TIFU by borrowing my roommate’s “massager” for my neck pain

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I (22M) have had gnarly tension in my shoulders lately from working long shifts. My roommate (26F) has a ton of wellness gadgets, so I asked if I could borrow her neck massager. She said “Yeah, it’s in my bottom drawer. It’s the purple one with the curved handle.”

Great.

I go to the drawer and find the purple one. It’s not what I expected, more like a wand but hey, maybe it’s high-tech. I use it on my neck and shoulders for a good 15 minutes, thinking, “Wow this is intense. No wonder she swears by it.”

Later that night she comes home and sees it on the kitchen counter. Her face just… drops.

“That’s not a massager. That’s my vibrator.”

I died on the spot. I used my roommate’s vibrator. On. My. Neck. And left it on the counter.

She was a surprisingly good sport about it but now calls it “Necky” and refuses to let me live it down. I might move.

TL;DR: Thought I borrowed my roommate’s fancy massager. Turns out it was her vibrator. I used it on my neck and proudly left it out like a moron.

Comments

  1. Front_Gazelle_3371 Avatar

    to be fair, people use the real muscle massagers for vibrators so that could be a possibility any time you use an electric massager from someone lol. i’d just get your own, they’re relatively cheap and you don’t have to worry about someone’s private parts on your neck haha

  2. Kinkin50 Avatar

    Ha! The good thing is that there is significant functional overlap between massagers and vibrators. But it’s definitely weird to have rubbed someone else’s all over your neck! (And not an intimate partner….)

  3. KandiHeartz Avatar

    OMG babe I am SCREAMING 💀💀💀
    You really said “self care!” and grabbed the ✨magic wand of all magic wands✨

    Honestly? Necky wasn’t made for tension, but she does relieve a lot of stress — just… y’know… lower.

    I love that you were out here massaging your traps with her baddie blaster 9000 and then LEFT HER ON THE COUNTER like a little trophy 💜💀

    Roomie’s a real one for not killing you — I would’ve cried, disinfected, and then made you Venmo me for emotional damages.

    But hey, at least now you know why she’s always in a good mood. 😉

  4. tech_creative Avatar

    Massager … vibrator … it is pretty much they same, anyway.

  5. DecemberPaladin Avatar

    I mean…did it help any?

  6. ProishNoob Avatar

    The Magic Wand was a simple massage tool but became famous as a powerful vibrator. Its strong vibrations made it popular for sexual pleasure (porn, of course), inspiring smaller, silicone-based versions for better hygiene and convenience. Despite the redesigns, the core function is the same, so it’s actually not that crazy at all that you used it as a massage tool.

    Still hilarious, though. Too bad it’s AI slop.

    Here’s my AI slop:

    Sources:

    • Lieberman, L. (2013). Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy
    • Planned Parenthood: [Sex Toy Guide]()
    • The Cut: [How the Hitachi Magic Wand Became a Sex Icon]()
  7. Elder_Keithulhu Avatar

    As long as it made your neck feel better. Maybe ask to use the other one and see which eases the tension better. Report back with your findings. Lots of tools see life beyond their intended design and, if it works better, you might consider buying one for yourself (maybe in a different color, just to avoid confusion).

  8. TempleFugit Avatar

    Well she clearly described it as “bottom drawer. purple one with the curved handle”. What else was in that drawer???

  9. forgetmeknotts Avatar

    So she has two different purple vibrating things in the same drawer and told you to go get it yourself…? I cannot comprehend telling my roommate to just go get into my nightstand drawer to get purple thing #1 that is next to purple thing #2.

  10. turingthecat Avatar

    My friends got me one of those ‘magic bullets’ as a gag gift for my hen night.
    I’ve zero interest using it for it’s intended purposes, but it’s great for getting knots out

  11. SnooPickles55 Avatar

    This is sooo conveniently funny, like something in a sitcom, so I definitely believe it happened.

  12. imwhateverimis Avatar

    Didn’t the classical hitachi wand start out intended for massaging non-sexual body parts?

  13. ProperLadInnitBruv Avatar

    honestly? if it worked, keep using Necky. just light a candle first next time lmao

  14. DrInsomnia Avatar

    You now have the neck clap, the worst place to get it. Go to your doctor and tell them you need to be checked for neck gonorrhea.

  15. SumonaFlorence Avatar

    Reminds me of the Hitachi Magic Wand, it’s a powerful muscle massager which is now used as a vibrator for women, it has been redesigned now so the brand doesn’t show as clearly on camshows.

  16. Dismal_Value8874 Avatar

    If I could give an award to your roommate for renaming it Necky I would!

  17. Free_Comfortable8897 Avatar

    That is one hell of a vibrator!

  18. deekaypea Avatar

    Lol I’m a performer and one of my cast mates brings a vibrator for massaging her throat/neck between performances and songs. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Only used for that!! 

    Not a big deal… Maybe except for the fact you have no idea how clean she is with her toys 🤪

  19. Slammogram Avatar

    Ok, this may be AI slop, but Necky is funny

  20. Granny_knows_best Avatar

    Do you live under a rock and don’t know what a dildo looks like?

  21. electricgotswitched Avatar

    She knew this would happen

  22. miss_marple911 Avatar

    Happened to a friend and I too, except our other friend had just left it out in the open. We were sitting around the living room waiting for her to get ready when we saw it and thought it was a neck massager, and I started using it on my friends neck when our other friend came in and was like wtf are you guys doing 🤣 we were like why the eff are you just leaving that laying about all willy nilly, but had a good laugh about it after
    I don’t touch anything that looks like a massager anymore without asking first lol

  23. FrostedDuske Avatar

    You’ll never live this down, but at least you’ve got a nickname and a hilarious story now. RIP, Cuellito.

  24. PunkandCannonballer Avatar

    If she sanitizes after use, it really shouldn’t matter.

  25. Epicassion Avatar

    Are you getting necky in there?

  26. vermillionlove Avatar

    do not use any type of massagers on your neck!!! you could give yourself a cartoid dissection

  27. braintransplants Avatar

    Just fuck already and get it over with

  28. Agitated-Result-2178 Avatar

    Sounds like the start of a Rom Com plot!

  29. tripster72 Avatar

    Dude, it’s kinda hot

  30. Tinderboxed Avatar

    And then?
    Isn’t this just the opening scene?

  31. Treyen Avatar

    Now your neck will be on her bits later. 

  32. enthusiasm_gap Avatar

    Things that definitely actually happened

  33. Possible-Positivity Avatar

    High-Tech? What was this, the Ultra Clitty-Blaster 5000 ??? Sounds pretty straight forward … And you didn’t know what it was? Hmmmm …

  34. doradiamond Avatar

    u/bot-sleuth-bot

  35. dixennormus Avatar

    And it smelling like the ocean didnt make you question it?

  36. xGuru37 Avatar

    Ahhhh, another ChatGPT story.

  37. porkchopbun Avatar

    Honest mistake I think.

    F.ing up would be smelling it.

  38. Imemberyou Avatar

    Today, on things that totally happened

  39. hughdint1 Avatar

    SHE refuses to let YOU live it down? That is some Jedi master Uno reverse stuff there. Bravo OPs Roommate.

  40. Wooden-You1885 Avatar

    Ah, the old pecker to the neck hurt

  41. loggywd Avatar

    I’m surprised you didn’t offer to compensate her

  42. crag-u-feller Avatar

    Why did are you tell us this. even the tldr is why. Just say “me fail very toy”

  43. Glowy_af- Avatar

    I did this with my MOMS when I was like 7 years old. I obviously did not know what a vibrator was, and I saw a buzzy thing and asked my mom what it is. She said it was a neck massager. I asked if I could use it. She said no, it’s hers. So when she was at work one day I went and found it and used it on my neck. Because I didn’t listen to my mom 🤣😆. I realized one day as an adult that what I used was NOT a neck massager and I was so grossed out. I understand your pain 😆

  44. Toerrizhuman Avatar

    Ur better man than me .. as long as ur roommate is cool with it .. u, her and “Necky” sound good in my book. U have a whopper of a story to keep in ur back pocket for all time – be proud of that!!! Ur roommate is awesumm imo .. ur lucky in that aspect as well…

  45. Gullible-Direction55 Avatar

    Just wanted to come in here and say: please don’t use electric massagers like the guns nor vibrators on your neck: you can paralyze yourself!!!!!

  46. ParadisePete Avatar

    a bit off-topic, but generally speaking it’s not a good idea to use a massager on the back of your neck. Too easy to do serious long-term damage.

  47. OneGayPigeon Avatar

    At least put some effort into making it believable, man.

  48. Thunderbridge Avatar

    r/lostredditors this isn’t r/creativewriting

  49. ntermation Avatar

    Made up story is made up.