really need to take a step back and question why this makes you uncomfortable. This is Bruno's job and he is going to approach it with the respect that any professional would. You can't request a female nurse to give you a prostate exam just because you don't like the idea of a man's finger in your ass. This would simply be absurd because a prostate exam isn't sexual. And neither is a professional massage at a spa.

In the interest of being a better Father and Husband, really look at what cultural and societal influences are causing you to feel this way so that you can change your perceptions and better society in the process. What if your daughter grows up to be gay? Would you want her to live in a world with such prejudices?

James · 1 year ago

Tyler, so glad it was you and not me. Way to take one for your team.

Tyler · 1 year ago

@Xbox: Man, you're right - I just can't win. Probably a good thing that I didn't go into the massage with beer goggles on.
@Ben: Glad you stopped by and I appreciate your comment. Bruno acted very professionally...I never said otherwise. I realize that the massage wasn't a sexual experience and I really just wanted to make light of the situation. As I grow as a father, I'm becoming more aware of how my perceptions will influence my daughter's life...but it's all a learning lesson.
@James: Thanks...glad I could help!

Brillig · 1 year ago

Hahahahahahahahaha. Holy crap, I'm dying here. I'm imagining my husband in the same situation-- he wouldn't survive it with the grace that you seem to have. Hahaha. But it's AMAZING what sorts of things you can go through if you just think to yourself, "I'll be able to write an awesome blogpost about this when it's over..."

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Morethananelectrician · 1 year ago

Did IT move? LOL

You had someone comment..."In the interest of being a better Father and Husband, really look at what cultural and societal influences are causing you to feel this way so that you can change your perceptions and better society in the process."

To appear to be an excellent husband and father already...you'll be just fine.

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Tyler · 1 year ago

@Brillig: I find myself "thinking" my way through things more often so I can put something up here on my blog - funny how that works!
@Morethan: Thanks for stopping by! Haven't seen you in a while...and no...IT didn't move :-) And thank you - I never meant for this it be a heavy-hearted or mean post.

robin · 1 year ago

Hi,
I'm a first time visitor (applause). Very clever blog you have here. I wonder if you have coined a new term-manssage...I like it. This reminds me of a travel show I watch where this guy Anthony Bourdain got a "manssage" in Norway. The male masseus inexplicably came in wearing a loin cloth, sat on top of him and gave him a massage. He says he's still mortified by that footage. By those standards, you got off easy. It was really sweet of you to suck it up for your wife, though.
Robin

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Chadwick · 1 year ago

You truely have my simpathy. I have never gone to get a massage because of the internal turmoil that has to be overcome.

My wife tried to talk me into one one time, but when the topic came up of a man vs woman massause - lets just say the conversation got heated. The was no way in hell I was letting another man put his hands all over me and no way my wife was letting another woman do it. So, being at an impass - I opted out. End of story.

You are definitely a braver man than me.

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bgabree · 1 year ago

Dude - I would be like you and could not enjoy it. Unlike you, I would not be man enough to go and get the manssage. There's no happy ending here. Thanks for the entertaining post@!

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C. Laeuse · 1 year ago

The new alternative for massage is funny term!

Sunil Ram · 1 year ago

Hope you enjoyed the next time you have the treat.

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Dueces · 1 year ago

the best way is to have No MASSAGE

Ryan · 1 year ago

I would not have enjoyed it:)

Dawn · 1 year ago

Massages are the worst thing ever

Tyrone · 1 year ago

Loved this exciting article:)

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A Husband · 1 year ago

This happened to me and my wife once. We went and I was going to be massaged by "Rocky." Rocky was a small, super skinny, eighteen-year-old-looking kid. I tried to stay focused, but I just couldn't.

And I had to do it for my wife. She had a girl, and would have been absolutely uncomfortable with another man touching her, so I took the fall. Can't fault a woman for not wanting any man but her husband touching her like that.

I wrote about the couple's massage experience here.

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Tyler · 1 year ago

@Chadwicks: I probably would have argued with my wife more if it wasn't a gift from her. I think she got the clue this time and hopefully won't force another dude upon me like this...maybe next time we'll be able to schedule it better so we can both enjoy it!

@ bgabrees:I can't say that I'll ever do it again!

@ A Husband: Very true...I wasn't too comfortable with another dude with his hands all over my wife, but once he began talking about his wife, I felt better.

BOL · 1 year ago

Seriously know how you feel same thing happened to me in a hotel after a 12 hour flight a few weeks back although it was more a case of the fact I couldn't work out if it was a man or not rather than it actually being a man.

I hasten to add that I stuck to just the back and declined the full body!!!! ;o)

Demographics Researcher · 1 year ago

Loved your story! Wow, the things we go through for our spouses. Hope you managed to get your knots relieved by some other means . . . maybe a massage from your wife. :)

joe griveness · 11 months ago

who wants to get a massage at the same time as his wife. how can you get a happy ending? booooooring!

dan · 8 months ago

I've had several massages from both men and women. My first massage was from a woman. She started with me laying on my stomach and as her delicate femine fingers were working on my body, I couldn't help but get hard. Through the rest of the massage, I was ah uncomfortable, and embarassed. When I had to roll over on my back, even though I was covered, I'm sure she noticed. I thought I would never have another massage.
Then I got a gift certificate on father's day and decided to try again. I scheduled the appt. I workout out hard before my massage, when I went to the spa, I surprised to see a man waiting for me. I thought, what the hell, I'm not going to freak out on this guy, so stripped and got on the table.
It was quickly evident that this guy new what he was doing, he spent a lot of time working on my sore muscles and using a lot of pressure to get the kinks out. He seemed to know, without me telling him, where the sore spots were. And the main thing is, I didn't get a hard-on when he massaged me. I left feeling relaxed and calm.. I've gone to the same guy several times since. A lot of times he's booked up so I go somewhere else.
My experiences with male massage therapist has always been positive.