I have too much hair , I cant ever get rid of it
Being clean shaven for me is the 5 o clock shadow is as short as possible
If i could shave my self which with hand problems it extra difficult Its a everyday thing
My family jokes on the male side when our tribe evolved from the apes we kept the hair
But I’m probably one of a few males that will be glad when he goes bald
:eek: Of course knowing my luck it will just all turn gray …
My, that must take a while to shave; do you get somebody else to shave your back or are you double-jointed?
::d&r::
Electric razor (yes it isn’t as good, but who gives flying fuck?) on the bog straight before having a shower. I lose very little time and post-shower don’t feel any ill-effects. I recommend this simple little practice.
Still frickin’ annoying, mind.
Not as bad as ::shudder:: nostril hair mind you.
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Hey, if nobody’s seeing my back, I ain’t making the effort. Maybe I should just stop shaving altogether and pretend I’m wearing fur pantyhose.
I hate shaving. I put it off as long as I can, but eventually I look like I’m pursely going for a Don Johnson look, so I do it then.
hey superlorie. go for it. its very freeing, according to my wife. i have always been astonished at the number of dopers that shave their bikini lines and such. seems to me it must be unpleasant as hell. ive never been with someone who did that.
for the record, i dont have some kind of fetish thing going here. its just that she didnt like doing it, and after a while the act seemed just plain weird to me. i actually felt guilty and thought ‘geez, i hope shes not doing it because of me…’ turns out she was.
also for the record, i dislike shaving a great deal and keep a full beard. i have the barber trim it way down when i remember, and i dont shave my neck or my cheeks. its not sexy, its animal!
I tend to think that anyone who is going to judge me solely on whether I shave my legs isn’t someone whose opinion I am terribly worried about. If they are so totally unable to deal with minor social nonconformity that’s their problem not mine.
I like to shave. I feel all ooky and gross when I have hair all over my legs and pits and cooch. I despise stubble, I feel even worse if it’s long, and as for having a hairy bikini area - forget it. Sex isn’t nearly as good as when things are all smooth and sensitive.
I guess I’m about the only person here who sees it as something I do to enjoy my own body more, and not some godawful chore that’s been foisted upon me by a patriarchal society with warped ideas of what a woman should look like.
Oh well, people can keep figuring that I’m so totally seeking social acceptance, or they can mind their own business and leave me to my razor so that I can enjoy my sex life as much as is humanly possible. It’s not being a ‘conformist’ if you really enjoy what you’re doing.
You know, I actually don’t mind shaving. I’ve got two different routines for it:
The daily - standard safety razor, in the shower, no mirror takes about 2 minutes tops. The steam from the shower softens your stubble nicely, so it really takes no time.
The going out shave - a straight razor I inherited from my grandfather, a kent shaving brush, and shaving soap from Taylors of London. More a ritual preparing for a night of debauchery than anything else, this takes about ten minutes, and requires a fair amount of concentration if I don’t want to remove my chin with a poorly aimed stroke of the blade.
Women who shave their legs have a larger area to shave, but the density of hair per cm² is much less, and it matters less if we miss a bit.
Occasionally I have bizarre recurring “beard dreams” where I dream I have sufficient facial hair to justify shaving my face. In the dreams I’m usually horrified by it, especially when I realise that after shaving I’m doomed to stubble. I think it’s some strange gender insecurity thing.
I have a goatee not because it’s trendy or looks good, but because I find it an enormous hassle shaving around my chin and lips. I’m willing to shave my cheeks and neck in the name of civilization, but no more.
Of course, the time I save in not shaving parts of my face is dedicated to trimming back my pubic hair…
I’m pretty conflicted about my leg hair. I think sometimes I would feel more socially comfortable and confident if I just shaved it off, but then I think of all the hassle I would have to go through. I hate stubble, so when I am shaving, I’m really obsessive about it. Usually practicality wins out.
Most men I’ve dated have told me that they actually like the leg hair because it’s different. On the other hand, I notice people staring at it all the time.
The creepiest thing is that when I see a woman with hairy legs, my first, instinctive, gut-level reaction is always negative.
And I think armpit hair (on men, too) is gross. That’s a tiny bit of real estate, though, so I don’t mind keeping my pits shaved.
Sigh Just color me a victim of the patriarchy.
I think I’ve shaved five times in my life, and two of them were because I wanted to.
People don’t comment either out of being nice and pretending not to notice, or outright not noticing. I’m really un-hairy, so I’m guessing the latter.
I shave my legs when I have time and they are going to be seen.
Summer.
Stubble sucks but I don’t mind the opposite ends of the spectrum, so when I’m shaving, I shave obsessively.
Color me weird, but I actually enjoy shaving. It’s kind of ritualistic and focusing, with a vague Zen feel. Then again, I’ve been called a fool and a dangerous person in the last few days; so this may just be evidence of my psychopathy.
I hate body hair on a woman, but I also hate shaving. Since I’ve gained weight, I’ve stopped shaving my pubes (only because I can’t see them anymore and I don’t wanna do that “by feel”)… but I’ve never been real big on leg or armpit shaving. Even when I was dancing I would wear thigh high boots or stockings so you couldn’t tell. I did shave my armpits then… and I still prefer them shaved… but I don’t do it regularly. My legs I get waxed once or twice a year, and the rest of the time they’re au naturale. If someone finds me socially unacceptable they are invited to bite me. 
And yes I wear dresses and shorts and stuff. People can either deal with it or not–their choice.
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long, long time.
I agree. I shave pretty much my entire body below the neck, arms included. It takes me about 15 full minutes to go through the whole ordeal, but it feel so good afterwards. Like a dolphin or something.