Pampering

[ailbhe]

What does the word mean to you? To me, it implies pleasure.

Not, say, ritual humiliation, which is my main experience of "beauty treatments."

A hot bath and a big chocolate cake and a really good Wodehouse or Heyer - that's pampering myself. Having to pick tickly bits of hair out of my jumper for days, or spending two books-worth of money on nailpolish applied by someone who can't believe I don't push my cuticles back? Not pampering.

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[libellum.livejournal.com]

Not something I'm good enough at doing to myself. I occasionally manage time spent reading, cuddling the kitten, or having a long bath ... but less so since moving into a house I'm not really comfortable. These days most of my pampering is something I get from partners and lovers. Massages, being cooked for, tender, sensual play sessions focussed on me (I'm a sub, so it doesn't happen often - usually when the focus is on me it's fairly hard work. Which is rewarding and hot, but not exactle pampering!). I need to re-learn how to pamper myself - it's the most important kind.