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“Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury,” Coco Chanel (n.d.) once said. Nothing describes this quote quite like the soothing hot tub. The steaming water, the bubbling frame, or perhaps just the sheer cost in installation give the hot tub such a luxurious connotation. In the movies, bliss is often pictured as some bare-chested man, wearing gold chains galore, arms around two bikinied blondes, that is lounging in a massive hot tub. Even on a less grand scale, it is always quite a mark of rank for a middle-class household to have possession of such a comfort as a Jacuzzi. When mentioned, one can just feel a warm massage from little jets spurting out water all around your body. The bubbling water warms one's body and soul with …show more content…

In fact, I have only experienced the luxury of hot tubs only a few times in my life. Living in Phoenix, where heat is already the de facto temperature, owning a hot tub is often less than desirable. Phoenicians do not need a Jacuzzi because we can get wet and toasty just by perspiring when we walk outside. However, when my family and I travel to another state, there is sometimes a Jacuzzi at the place we stay. So, while in a more favorable climate than in Arizona, my family always takes advantage of getting into the spa. Entering a hot tub is always memorable: one foot in - hot to the touch; slide into the pool - uncomfortable, at first; but, wait a moment - the coziest sensation there could be. Relaxing in the tub is always a communal opportunity. My father discusses something with my mother. My older sister adds her two cents to the conversation, and my brother and I comment when appropriate. It becomes as pleasant a discourse as if we were having supper around the dinner table. It is always a lovely time. If there is a swimming pool nearby, my dad likes to jump in it after leaving the Jacuzzi. My mom and my sister do not understand why, but it is a strangely incredible feeling. The warmth on your body from the hot tub ecstatically contrasts upon impact with the coolness of the swimming pool as you jump into it. I feel like it is what happens when molten lava, flowing down a volcano, hits a cold ocean tide. It is quite a strange sensation, but it is rather exhilarating, as well. Overall, bathing in hot tubs has been a very rare occurrence in my life. However, I can say, upon recollection, that there is one word that consistently describes all those experiences: family. Conversing with one another across the bath is easy due a hot tub's round nature. Chilling, per say, together during a common relaxing bath brings such an interpersonal sense of fellowship. Concluding, I

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