Men, what kinds of things do you do to pamper yourselves? Do you guys ever have nights where you stay home and do face masks and nail care like women do?
Men, what kinds of things do you do to pamper yourselves? Do you guys ever have nights where you stay home and do face masks and nail care like women do?
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I enjoy fine scotch and exquisite BBQ.
Not really, but I enjoy a soak in the tub once in a while with a bath bomb.
Yeah, the wife and I will do face masks regularly. They are nice
A relaxing warm bath, with some tea, while watching a show on my laptop.
I just beat my meat and sleep
On days off without any pressing family duties, I’ll go to the gym, swim, spend time in the sauna, come home, scrub my poor neglected feet, shave, oil and brush my beard, and then take a nap.
Face masks with my Lady on occasion, other than that honestly just a really good deep clean on my entire body in the shower followed with a thorough flossing, tooth brushing, ear cleaning and shaving/trim of face and the family jewels.
Just a bottle of wine and some kind of game/movie
I wear nice men’s underwear. I am not talking about something weird. I’m talking about good men’s underwear. Women wear nice underwear every dayy. Men are left with sandpaper. So I wear Silkcut underwear, hanro, or Apex. All worth it and I feel special every day.
Everyone is different. My favorite is putting fresh sheets on my bed, smoking some marijuana, a long warm shower, shave, moisturizer, more marijuana and then cozying into bed.
My version of that is a blunt, bottle of whiskey and a video game on my PC lol. Resets my blackened soul.
Bong rips, Earl Grey Tea and the Hi-Fi system.
Get shithouse drunk. Try not to cry myself to sleep. Fail. Sleep. Get my ass up and go to work.
Some whiskey and a good movie
I have 3 skin cleasers I put on every morning. They clear my skin of dirt and oil, moisture my skin, and keep acne and pimples away.
I cut my nails and toenails because I do martial arts.
I go to a barber every month to cut my hair and beard.
I use an electric trimmer to trim my beard lines and hair line.
It’s not a self-care thing, but it is a self-respect thing. It’s a hygiene thing.
Smoke a cigar while watching the sun go down, then sip cheap-ish bourbon while binging a few episodes of Murder, She Wrote. It’s basically a Friday night ritual for me nowadays.
Cry and take baths
My realm of self care ideas is pretty limited
Whiskey, grilled meat, 80s action movies, and Halo.
Yeah, I do drugs
I like to get a massage a few times/year.
Especially nice after a long flight if I’m traveling anywhere.
Face masks, yes. Certain stuff for my hair.
Nails, nah.
I dont do it to feel nice (though the masks feel cool), I do it out of vanity tbh.
I’m 196 cm. That something like 6′ 7″.
A few years ago, one of my girlfriends bought me a tub. One of those long ones you sort sit/lie down in. On golden lion feet no less. I thought I’d never use it, but it’s absolutely amazingly destressing.
Super hot water, something slightly fragrant, a Chopin nocturne or some “My Dying Bride” on the speakers, and looking out the big window towards the sun setting over the ocean? No client can be a big enough asshole during the day to ruin THAT.
Da fuck did I just read?
My favorite way to pamper myself is to have no outside obligations to the world, go to the gym, get a nice workout in, and then put on some Sigur Ros or Explosions In The Sky or some form of beautiful, instrumental music, and sit in the sauna for an hour.
Beyond that, if the weather were perfect, it would be to sit, quietly, again with music, on a warm, sandy beach, a cold as ice drink in hand, and able to listen to the sound as the waves splash against the shore
On some lazy summer weekends I’ll sit on the back patio, smoke a brisket, day-drink Sierra Nevada, and watch baseball. My wife is skeptical that day-drinking and baseball are necessary for the quality of the brisket, but the results have been good enough that she gives me the benefit of the doubt.
I ride the trails with some of my dogs. Thats about the best me time I get. Big old jack mule a couple dogs and quiet. It’s best when its winter time and there’s snow on the ground. Sometimes during the bitterly cold parts of winter I’ll go camping. I do sit out and vanish into caveman brain by a fire quite a bit.
Gym, massage, hot shower
Smoke up and play the ps5 like cyberpunk or death stranding. As a 31 year old male it’s hard to find the time to play games so I’m always looking forward to that kind of stuff. None of that competitive fps shit though 💀
I go to the local Asian massage parlor and get a massage. It starts with a nice hot table shower, then an amazing whole body massage (without a cover towel) followed by a full service ending.
I get wicked stoned and play video games
A deep tissue massage once a year. That’s my pamper thing. I stand and walk 90% of my work day. Its kind of painful during. After a deep tissue massage, my legs and neck feel amazing.
My wife stayed at a hotel with a few girlfriends last week, as she’s heavily pregnant and they did some nice stuff for her.
For myself, I planned gym, gardening, a nice long walk out in the countryside with just my dog and music for company, 6 pack, Xbox, porn on the big TV for a little me time and then an awesome night’s sleep in the middle of the bed.
Guess which one I was too tired for…
I put on my robe, lay on my couch, watch a bad action movie, and eat cookies.
It’s wonderful.
I train Muay Thai and lift weights. I pamper myself by taking care of myself.
I love to put on my pajamas, make a mixed drink, turn off the lamps, burn some candles and watch a good movie/sports game. Simple but effective
Steam in the shower, smoke weed, video games
I make coffee.
Epsom Salt and a hot water bath.
A relaxing solo 100+ mile bike ride followed by whiskey in the hot tub. That’s my self-care.