Some people say that being a Masseur is addictive. Would you miss your Masseur days ?

Yes, I would miss being a masseur because what I enjoy most is the human connection I make with my clients. People today are so buried in apps on their phones that the value of face-to-face interaction is lost. Being able to meet people in person as a masseur is refreshing and, more often than not, meaningful. I have met some really good people being a masseur. I would miss this most.

How do you like clients to feel about the experience when they leave?

I like my clients to feel 110% satisfied with the massage they've received from me when they leave. I can usually tell they've enjoyed it when they don't immediately want to get up and would rather relax and enjoy the way their body feels after I've finished working on them. On the other hand, when I can sense they have not been satisfied or they tell me that they have not been satisfied, I will offer to continue working on whatever area needs more work until they feel the way they intended to feel in booking a massage with me. Ideally, I want my clients to feel so good after their massage that they express a desire for another appointment in the future. To me, when a client wants to book another session with me, that is the greatest assurance that I have done my job well, and that is how I would like my clients to feel when they leave.

Why did you become a Masseur?

I think I want to modify this question and split it into two questions:

"why did you become a masseur then?" and
"why do you continue this work now?"

Answering both touches on an understated benefit to becoming a masseur, and shows how my motivation to do this work evolved to take deeper meaning, unexpectedly.

I will be honest, I became a masseur because I needed financial support while transitioning careers. I had been doing stressful work, turning me into someone I didn't want to be; so I joined the Great Resignation. Now I'm trying to write for a living, because that more aligns with who I am. I am very grateful because it's helping me make this leap.

I continue to be masseur for the same, but now even more, for the human connections I've had with clients. Gay communities are thinning out and becoming almost solely the phone. We've all become little blockable squares. Yes, this is online too, but only initially. It leads to meeting in person, getting to know, spending time, and talking with a person, not a crafted/polished square - and I've met some good people. In a world where we lack these connections, the meeting people with this work is refreshing and therapeutic.