This weekend my husband and I headed back to Belleville to visit with his father’s side of the family. Given the fact that my father-in-law is a city councilor, he tends to get stopped a fair bit when we’re out in public, as he knows a lot of people in town. This in turn leads to a lot of introductions, given the fact that I don’t really know any of these people.
When people find out what I do, they generally immediately turn to my husband and say ‘oh lucky you!’. This of course gets a polite smile from him, and a ‘nope, I don’t get free massages very often!’
So FYI, general public: just like anyone else, Massage Therapists don’t really like to bring their work home with them. I do between 10 and 20 massages per week, and also spend hours on various other massage-related duties: marketing, paperwork, reading new information as published by our regulatory College, etc. I don’t usually need to practice on someone at home; I get plenty of that at the office.
Do I still give my husband massages? Sure, if he’s injured and needs the care, or as a nice surprise. But as much as I love what I do for a living, I also don’t like to be ‘on’ all the time. I’m sure most other people, no matter what their job description is, feel the same way.