Spa Vacations Now Catering To Men

	posted by Nightmist on Tuesday August 28, @01:25PM from the media dept.
	This article on Excite News bodes well for advertisers and the media once again recognizing the buying power of men. According to the PR piece (that's really what it is) more and more men are taking "solo" spa retreats, and more spa vacation packages are beginning to offer the "adventure" type retreats men are seeking. Unfortunately, the article also suggests that the reason men are taking these "solo" retreats is to meet single women. I say perhaps we just want to get away for a while.

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I don't know. (Score:1) by Coyote on Wednesday August 29, @12:51AM EST (#1) (User #258 Info) Ever seen "The Road to Wellville"? It ain't pretty. My mom went to a 3-day spa once; I was detailed (was watching tv at my stepdad's house at the time, and he was feeling lazy) to pick her up when she was done. When I got there, some lady gave me a full tour of the premises (probably hoping that I'd tell everyone else to go there). Essentially it was a large number of rooms full of excercise machines, puntcuated by steam and mud baths and massage givers (I hesitate to use the word "therapist" but - I don't know - maybe it is therapy.) There were rolling hills and paths and lots of healthy-type food buffets. Except for the staff, the place was entirely populated by the fat (actually, that's a lie; most were quite thin, though not in a look-twice sort of way) decadent wives of wealthy baby boomers. (Side note: my mom doesn't fall into that category, though she is a boomer...but her friends were going, so she went too. Hey, she's my mom, don't diss her.) If spas are just a place to meet women, I can think of several nations in Asia and South/Central America where it's easier and more fun for men to do so. If they want to lose weight, they should join a boxing club...now that's good exercise. Too stressed? Go camping. I can't imagine why any man, no matter what age, would go singly and willingly to one of these places, knowing that he'd have to put up with these freakin' overprivileged harpies (my mom and her pals not included, by the way). I got more catcalls (dogcalls?) than a naked blonde stripper in a construction yard...all from women twice or more my age. Ugh. What a hen party. Yeah, I know, off-topic. Sue me. I'm drunk as a lord w/my brother (he's passed out on the couch and I'm looking around the internet) and the article reminded me of that experience. --Coyote "I'll preserve one last male thing in the museum of this world, if I can." -- D.H. Lawrence.

Re:I don't know. (Score:1) by Coyote on Wednesday August 29, @12:57AM EST (#2) (User #258 Info) P.S. - like they say in Slashdot - first post! "I'll preserve one last male thing in the museum of this world, if I can." -- D.H. Lawrence.

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