Don't have a heart attack

[Ajac]

Up at 2 in the morning going over my latest massage experience over and over.

I booked a massage with a masseur who visits LA once in a while from SF, I have seen him several times in the span of several years. The massage was pretty much the same as past appointments with one major flaw the sentence "don't have a heart attack". I am 52 and out of shape so it is a distinct possibility, but do I want to hear this at any point of what is supposed to be a relaxing experience? He honestly seemed concerned that he may have to explain to paramedics or the hotel who this heart attack victim was. I asked him if I was showing any signs of a heart attack and why he said it. He said it was a joke. Though English is not his first language I doubt he misconstrued the phrase "funny as a heart attack". Though he has an amazing body and gives a decent massage I doubt I will repeat. Oh and while straddling me for the happy ending he struck a double arm pose and said ,"I am not gay" Didn't ask ...don't care.

I am not giving his name because it is more my problem than his maybe it will help push me back into the gym. So that being said has anyone else had a basically good massage ruined by something said or done?

 

Whoops gotta go I feel another chest pain.

[+ sync]

Your presuming it is more your problem than his may not be justified. Given your long-time patronage of his services, that curious heart attack reference and the sudden declaration of his sexual orientation suggest a mental/emotional struggle on his part.

 

To your question: Yes, I have experienced a few massage sessions that have ended in disappointments by things said or done, but mostly unsaid or undone

[Lankypeters]

His remark was unprofessional, tactless and possibly hostile. It's rather insulting to take money from a gay client and then assert he (the masseur) is not gay. There are far better rubs out there.

[+ dutchmuch]

So that being said has anyone else had a basically good massage ruined by something said or done?

 

 

Yes, it has happen to me. The last one was about a month ago, it came down to the happy ending, masseur draped a towel over my private parts and announced, "I am in a relationship" after teasing me for 50 minutes.

[bigvalboy]

I would have simply said, "My hearts fine, you should be more concerned about yourself"

[+ beethoven]

If a masseur said, "I am in a relationship" as an excuse for not providing a happy ending, and I considered that important, I would not have paid him his full fee. What the hell, you aren't going to see him again, anyway.

[maninsoma]

Some people have poor social skills. I hired a guy once who said something to the effect of, "If you're weren't so fucked up in the head..." (I don't remember the rest of the sentence, probably because I was so taken aback by the first part of the sentence.) What's odd is that he was acting friendly and engaged otherwise, so I don't think he was being intentionally rude. I just think he didn't think about what he said. And, yes, I am at least somewhat "fucked up in the head," but probably no more than the average person. Don't we all have "issues?" What he said definitely made it impossible to enjoy the rest of the session, and I never considered hiring him again because of it.

[bigvalboy]

Some people have poor social skills. I hired a guy once who said something to the effect of, "If you're weren't so fucked up in the head..." (I don't remember the rest of the sentence, probably because I was so taken aback by the first part of the sentence.) What's odd is that he was acting friendly and engaged otherwise, so I don't think he was being intentionally rude. I just think he didn't think about what he said. And, yes, I am at least somewhat "fucked up in the head," but probably no more than the average person. Don't we all have "issues?" What he said definitely made it impossible to enjoy the rest of the session, and I never considered hiring him again because of it.

 

It's not so much what they say, but how they say it. Which sort of relates to an earlier thread about an escort flashing the 'finger' in his ad. Young guys say fuck you all the time to each other in jest and give the finger, and it doesn't mean the same thing to them as it does to many here. I would like to say it is a generation thing, but I really can't. anyway, that's my 3 cents.

[+ Massagefreak]

Well that's an odd statement for a masseur to make. And then to say "I'm not gay" as he seems to keep his Masseur ad current with new photos. by chance was the Masseur Asian? I almost hired him 2 weeks ago.

[+ dutchmuch]

Don't have another massage.

[BaronArtz]

Was he expecting a HUGE TIP after that statement? Some people just self-destruct. Next!

[Ajac]

I tipped a little less than I would have but still over 20% The massage and release were fine it was just the two weird comments at the very end that left me feeling odd. He sent me a text thanking me with a photo (which is another post altogether)

[tyro]

Move on, sir. There's nothing more to see here. (I cringe to think about this photo you mentioned........)

T

[RSully94]

 

Maybe he didn't want you to fall in love with him