View Full Version : Man pedicure??!
Preface:
My buddy is a medic, all into MA, drinks, smokes, wears a shirt that says "porn star" on it, etc. to give you some background. Just about as far from a metro sexual type and not a PC bone in his body.
Story:
He says, "going to get my regular pedicure, wanna come?
"excuse me? Did you just say you're getting a pedicure?!
He launches into a lecture on me about as a medic, he knows healthy feet are essential, especially is jungle/tropical climates (which we are), as small cuts turn into infections, bacteria issues, etc, etc and I need to get with the program.
Call me out of touch, and I'm far from knuckle dragging manly man, but considered the pedicure the realm of women and metro sexual men, and or gay men. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
His mother BTW, was a Major in the airforce and a nurse. I asked her if all the testosterone from my body would be removed due to pedicure, how man "man points" I'd lose, and if she as ex mil med professional, woman, and Major, would approve.
She said "hell yes, good healthy feet are essential. Try it."
So off we went...
Conclusion:
Am I sold on the pedicure? Not really. Felt nice, and yes, did a much better job off it then I do to be sure, but can't really see it as a regular thing personally.
OK, who does this? Or do you need to stay :ph34r: due to fear of losing your man card? :cool:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qj6qGd4X52M/S5_AociIh3I/AAAAAAAACXE/del3JwMcASU/s400/man-card.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qj6qGd4X52M/S5_AociIh3I/AAAAAAAACXE/del3JwMcASU/s400/man-card.jpg
It was only once!!! :fie:
Will, what color polish did you get?
Sorry, I could NOT resist that one...
Tried it once with the Wife, wasn't bad or too emasculating, neither was it so groundbreaking an experience that I'd do it again. YMMV.
I'm guessing my wife would like it, it would save her from vacuuming the clippings out from under my desk.
I'll give you a pass. I felt my eyes getting moist during Opie's funeral scene on Sons of Anarchy, and I can hardly hold myself together when that girl cries at the end of the movie Against All Odds.
No way I want to be around people when I watch Old Yeller.
caelumatra
10-19-12, 14:44
My heavy hat in Boot Camp told us on the last day that we should all go out and get one like he was going to do lol. He told us all the hell our feet go through that you should really take care of your feet so they can take care of you.
I still have not had one and that was 8.5 years ago I was told to go get one lol
I would like to try it though. See if its better than me just soaking them in epsom salt every now and again
Never have, but my wife did buy us a couples massage last year for Valentines day.
She got this little blonde hottie and I got Helga the Vonderbitch! This chick was about 7 feet tall and STRONG! If Ivan Drago (Rocky movie) had a sister, she would have been it! Oh, and yes, it was definitely a "she".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqWeQDJvgE&feature=plcp
Belmont31R
10-19-12, 15:11
They don't do anything you can't do at home. The epsom salt thing is a good suggestion and make sure you cut the nail straight across. I went through several ingrown nails when I was a teenager and they suck. I was cutting the nail wrong since I didn't know any better. Also its good to let your feet air out some everyday and to walk around barefoot.
If you get calluses get one of those little things that look like a cheese grater and a good nail brush.
I personally don't see anything wrong with a pedicure but I can't stand the strong chemical smell of those places. Gives me a headache.
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My woman begged, pleaded, twisted my arm to get me to go get a pedicure at her regular place. So I went. I agree with Belmont, the small was overpowering, I bet those girls that work there get high off it. I got the same treatment that Will and Belmont got, it was good and my feet felt the cleanest in almost 50 years but I can't see paying somebody $20 - $30 everytime I want to get my toe nails clipped.
So one time, that was enough.
Moose-Knuckle
10-19-12, 16:33
50 Shades of Grey and now this . . . :eek:
I must have logged into the wrong forum again! http://websmileys.com/sm/crazy/1087.gif
50 Shades of Grey and now this . . . :eek:
I must have logged into the wrong forum again! http://websmileys.com/sm/crazy/1087.gif
The person who told me I should is above your pay grade sir! :p
Moose-Knuckle
10-19-12, 16:54
The person who told me I should is above your pay grade sir! :p
No doubt! :D
QuickStrike
10-19-12, 17:46
I cut off thick calluses from kicking and tight fitting shoes with an exacto knife + trim toe nails.
That's a pedicure right?
Edit: And dried dead skin around the big toe nail too, since I wear sandals a bunch during the summer.
Alpha Sierra
10-19-12, 18:02
Nyet.
What if my pinky toenail is just like a big ****ed up mass, my big toes are permanently cracked, and the balls of my feet look like lavarock, can they fix that?
Belmont31R
10-19-12, 18:38
What if my pinky toenail is just like a big ****ed up mass, my big toes are permanently cracked, and the balls of my feet look like lavarock, can they fix that?
Slather them nasties up in lotion or jelly, and sleep with zip lock bags over your feet.
:D
:(
Wait, would a man pedicure be a...
...
manicure?
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Belmont31R
10-19-12, 18:42
Wait, would a man pedicure be a...
...
manicure?
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
I got this.... http://www.amazon.com/Braun-Cruzer-Beard-Head-Trimmer/dp/B004WIUNCG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350690129&sr=8-2&keywords=braun+cruzer+6 ;)
I felt my eyes getting moist during Opie's funeral scene on Sons of Anarchy
Dude I don't have cable!! I have to wait for Netflix.
Back on topic
I have bad feet (ingrown toenails) so I've been thinking about going with my girlfriend. I doubt they can do much to help though.
Straight Shooter
10-19-12, 18:46
This thread ties in PERFECTLY to a thread I posted in a couple weeks back, about men,um..males..wearing flip-flop/sandals.
One reason its so ****ing disgusting to me is the total lack of ****in hygiene MOST of these assbags have with their feet. ****in toenails like claws, yellowed nails, funk between their toes, ect. Just gross shit, period.
Many years ago, I too, poo-pooed the idea of "man-icures", waxing, ect. All that metro-sexual shit, I thought.
But, growing older, and hairy-er....Ive changed. And, like it or not, womens' likes have too. As a twice divorced man, and current "playa", Im telling you all right now, Ive had numerous talks with women and they absolutely positively LOVE a well groomed man,PERIOD. Hands,feet, back, hair, no ****in ear/nose hairs like an ape, eyebrows, and my personal priority..BREATH. So, to the OP I say ROCK ON BRO. Do what you like, or more importantly, what your lady likes. Let the boys run around in ****in flip flops, spraying AXE all over them, and do whatever you like to keep yourself as a Gentleman should.
The foot bath rigs have been known to produce nasty foot and leg infections, I would not be buying the line that this is a way to foot health. And to be perfectly honest the whole thing sounds faggish.
Suwannee Tim
10-19-12, 20:51
....... And to be perfectly honest the whole thing sounds faggish.
Faggy Tom. The word is faggy. Are we still allowed to say fag, faggish, faggy?
Faggy Tom. The word is faggy. Are we still allowed to say fag, faggish, faggy?
My daughter has rubbed off on me, she uses ish on the end of words. I'll have to knock it off. And yes I have allowed myself to say fag. I refuse to say gay, why? because they want me to.
Suwannee Tim
10-19-12, 21:15
My brother was gay. He and his gay friends all called each other fags. I called them fags. They called me a red neck. No one got their feelings hurt because we were all grown up and more or less mature.
Belmont31R
10-19-12, 21:24
My brother was gay. He and his gay friends all called each other fags. I called them fags. They called me a red neck. No one got their feelings hurt because we were all grown up and more or less mature.
Better lock this this thread down.
JK. I have a SIL and her SO such who are gay, and they are way more fun to hang out with than almost anyone I know.
Moose-Knuckle
10-19-12, 21:24
The foot bath rigs have been known to produce nasty foot and leg infections, I would not be buying the line that this is a way to foot health. And to be perfectly honest the whole thing sounds faggish.
This. Like those nail salon people really throw out the water after each customer. http://websmileys.com/sm/obscene/eck15.gif
Belmont31R
10-19-12, 21:34
This. Like those nail salon people really throw out the water after each customer. http://websmileys.com/sm/obscene/eck15.gif
You can buy your own tools for half of what these places charge.
As noted I don't see how people go in there. You can clean your feet yourself. A foot massage isn't worth 30 bucks.
All anyone needs to do is fill a bath tub with a few inches of hot water, pour in some epsom salts, and soak the feet while sitting on the shitter.
Magic_Salad0892
10-19-12, 21:34
Better lock this this thread down.
JK. I have a SIL and her SO such who are gay, and they are way more fun to hang out with than almost anyone I know.
My best friend who I lived with for 2 years is a total homo, and he's great to chill with, and got me into listening to David Bowie.
Plus, I could always ask him if I looked presentable, and know he wasn't lying.
Also... he did pedicures all the time. Tried to get me to go with him all the time.
My brother was gay. He and his gay friends all called each other fags. I called them fags. They called me a red neck. No one got their feelings hurt because we were all grown up and more or less mature.
Thumbs up for that. I call them fags too. So what? Why someone would get wrapped around the axle about that is beyond me. A few weeks ago, a black lady at a Chinese restaurant called me a cracker.
I went home and cried.
I had my first manicure / pedicure the other week. I can now cross it off my list. Why did I have it done? It was my angle baby's first home coming. Mom was gone for most of the weekend and unfortunately wouldn't return home until just before the event started. So I was left to take her to get all of the necessary things done (last minute purchases, hair, nails, etc..). On top of it her shit stain of her boyfriend dumped her the week before. So it was all about keeping her spirits up. She begged me to get my nails done with her. How could I tell her no?
Thumbs up for that. I call them fags too. So what? Why someone would get wrapped around the axle about that is beyond me. A few weeks ago, a black lady at a Chinese restaurant called me a cracker.
I went home and cried.
Well, to be fair, I don't think cracker was ever a reference to burning them alive because they weren't worth anything else.
toasterlocker
10-20-12, 02:26
Can't believe there has been all of this "fag" talk and no one has referenced this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IFloXOuLgA
Fag and gay mean different things. I think Louie here explains that pretty well. There is a great episode of South Park that covers the same thing. If you don't have time to watch the episode, the wikipedia article provides a good summary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_F_Word_(South_Park)
Suwannee Tim
10-20-12, 18:32
......... A few weeks ago, a black lady at a Chinese restaurant called me a cracker.
I went home and cried.
I don't cry. I sincerely thank them for the compliment. Then again, I'm a Cracker, not a cracker. I got's the birth certificate to prove it.
Suwannee Tim
10-20-12, 19:39
I was at the range yesterday and today. Both days youngsters showed up in flip flops. We are at the peak of sandspur season and the rocks in the parking lot know no season. And these young fellers wear their oh so cool flip flops. I wear steel toe boots, electrical hazard boots, MAN boots. Don't need no pedicure when you wear MAN boots.
Moose-Knuckle
10-21-12, 02:01
This thread brings up a couple of points.
Hygiene, obviously this is el numero uno. Ask any old ground pounder of the importance of keeping your feet healthy; trench foot, jungle rot, etc. I learned quite a bit on the matter from reading Get Selected for Special Forces (http://www.specialops.org/?page=GetSelected).
The other is every day wear. I own several pairs of Tevas but I only where them when I'm on the river, lake, pool side, or at the beach. I grew up in rural TX and men just don't wear flip flops or Birkenstocks. Hell I'm the only adult male in my family that wears shorts in the heat of a TX summer. :D For some it is effeminate but for me it's more that I want to be able to exit an area rapidly if needed without tripping over a damn flip flop and or injuring my feet via cuts and burns from the concrete jungle.
Straight Shooter
10-21-12, 02:22
Don't need no pedicure when you wear MAN boots.
DAMN RIGHT, Suwanee Tim. ****in flip flops...ssheesh.
QuickStrike
10-21-12, 06:21
It's impossible to get foot odor wearing sandals, and NOTHING goes better with cargo shorts. :cool:
Makes you all low-key while going around with a CCW too.
I've always worn whatever is the most comfortable according to climate.
I was at the range yesterday and today. Both days youngsters showed up in flip flops.
Never to the range though, them brass are hot!
I don't cry. I sincerely thank them for the compliment. Then again, I'm a Cracker, not a cracker. I got's the birth certificate to prove it.
Though I'm a transplant, I too have taken the same route. The look of utter confusion on the face of the racists have been priceless. My son though can prove direct lineage through his momma (7th generation native) and now that she has the genealogical records is submitting them for certification.
I was at the range yesterday and today. Both days youngsters showed up in flip flops. We are at the peak of sandspur season and the rocks in the parking lot know no season. And these young fellers wear their oh so cool flip flops. I wear steel toe boots, electrical hazard boots, MAN boots. Don't need no pedicure when you wear MAN boots.
My daily uniform for 9 to 10 months out of the year is a t-shirt, jeans shorts, and sandals. These are the benefits of being self employed and living in Florida. Having said that, what sort of numb nut goes to the range, or any outdoor activity, in open toed shoes?
FWIW...I disagree with my DH.
Hysterical though to see him reference our DD.
Tevas...they rock. The only flip flops worth wearing are Spenco's.
Ingrown nails...cut a small shallow V in the white of nail. It will grow to close the V, and pull out the ingrown.
Smelly storefronts: find a place that has great ventilation or only does 'cures or a manicurist at a salon (price will be lower, too). That smell is from the solvents for fake nails. It's toxic.
Infected water & tools: watch them clean & sterilize the basin. Many places have plastic-wrapped tools, like hospitals (the sterilizer for tools is in the dispensary). Some basins are portable, some are not. One place I go lines the basin with a garbage bag, which gets replaced with every pedi.
pedicures...LOTS of men get them. For obvious reason: women like healthy men. Your feet say a lot about you, how you take care of yourself and how you might take care of her.
So who gets them? Younger/single men who understand what women look for. Middle aged men who want some TLC. Older men who can't/don't want to reach their feet. Diabetics especially, who need to take care of their feet. Your feet are the furthest from your heart and speak volumes about your health. "Grizzled" only appeals to other men, an maybe bears. Is that what who want to impress? Plus you'll save wear and tear on your bedding, socks, and shoes.
A pedi is going to involve tools and products you don't have and if you did own them, people would demand for your man card.
Go get one every other month, minimum. Should be less than $20.
wifey
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