because when I started to go through puberty I shaved it off at the first sight of hair and I’ve been doing it since then. I never had hair down there. How does it feel? (I’m being serious) I think since I’ve been shaving all this time I’ve grown a fear of having hair. I shave everyday so it never gets a chance to grow. I have fears that having hair means it gets sweaty and stinky. Doesn’t moisture build up and hair strands fall out in your underwear? I’m willing to try not shaving for a while so I can actually know what it’s like. What are your opinions and someone tell me I’m not the only one who has done this.
You’re the only one who has done this, in the history of pubic hair and cutting instruments.
Boy, what an introduction. Is this what you want to be known for?
Are you a guy or a girl?
I’m a girl.
BTW, I’ve been reading the Straight Dope since 2001. I’ve been a loooooong time lurker.
Er…it doesn’t seem to get any sweatier/stinkier than any other part of my body. As for pubes in the underwear, it’s kind of unavoidable. Just a tradeoff you gotta deal with. I mean, you gotta wash your underwear eventually, right? I can’t really explain how it feels. It’s just always been there.
Now that that’s out of the way, please tell me you came out of lurkerdom just to ask this question.
Ehn. I have a pretty elaborate manscaping ritual that I carry out far too often, but I didn’t do a damn thing with it when I was a teenager. I started grooming when I was probably 19, but I’m not a very hairy guy and didn’t really have anything down there until I was at least 15. It’s just kind of there; not in a good way or a bad way.
Cite?
You know, I have a male friend who does the exact same thing. He has NEVER had pubic hair down there, because he shaves. He thinks it’s weird having pubes. I think he’d look like a little boy if I ever saw him naked. Whatever.
Pubes are pubes. shrugs I don’t notice, and I doubt most people do, unless they’ve shaved recently and it’s growing back itchy.
~Tasha
Mmmmboy. Nothing hotter than raw turkey parts. :x Which pretty much is what hairless male bits look like.
Welcome to The Dope. Hellofa introduction.
I must ask you: do the curtains match the drapes? Oh wait, you wouldn’t know. Mwahahaha.
Oh, and I think I speak for the entire Man Guild when I say: how old are you and where do you live?
Autolycus you silly brainaddled-by-bald-girl-crotch thing! I think you mean ‘curtains match the carpet’ or ‘drapes match the rug.’
And Rainbow; once you go bare, you’ll never grow hair (voluntarily), in my opinion. I wax when I can be bothered and the main thing you notice is that hair traps pheromones and moisture - I find everything’s a bit damper than usual if I choose to go sans panties overnight when waxed. The other thing is that it doesn’t trap bad smells, as such, but there is more of a scent than if you’re hairless, so it’s a good idea to make sure that you’re thoroughly washed when you shower.
Busted. Not literally, but I might if I keep reading threads like this…
Curse you, vixen of the intarnets!
Hmm. But doesn’t your kind have wild, sky-pointing hair of fluorescent colors, often braided into say a keychain?
I alternate between hairless and haired.
I find that, if it’s too long, I collect the daily secretions too much and just feel overall icky. However, if it’s too short, my underware feels odd. And having your underwear catch on pube stubble all day long is annoying.
About 1/4" is the best compromise.
Pullet has spoken.
Damnit, girl, you don’t just up and announce something like that on a public discussion board like this! Do you have any idea of the mental images that shot through my middle-aged brain, all at once!? I dropped my All-Bran on my keyboard, fer chrissake!
Oh, uh, and welcome to SDMB. Now put your clothes back on, ya litttle scamp.
I, for one, can’t wait for your second post.
Boy I agree with this. What’s with people giving way TMI in one of their first posts?
I dunno about first post, but I can see it. Where else do you ask these questions? And it’s probably been driving you bonkers.
I myself have an uber-TMI question - not at all related to sex, surprisingly - that I am too embarrassed to ask. But it drives me crazy sometimes. This is the best place…but even here I wouldn’t ask. But I have no one else to ask! But I can’t ask because then everyone would know…!
…I imagine nearly the same thing goes through first-time-TMI posters’ heads. God I hope I did the apostrophe right.
If you’ve never had pubic hair you don’t know what you’re missing!
Try it pan-fried in butter. And chew it throughly.
You’re not missing much. Pubic hair is uncomfortable. I find that it tugs at the skin and drives me insane whenever I’ve let it grow in. I hate it and would never intentionally grow it back (at times when I’m super busy I have let it grow in somewhat, but that’s because I’m in a long-distance relationship. Once I move to Ohio I won’t even let that happen.)
Pubic hair also cuts WAY down on the sensations of sex and masturbation. On the other side of things, who likes getting hair in their mouth? Ew.
All in all I have nothing positive to say about pubes. I personally think they’re gross.