He had never actually experienced a professional, therapeutic massage prior and was so impressed he left me a very generous tip. Fortunately he didn’t force the issue and accepted the massage on my basis. When this became apparent, quite soon into the massage, I very calmly and professionally explained to him the difference between what he expected, and the nature of what I had to offer. When I first began practicing massage therapy, back in the mid-70s, when legitimate therapeutic massage wasn’t so commonplace as it has become, I had a young male client who assumed he was there to receive more.
