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When you arrive home which would you prefer; scent of flowers or aroma of something dee licious cooking?

Or something else...?

Posted - October 25, 2019

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  • 53509

    My anecdote (a Randydote):
      More than a decade ago, I bestowed upon my beloved the surprise gift of a couple’s massage. I had been getting massages for years and had often invited her along, she always declined. She was even prepared to also decline the gift, but when she found out that I had paid in advance and that it was non-transferable, non-refundable, she accepted, yet reluctantly so. I still had to drag her there as if it was her execution day. Before, during and after the massage, she practically hated everything about it. She whined, moaned and complained so much that she just about guaranteed that it would be a bad experience, and that’s exactly what happened. In the ensuing years, she has had a few massages from people recommended to her by her coworkers or aunt or cousin. She’s in a profession wherein back, neck, shoulder, leg and foot pain are quite common, so in acquiescence, she went with those other women to check out those massages. She has only moderately enjoyed them, however, and is not a fan of them the way I am. Other than the massage itself, she balks at the cost, too. 
      So, it’s not an automatic nor immediate fix-all completely across the boar to give one’s wife the gift of massage. 



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      October 26, 2019 5:18 PM MDT
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  • 6098
    To me massages are about feeling really good and wanting to make others feel really good.  And about being comfortable with our bodies. 
      October 26, 2019 7:32 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      I choose the food option. 
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      October 26, 2019 7:03 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    How about a hamburger bun massage?  I can use the meat juice for oil, and the bun and seeds would serve as an interesting scrub while working the tender spots.  
      October 26, 2019 10:12 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Very creative with your meat usage and bun availability.  
    The ever-forgotten buns.  That is a massage, not meant sexually, to feel really good.
    Those muscles are usually forgotten when non-professionals give their mates a massage.
      October 26, 2019 10:16 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      B...b...bu...but...but (no pun intended) I don’t want to end up smelling like a Big Mac or a Whopper Jr after the massage!  Dogs might  chase me home!



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      October 26, 2019 4:05 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    You'd like to smell edible, huh?

    Dogs wouldn't get a chance to chase me.
    I'd stop, enjoy the licks and have a good play with them.
      October 26, 2019 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Where did you get that from? It’s the exact opposite of what I wrote. I don’t want to smell edible. I don’t want to be licked by dogs, either. 

    :(
      October 26, 2019 6:50 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Ha, ha! Hee, hee, hee! ;)

    Whoops, sorry. That's not like the usual me. Mia culpa. :( This post was edited by inky at October 26, 2019 7:33 PM MDT
      October 26, 2019 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 53509
    Gracias. 

    :)
      October 26, 2019 7:33 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    You can ( and I have) eat the purple flowers of the American Violet that is found growing wild. They remind me of the taste of clover leaves. 
      October 26, 2019 8:48 AM MDT
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  • 4624
    And the essence of European violets makes a great flavouring in sweets. :)
      October 26, 2019 6:45 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Not only are they good for your skin and smell good, you can eat rose petals, too. :) :)
      October 26, 2019 9:57 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Yeay raw food!!!!!
      October 26, 2019 10:13 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    Do it in the raw!!  Cooking and all!!  It's the best way, any day!!
    Love Ya BANNED FOR LIFE!! :) :)
      October 26, 2019 10:18 AM MDT
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  • 4624
    If I'm arriving around sunset I love to smell Ari's cooking.
    At other times, I'm delighted by the smell of flowers from the garden.
      October 26, 2019 1:02 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    The scent of flowers. The smell of good food makes some of us hungry and fat.
      October 26, 2019 3:01 PM MDT
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  • 11006
    Something else. I would like to come home to the faint scent of cleaning products that have been used to make my home sparkle.
      October 26, 2019 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      (Sigh.)  Folks, I signed up for this love affair, so I'm in for a penny and in for a pound. I'll do whatever it takes to make my Baby's day, because in turn she does whatever it takes to make my night. (Wink, WINK!)


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      October 26, 2019 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 11006
    Now if that were really your photo, we might have a chance.
      October 27, 2019 5:31 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      Now if that were really your photo, we wouldn’t. Jes’ sayin’.


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      October 27, 2019 6:41 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    No don't need those. Just being home is enough.  Has been for years.  I do the cooking and the garden is mine so I am very capable of providing the others.  But I seldom do cuttings or have cut flowers inside.  They have a natural habitat which I respect. 
      October 26, 2019 6:50 PM MDT
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