Shampo and bathe your love

From earliest times, from the Romans to the Japanese, baths have had ritual status as a way of not only purifying, but also of preparing and relaxing and celebrating.

Geishas have it right. There is something very loving about washing someone: warm water, soap, bubbles. The sensations fake us back to being cared for and pampered and loved. A long, careful, gentle shampoo is lovely enough to have a very movie named after it, starring Warren Beatty, Goldle Hawn, and Lauren Becall. If you can find some scented candles and soft music, so much the better, but resist the notion of a quickly shower; vertical just doesn’t quite do it.

Again, if your relationship hasn’t moved to a sexual level, it’s okey to wear bathing suits. the idea is fun and pampering and sensuality, not seduction.