# Ladies of the Dope, Man needs "grooming" advice TMI **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141 "2012-12-15T23:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/1 "2012-12-15T23:23:39Z")
Ok Ladies here is the skinny My body hair doesn’t really curl. The other night I was drinking and got annoyed with my pubic hair, it was just sorta standing straight out, so I got out the clippers… So now I am “bare down there” The problem, What do I do with the rest of my body hair? I am not a very hairy guy but I have hair on my legs, a little on my stomach and some chest hair, no back hair or anything like that. Do I clip the rest of it to about the same length? Do I let it grow back and forget this ever happened? Something else? Suggestions? I am asking the Doper Ladies because I would bet they have a bit more experience than the guys and I would like to know what they would rather see. So after you finish laughing and cleaning up the drink you spewed all over the place please chime in Thanks **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/2 "2012-12-15T23:29:07Z")
LOL. Personally, male body hair doesn’t bother me at all. Even back hair. Even wild, lush, rampant back hair. And shaved male pubes remind me of poultry parts. 😉 So I would say, let it all hang out. But that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/3 "2012-12-15T23:31:23Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > The other night I was drinking and got annoyed with my pubic hair Was it talkin’ shit about ur girl? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/4 "2012-12-15T23:32:35Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > … The other night I was drinking and got annoyed with my pubic hair, it was just sorta standing straight out, so I got out the clippers… That’s never good. I’d be in the same quandary, seeing as how “every last inch of me’s covered in hair.” Were I to go metro, I’d have to go for the full-body wax, so no. I’d never shave anything below the neckline. Not sure where your current activity level lies, but for the time being, your partner will need to be at least a little concerned with situational rug rash. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/5 "2012-12-15T23:39:51Z")
I like natural. I hate shaved private parts. It feels icky, like I’m with a kid. I don’t want a little boy. I want a man. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/6 "2012-12-16T00:04:30Z")
Put glasses on it and do ex-Prime Minister Bonsai Howard jokes. By the time you run out of them, the hair will be back. Then trim, don’t shave. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/7 "2012-12-16T00:05:32Z")
Harry Mudd would know what to do. But after you did what you did to him I doubt he’s gonna help (and the roaming charges are gonna be rough). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/8 "2012-12-16T00:43:16Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I like natural. > I hate shaved private parts. > It feels icky, like I’m with a kid. I don’t want a little boy. > I want a man. Well I’ve never been with a child, so I have no idea what being with one might be like. So shaved pussies don’t bother me one bit; in fact I prefer them. Shaved genitalia feel so much better up again each other. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/9 "2012-12-16T00:43:48Z")
I’d pay good money for a Ladies of the Dope calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/10 "2012-12-16T00:49:01Z")
Well…trimmed or bare can be visually jarring (chicken noises) but makes downtown an easier, more pleasant jaunt. So…maybe should ask your partner? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/11 "2012-12-16T03:29:15Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Well I’ve never been with a child, so I have no idea what being with one might be like. So shaved pussies don’t bother me one bit; in fact I prefer them. Shaved genitalia feel so much better up again each other. I’ve never been with a child either, but I have changed enough diapers to know what one looks like. ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/12 "2012-12-16T03:55:55Z")
**Capt Kirk** , I read this as you wondering what to do about your immediate situation, where you have a patch with no hair and you don’t like how it looks - do you shave the rest to match, or what??? In that case, I’m going to say just leave it. It won’t be long before the hair in that area grows back in to match and then you’ll be back to your usual self. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/13 "2012-12-16T04:10:47Z")
Okay, I’m done laughing:). Don’t do anything to the rest of your hair if you aren’t particularly hairy and it doesn’t bother you. Word of warning: if you are indeed “bare down there” get ready to be itchy as it grows back. I’m not talking about a little itchy… I’m talking about itchyness that is hard not to scratch even if in public. Personally, I don’t like excessive hair. Good luck, baldy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/14 "2012-12-16T04:21:04Z")
Pubes: The final frontier These are the problem of the Doper, **Capt Kirk** His 2013 mission To explore strange hair dos To seek out new trims and new buzzcuts To boldly go where no man has gone before ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/15 "2012-12-16T04:33:45Z")
Given the OP’s username, was it just me who visualised Shatner trying to explain his misadventures on the bridge of the Enterprise when reading the first post? The thought of Shatner. Trying to. Explain. His pubic crisis in that. Fractured. Way of his, has given me a fit of the giggles. ---
**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/16 "2012-12-16T04:44:40Z")
Given the OPs username, he should use a mirror and shave the rest…because, we all know that neither Capt Kirk nor toilet paper could always keep klingons off your hands. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/17 "2012-12-16T05:42:27Z")
Not what I expected for answers but… Well worth it, because it shows that you pervs really do want to watch Shatner Porn You guys suck 😛 **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/18 "2012-12-16T06:26:40Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Not what I expected for answers but… > > Well worth it, because it shows that you pervs really do want to watch Shatner Porn > > You guys suck 😛 > > **Capt** 'course, when Capt Kirk suffers from E.D., he just says “beam me up, Scotty” ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/19 "2012-12-16T06:55:38Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I’ve never been with a child either, but I have changed enough diapers to know what one looks like. Uh huh and did those children also have full-size erections when you changed their diapers? ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141/20 "2012-12-16T07:20:01Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I like natural. > I hate shaved private parts. > It feels icky, like I’m with a kid. I don’t want a little boy. > I want a man. I have a woman friend who feels as you do and thinks that men who like shaved private parts (on women) are creepy and only do because they are fantasizing of being with a very young girl – Wrong! I shave **everything** on a regular basis… every last pubic hair and my boyfriend loves it, as do I. It is a turn on for both of us and it has absolutely nothing to do with wanting to feel like a little girl - I’m quite comfortable being a woman and with my sexuality. If he shaved, I would not feel like I was with a “little boy” …he is all man, and hair or lack there of, has nothing to do with it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-of-the-dope-man-needs-grooming-advice-tmi/644141.md?page=2)