Uh... yeah...
Experienced the most awkward confrontation ever. I had just finished working out and was in the sauna relaxing when a middle-aged woman enters. Other than the towel around her shoulders, she's completely naked. Jesus Christ Mary, I did my best to avoid eye contact and her nakedness in front of me. She sits on the lower bench (I was on the top bench) right next to me and talks up a storm -- she said I had a New Zealand accent? I'm really exhausted at this point and begin giving her one syllable replies followed by a nervous laugh (think George Michael from Arrested Development) hoping she'd get the message that I don't want a conversation without actually having to tell her.
My shoes were next to me and she says something about shoes and the sauna heat causing toxins(?) and politely asks me to place them outside, which I do and move to the opposite side of the sauna from her.
"You don't want to sit where you were before?"
"No, I'm okay here," I reply.
"I hope you're not mad." She takes my old place and I can hear her rubbing her body. Exact locations I do not know.
"No, I'm not mad."
She finally shuts up and after five minutes, I leave without saying a word or a glance. What a night.
My shoes were next to me and she says something about shoes and the sauna heat causing toxins(?) and politely asks me to place them outside, which I do and move to the opposite side of the sauna from her.
"You don't want to sit where you were before?"
"No, I'm okay here," I reply.
"I hope you're not mad." She takes my old place and I can hear her rubbing her body. Exact locations I do not know.
"No, I'm not mad."
She finally shuts up and after five minutes, I leave without saying a word or a glance. What a night.