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When was the last time you had your back scratched? By someone who knows HOW? You hve to pay for that one.

Posted - August 27, 2019

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  • 19937
    It's been a long while.  I bought myself this inexpensive back scratcher with a telescoping handle and it's the best thing I ever bought.  
      August 27, 2019 11:06 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I'm just like you.  I hate being dependent on anything if I can do it myself.  I cut my own hair too.  I hate that appointment idea.  Never-ending drudgery.

    I get it.


      August 27, 2019 11:49 AM MDT
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  • 44583
    Other than from me, I haven't had any back scratches in a long time. I refuse to ask me wife.
      August 27, 2019 11:58 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    This is why I never got married. I never got the idea of how to navigate after the glitter fades.

    I thought it was all moonlight and romance and ?   So, if my "husband" would not scratch my back?  I would have been crushed.  LOL I never had a relationship last longer than a decade. so I am not an expert at all.  Love is a life-long relationship.  Long haul and that counts for A LOT.

    I honor that and I honor your marriage.  It is normal.  You should see the people I massage.  They love their spouses and the spouse just DOES NOT LIKE DOING THAT.  So there is that idea too.  
      August 27, 2019 12:13 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    I will scratch her back any time she wants, but she must ask.
      August 27, 2019 3:35 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I used to cut my own hair. not so much because of the appointment but because I would pay a lot of money and come home saying, "Oh, well, it will grow," or take out my scissors and even it out.  Then I went to the hairdresser in PA that my sister goes to and it's a whole new world.  She charges $16 (seniors 60+) and I'm always happy.  
      August 27, 2019 12:33 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    I have terrible luck with those.

    The itch is always where I have to extend the handle ... and then it collapses after one scratch ... so I have to extend it, scratch, extend it, scratch, etc.

    And when I find one long enough without telescoping ... I swear somebody steals them.  Somewhere, there's a gnome with a collection of back scratchers stolen from me. 

    When I get an itch in that location, it's easier for me to use a doorway - like a bear using a tree.  lol
      August 27, 2019 11:54 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Let me think.  I am good at this stuff. Get a loofah?  The  ones that go acroos the back and have two handles?  

    Try that?

    https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Body-cleaning-Strip-Belt-Bath-Two_60574336862.html This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 27, 2019 12:17 PM MDT
      August 27, 2019 12:15 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Not the one that I bought.  It's made of metal an the telescoping is tight so once you open it to where you need it, it stays there.  My niece bought me a wooden one, but the tines aren't sharp enough to actually scratch the itch.  The one I bought was from Amazon.  You'd like it.
      August 27, 2019 12:31 PM MDT
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  • 44583
    I have a bamboo one that is long enough to go to the bottom of my back.
      August 27, 2019 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    I can reach all parts of my back with my hands - but my nails are not strong enough for a good scratch.
    So I use a Chinese bamboo back-scratcher - perfect for the job.
    But not long ago we were at a public sauna and spa when the itch came on and I didn't have the scratcher with me.
    Ari was happy to give me the scratch - but of course, I had to coach him exactly where and how hard.
    Much as we often feel irritated with one another, the deep friendship is still there - I felt grateful.
      August 27, 2019 6:50 PM MDT
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