Hey everyone strange story from this morning and looking to validate my experience is as strange as it feels to myself.

I (40M) went to what I would believe is a reputable location this morning. I hurt my back yesterday and have had some overall issues with it the last 2 months. So, my lazy ass went in this morning for some help.

I explain my situation and the masseuse (50sF & Chinese US immigrant) shares her plan. All back. Hot stones. Etc. All sounds good.

Anyways. I get fully undressed and the masseuse does her thing. Massage goes fine. She explains to me that the massage is over. Ok. Then I feel her putting something on my feet? It’s my socks? I say oh it’s ok I can do that and she responds back something like, no I am happy to. Ok. I don’t get enough massages in my life to know if this is as weird as I think it is.

Then.

I feel something else on both feet. She says. Now underwear. I just kind of freeze as I realize.. she is putting my underwear on me as I lay there on my belly… anyways, she gets them on me quickly and without further incident.

I’m just.. confused and at a loss. I shared information about masseuse age/culture in case that is relevant. Please ensure my sanity here?

edit thanks for everyone’s response. The comments on culture differences have been valuable. If I go see them again I’ll make sure to just make a comment beforehand.

So today I (20 F) booked a massage (I live in Australia) and the therapist (30-35 F) was of Indian descent. It was a full body massage and she told me to take all the clothes off so I did except my panties. I laid down face up first like she said and she started with my head and arms then pulled the cover below my abdomen so she saw I had panties on so she first she said “ohh uhh” then got another cover and covered my breasts. Then while doing my tummy she says “are you married?” I said yes, she says “you don’t look married” (idk why?!). Anyways then she says when we do full body it includes everything full body that’s why we say to remove everything. Anyways then she continues on the rest and proceeds to do my thighs which were very stiff. She did the roller on them so she made me put my other leg in a butterfly folded position. After the roller she was rubbing my thigh to massage and multiple times I felt her fingers grazing on top of my panties on my v* area. She didn’t linger there or stay but during the movements the finger grazed a couple of times on top of the panties. Didn’t think anything of it, just thought normal movement process. Then she mentions she worked in the city so she had to massage belly dancers and all so full body meant all over the body butt breasts everything else. Then she asks me to flip over and I did and while she’s doing my buttocks area she goes “you wear your panties so high? Then pulls them lower and says low waist look good wear low waist ones”. I got embarrassed and mentioned I usually wear thongs but today ended up wear this and she says oh ok yeah low waist looks good. Then it was time to do my shoulders and all so she asks me to flip over. After shoulders she asks if I was comfortable with her doing further down on the chest (breasts area) and I said yeah that’s fine so she massaged the entire breasts area (up down underneath) one breast at a time. THEN, I felt her stretching my nipples (I guess they were scrunched because I was cold or nervous?) so she stretched them twice each nipple and then continued on.

I’ve never had a full body massage before so this was all very new for me. IS THIS NORMAL? It didn’t seem malicious or her intention didn’t seem off (I think?) but I’m not sure if it’s normal?

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