Dh and I have been going to the same male physio, off and on, for years. I have been meaning to make an appointment for weeks, but had been putting it off until eventually my discomfort was so bad I finally went to see him yesterday. As I was leaving home for work, I told DH that I'd be home after I'd spent an hour getting super relaxed with another man's hands on me. He laughed and told me to say hi to the physio for him. I laughed. All fine.
But then I told the physio the story ie that when I left home I told Dh I'd be spending an hour with another mans hands on me and he said to say hi. I did not mean it to be inappropriate as we all know each other. But when I told DH he pointed out that if it was a female physio and he had said that to her, it might have made her feel very uncomfortable. When I said that our physio laughed, he reminded me of the many many times I've told him that often women have to laugh and put up with inappropriate comments because there's no option not to in a work situation.
Physio and I had perfectly normal chat afterwards, but still....
So now I'm mortified. He was absolutely right. The physio is NOT a friend. we are clients, so he probably doesn't get to tell me to shut up as a friend would. I feel terrible. And I'm not sure what to do . I have a follow up appointment in a week and I feel like I need to apologise. But I don't know what's best. Should I send him a message in advance so that it's out of the way? Say something when I see him? Pretend the whole thing never happened and just act with absolute appropriateness in all future conversations?