…with a passion. My wife said, “Oh, yeah? Try waxing your legs. Or better yet, childbirth.”
I don’t think she’s ever forgiven me for the latter. Especially with the second child. I can still hear her screaming in the delivery room:
“You did this to me, you bastard!”
I remember watching my father shave when I was a little boy. I thought that was so cool. But I learned. I learned what every boy learns eventually. Shaving is a trial by ordeal.
And it’s not as simple as it used to be. Now the razor “pivots”. It’s not enough that my hand is shaking, now we got the blade moving around, too. May as well stand on a vibrating mat while you’re at it. The result will be the same. You’re going to cut yourself.
So, you take a little square of toilet paper and apply it to the gaping wound. It’s going to fall off for sure, so you apply another. Then another. Pretty soon, you’ve got these little Japanese flags all around the house, and you’re still bleeding. Then you have no choice.
Why does your hand shake? Are you still groggy from just waking up or do you have that much trepidation about applying the blade to your face?
I’m not a big fan of shaving either, but I can’t say I cut myself every day. Are you scraping your face repeatedly in an effort to make it smooth as a baby’s butt? Cut it out, 'cause it ain’t gonna happen. Two passes, three at the most, and you should be as clean as you need to be. Don’t press the razor against your face, either, stretch the skin with your free hand and lightly pass over it. The blade should not “sink into” your skin. Gently does it.
Oh, and shave every day, even on your days off. It’s a bitch, I agree, but if you let your stubble grow on the weekends, you’ll be even more likely to grievously wound yourself on Monday. Longer whiskers have a tendency to snag the razor and get pulled, rather than sliced. Both result in nicks.
Oh, and tell your wife she doesn’t have to wax her legs or give birth every freakin’ morning. Women get points for enduring massive pain. Men get points for enduring less painful rituals administered on a regular basis.
I also cut myself shaving every morning. Actually say I did.
I have become quite lazy and use an electric cordless razor.I charge it up and can shave away. Sometime when running late for work at one of the many stop lights along the way. This has reduced the numbers of cuts I have recieved every morning greatly.
Yeah, you read that right, I am clumsy enough to cut myself with an electric razor.
My hair grows ridiculously fast, and when I shaved my legs in the morning, Id have noticeable stubble by evening. Besides which, DAVE, there’s a lot more hair to shave on a woman’s legs (plus underarms) than on a man’s face. Plus I always cut myself. So finally I gave up and let my legs be hairy. I HATE SHAVING!!!
I’ve always used an electric (not once have I used a blade), and I also hate shaving. I will use any excuse to not shave. Luckily, my beard doesn’t grow as fast as some people’s, so I generally only shave every other day when I have to go to work (unless I have a big meeting or something – there’s enough stubble to notice, but not enough to make me shave every day). On weekends, I don’t shave at all unless I’m going somewhere special. It’s just a damned annoyance.
I’m the same way. I have to shave my legs every morning too (usually just from the knee down) and if I get cold, I swear to God you can feel the hair growing back.
Another thing women have to shave is the bikini area. Try getting a nick down there! Now that’s pain!
My boyfriend doesn’t use shaving cream or anything when he shaves his face. He dry shaves! He has a mustache and goatee so it’s not like he’s shaving his entire face but still! His hair is really soft and fine so maybe that has something to do with it because he doesn’t ever get nicks or cuts.
The weather has turned unusually dry lately, and that coupled with my apparently dull razor resulted in a large razorburn rash on the inside of my right knee up to mid-thigh. I hate the itch!
And yes, shaving sucks. But so does waxing. I do my own bikini area every three weeks–care to try that one?
You might try alternating. Every 3 months or so shave your head and let your beard grow. Then switch back to shaving your beard and let your hair grow.
Do I get any points for shaving my face and my legs? Actually, I got my legs waxed a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t bad at all, I don’t see what people bitch about. Shaving is much worse. The thing that really sucks is, within a few hours after shaving, my stubble has grown so much it looks as if I hadn’t shaved at all! And, it hurts! My face is sensitive all day long after I shave. I wish I could get my face waxed or lasered or something to remove all the hair (except maybe for the goatee region).
I also use the electric because the razor leaves my face too irritated and burning. It’s a pain! I used to wear a beard but i’ve realized i look ridiculous (what was I thinking back in the 70s?)
What I love to do is trim and care for my girl’s pubic area… it is like my own garden and I love to take care of it… it looks gorgeous!
Wally, my dear, you are just too much! “little Japanese flags all around the house” I really needed a laugh today, and you came through as usual. Thank you so much.
As for myself: I HATE SHAVING!!! You guys think you have it rough? Feh! Try shaving your underarms and legs in the shower without your glasses on <can you say blind in one eye, and can’t see out of the other w/o 'em?>! :eek: I take my life in my hands every time I shave, and I have the scars to prove it! And, I will make no comment about the bikini area. Well, maybe one. Do you think I’m CRAZY?? Without my glasses? ::Shudder::
David B, be nice. At least sailor’s willing to help her!
jeez, i hate shaving so much i don’t bother for more often than once a week. If a shave more often, i break out in a rash and it hurts so badly, and even hydrocortisone cream doesn’t help!
Demo, I know a guy who did just that. He wears a beard, but to keep from having to shave his neck, he had laser treatments. Now he just has to trim up every few weeks.
Well, I guess I get to be spoil in this shaver-bitchfest. I have never shaved in my life. I cannot seem to grow a beard or anything. I have what appears to be five days worth of hair in a moustashe and goatee. However it is not the result of any form of maintainence. I have a joke that goes I’m not shaving it off, it’s taken me twenty years to grow this. This is too true. I started growing hair on my face at age 16.
In fact, I simply DON’T KNOW HOW to shave!!!
At the rate I’m going, I may shave for the first time on my 27th birthday.
When I raced bicycles,I shaved my legs, because thats what cool cyclistas did. Later, when I rode bikes for fun and transportation,I quit. Still later, I grew a beard, mostly because I could.Nowadays, my legs are hairy, and my face is shaved.Just MHO, but shaving my face is way easier,less painful, and way quicker than shaving my legs.
Actually, I got my legs waxed a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t bad at all, I don’t see what people bitch about. Shaving is much worse. The thing that really sucks is, within a few hours after shaving, my stubble has grown so much it looks as if I hadn’t shaved at all! And, it hurts! My face is sensitive all day long after I shave. I wish I could get my face waxed or lasered or something to remove all the hair (except maybe for the goatee region).