@OhioMike you cracked me up! Thanks for being you!!
I enjoy both, love good wholesome cuddles and absolutely appreciate giving and receiving massages! Platonic touch with intention ~ intention to relax, restore and connect can be so powerful across the board.
Just a cuddle.
Massages are just too close.
I had a bad cuddling experience back in March and I did offer massages until clearly this guy was getting super turned on just from me giving him a freaking back massage
Both!
However, I prefer going to an actual (as well as legal NONE of those so-called-soon to be raided-"happy ending" places. Nope!😒) Day Spa establishments. As there are 2 here in town where I do frequent. 😊 Professional, courteous and (with business licenses in full view😉) definitely know how to ease the tension knots out of my achy leg and feet muscles. As I am on my feet at work all night.😉
I'd rather keep cuddles and massages separate. 😊
@Rowen1980 Wow, really? 🙄
Gross.😵💫
I'd take the cuddle to stay awake but that massage depending how good it is will have me snoring 😴
I think however you look at it, whatever the circumstances, either one is a significant show of trust to that person. Especially when either can cause one or both to falling asleep. For many of us, with a “stranger”, that’s a big deal. To allow that vulnerability. In my opinion, that adds weight to those wherever through karma or seeing for ourselves who they are…. Those who time & time again respect, protect, allow, and encircle that vulnerability are to be commended.
It’s a very different experience for me. I had a massage tonight but it was for physical therapeutic reasons. I work out and my muscles were tight so I needed them opened up. I cuddle for very different reasons. So they both serve their purpose.
I like both of them.
A monthly massage but a daily cuddle! The massage helps take away the physical stress, but the cuddles help take away the mental stress 🥰
@spacecraft , this is the perfect way to describe the difference between the two!!
Cuddling all the way for me, having a massage wouldn't feel as fulfilling as I don't feel as close to the person if that makes any sense. I think I would get more oxytocin from cuddling close up than from a massage.