Massage therapists of Reddit, what are some of your most awkward or disgusting experiences with clients?

Tell me all the weird crap you've dealt with. Then tell me if it's worth it making this career choice.

My mother's been a massage therapist for over 20 years. She's in her 50s and she loves it.

She massages a lot of elderly people and doesn't mind.

She massages a few obese people and doesn't mind. To her, people are people and she's not

easily disgusted. But when people proposition her for sex, she minds. One particularly troubling

encounter was when she was massaging a friend's husband,

and he thought it would be appropriate to ask for sexual favors.

I hope she went and told her friend about that afterwards, because I'm sure she'd want to know.

I had a very eccentric client, which is a nice way of saying creepy.

They came into our clinic one day wanting a Tui Naa massage. It's a type of Chinese massage.

We usually leave the room to let the client strip down into their underwear before we commence.

But with this guy, I had no chance to get away. Before I had time to give him a towel, he dropped his

pants to reveal a sparkling blue G-string that barely kept everything in place. The guy was about

58, huge beer gut, gray hair, gold earring, and hairy like Robin Williams. As I started the massage, the guy started to tell me that he worked as

an erotic masseuse specializing in body slide massage. This is where the masseuse gets oiled up and rubs his

body and genitals all over before screwing the client at the end. The whole time I was massaging

him, he kept telling me that I was

really good with my hands. He also repeatedly told me how he was good at his job and plugging

his business with a hinting tone. It was a very awkward session. Yeah, not the kind of job offer

you want while working.

I was getting a massage last week, and in the little room next to mine, there was a talkative older gentleman. He was chatting away to his massage therapist. Then it went quiet. After a little

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