cuddlefish

I guess my view is a little biased right now on massage--I have a guy friend who just loves to massage. And I mean that--a guy *friend*. He kinda wants me as a girlfriend but... his need to touch doesn't come from that. And he gives the best massages in the world... I never got really why people would pay so much for a massage until he gave me a back massage. And maybe that's why I like the human touch part--I'm not touch-starved but I'm pretty damned close. And when it's from someone you trust--who's not a parent--it's nice. Nice in a way that I haven't felt for a while. It's not really about having *someone* touch me so much as someone I *trust* touch me.

I do understand what you mean. Hell, I've been meaning to borrow Adam's (the guy friend) books on foot reflexiology simply to figure out how best to keep my own feet happy. And now I'm going to figure out how to do what you mentioned to my own back... ;-]