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Posted June 1st, 2008 at 10:08PM

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  1. janebee - 22-25 years old

    Posted by janebee on Jun 6th, 2008 at 2:40AM, last updated Jun 6th, 2008 at 2:41AM

    heh, i always kind of liked that feeling. like, holy crap, i've got fur, and it's blowing in the wind.

    i honestly don't get much pleasure from having smooth legs; mainly because they do not stay smooth. it's highly impractical, really; but people are willing to pretend it's worth it.

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  2. fatalcharm - 26-30 years old - female

    Reply by fatalcharm Jan 5th, 2012 at 4:46AM

    Ever gotten into bed with fresh, clean sheets just after shaving your legs? Believe me, its worth it.

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  3. BbyGrlPickles - 18-21 years old - female

    Reply by BbyGrlPickles Feb 2nd, 2012 at 7:51PM

    TOTALLY agreeing with fatalcharm right now!

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  4. EPGrace - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by EPGrace on Jun 16th, 2008 at 6:32PM

    Aww.... =D I'm not sure if I'm allowed to laugh, but you wrote it in such an amusing way that I couldn't resist.

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  5. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jun 17th, 2008 at 4:49AM

    EPGrace - laugh all you want - he did! It was a funny moment, one that still comes up from time to time when we play our favorite game of reliving the hilarious events of the past. Actually, that's our second favorite game - the first is "What Would We Be Doing Right Now If We Did Not Have Kids???" !! :-)

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  6. keyna - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by keyna on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 8:58AM

    I'm sorry I HAVE to laugh, just because I am the same way! I HATE shaving my legs, and also go weeks without shaving, I probably shave twice a month, unless there is a special occasion and I HAVE to shave my legs. It's such a chore and such a pain in the butt.

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  7. zahava - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by zahava on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 9:05AM

    personally, i hate shaving my legs, too. first of all, without my glasses, i can't see all the hair anyway, and my shower is the size of a cubicle with a curtain and not a door. sometimes, after shaving, i've found that i've given myself a mohawk cause i couldn't see where i was shaving. the joys of being female...

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  8. hiyaka - 46-50 years old

    Posted by hiyaka on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 9:31AM

    hmmmmm ,,, all this rediculous negitivity about shaveing youre legs.... there is a better way.. l;et hubby do it ,, its more fun if you get my drift..... wink

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  9. cuddlybear - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by cuddlybear Jul 26th, 2011 at 12:06AM

    I am definitely willing to shave my future wife's legs.

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  10. noveleagle - 70+ years old

    Posted by noveleagle on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 9:44AM

    Your instincts were right the first time. The rituals women go through to please males are barbaric. Men don't shave their stinky pits much less their legs. In fact, lately a lot of them have decided that chin stubble is attractive. I've got news, guys. It's not. Wear a well groomed beard or shave. The choice is yours.

    American men need to get over themselves and realize, as many Europeans have that women are beautiful just as Nature made us. Best motto for young women "If you don't like it, don't touch it."

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  11. AlarraDarklyte - 31-35 years old

    Reply by AlarraDarklyte Jul 9th, 2011 at 11:26AM

    not all men are that way. i'm a guy and shave my legs, i just hate body hair, prefer look and feel of smooth legs and body. but it's personal choice, no woman should feel they have to shave if they don't wanna. shaving all the time could be a pain though. i find it kinda relaxing but still don't have the time to constantly do it, that's why i started using an epilator.

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  12. cuddlybear - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by cuddlybear Jul 26th, 2011 at 12:08AM

    Hey, if my future wife wants me to shave my pits or my legs, I would probably do it for her, just to make her happy.

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  13. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 12:57PM

    Really interesting stuff...never thought my story would inspire so much...

    AnonFren...please...I think you are taking it a bit too far...civilization will not crumble because I don't like to shave my legs...Never anywhere did I suggest that we throw out all social constructs...I was merely stating that I learned that shaving one's legs is not a requirement for being a woman...

    zahava...right there with you...glasses are hard to wear in the shower & I can't see past my nose...I laughed at the "mohawk" because I hve done it, too!!!...

    hiyaka...I agree...having hm do it it so much better for so many reasons!!!

    Oh and btw, anonfren...did you not read in the story about how I had a small baby in a car seat? Priorities change when babies come along...I was a working mother with 2 small children at the time I wrote of...I was more interested in spending my free time getting a little extra sleep than shaving my legs.... SS

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  14. Masoquista - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by Masoquista on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 1:22PM

    Did someone really compare not shaving your legs to murder? Well, I actually don't know why I'm surprised. This IS the internet.

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  15. thisisjustme - 18-21 years old

    Posted by thisisjustme on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 3:28PM

    I let me legs go for weeks too before I shave. "Oh no hope I don't clog the tub up"

    But man am I smooth when I do decided to do it. But man am I itchy in the next few days. Uggh!

    I wish that hair removal cream didnt smell so lethal, Id use it.

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  16. cabbits - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by cabbits on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 7:22PM

    I'm sorry but i just had to laugh. LOL I also hate shaving my legs. I use the sprays. It's so much easier and no cuts!

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  17. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 4:35AM

    It's nice to know I am among fellow, sometimes furry friends!.... SS

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  18. lattimo - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by lattimo on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 9:13AM

    I love hairy women. I'm a handsome, single,educated male. I love the hairy stories. Please write me if you want a true admirer. charleslattimore@hotmail.com

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  19. angel23c - 36-40 years old

    Posted by angel23c on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 9:26AM

    OK Ladies...do what i do http://www.naircare.com/default.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NC_may08
    I got a $3 off coupon on this link and all summer long I've been using the Shower Power and it really works good for me. So time consuming as well. Give it a try ladies!!

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  20. naturegal8 - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by naturegal8 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 10:39AM

    i was rather amused when I stumbled across this story! I really thought I was letting the fellow woman down by not shaving! I'm glad to see I'm not the only one out there.
    I personally hate shaving, I almost always end up giving myself an unwanted skin graft! No fun I tell you!.

    If and when I do remove the unwanted hairs, I usually wax, painful as most think it is, its really not that bad and a far cry better and lasts longer than shaving.

    Thanks for the share =D

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  21. Cat89 - 18-21 years old

    Posted by Cat89 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 12:01PM

    I haven't really felt that 'spiders' feeling because I rarely ever use a skirt and when I do I shave my legs but shaving in geral is a pain in the butt =/

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  22. htrefet1 - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by htrefet1 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 2:35PM

    Get out of the Iron Age and stop shaving! Waxing is hundreds, literally hundreds, of times better! It only hurts the first few times, the hair grows back much more slowly and it comes back much thinner! Upkeep is minimal compared to shaving! I can't say enough about how wonderful it is. I haven't had a razor in at least three years and can't wait until I can afford laser hair removal. Give waxing a few tries and you will be hooked.

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  23. monkey2911 - 26-30 years old

    Posted by monkey2911 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:37PM

    i am a guy and i used to shave my legs when i was a teenager. People thought i was gay, but i feel it is always nice to have shaved legs.

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  24. twildbill5 - 61-65 years old - male

    Posted by twildbill5 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:40PM

    WHY STOP WITH YOUR LEGS IF YOU WANT TO MAKE TOUR HUSBAND VERY, VERY HAPPY?

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  25. Reina01 - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Reina01 on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 4:23PM

    oh wow, SerenitySeeker, i did not know that that could happen in the wind!! see, i hate shaving my legs, too, but unlike u, i do not have the fortune of being blonde. my leg hair is thick & dark. unless someone is really looking, it isn't horrible, but i am too self-conscious about that to go out in public even in capris when i haven't shaved in a week, let alone a skirt. u are a brave woman. :) :P so yeah i've never gotten the spidery feeling. i don't know that my hair would blow in the wind. i imagine that they are too stiff.

    thisisjustme, a toast to u, too! i love the immediate smoothness... feels so GOOD when u go to bed that night & are swimming in the cool bed sheets... but yeah, it's the itchiness of the next few days that puts me off! totally! oh, & the even more immediate irritation that sometimes comes from shaving. but i think that's because i used to be a lot more self-conscious & would shave as closely & hard as possible... no more! if anyone's gonna touch my legs, they better like it, or buzz off.

    now i know that a real woman isn't one who shaves her legs perfectly every day & succeeds (without the mohawk!!! oh god i know what u're talking about xD). a real woman KNOWS she's beautiful, because she was born to flaunt those naturally glorious gifts with the sway, the rock, the holiness of her hips - walking, dancing, or otherwise. if there is a God, u know God intended that women be downright sexy just doing what we do - being a WOMAN. sit confidently, & u don't even have to cross ur legs if u don't want to. :)

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  26. firek - 16-17 years old - male

    Posted by firek on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 5:12PM

    Hey, if shaving your legs is such a pain, don't do it.

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  27. AnonymousFrenchman - 22-25 years old

    Posted by AnonymousFrenchman on Jul 4th, 2008 at 2:15PM

    "civilization will not crumble because I don't like to shave my legs...Never anywhere did I suggest that we throw out all social constructs"

    Duh, thanks a lot Captain Obvious! Way to miss the point.

    "I learned that shaving one's legs is not a requirement for being a woman"

    Duh, nothing's required for you to do to stay a woman, because being a woman is only defined by biology. However that's a requirement to be a lady. I accept your apology.

    "Priorities change when babies come along"

    My girlfriend has two babies, two jobs and she doesn't use it as an excuse, she still shaves everything and even works out.

    But in all seriousness, if you don't have the energy to do it (comparing you to my girlfriend is unfair as she can't be stopped. I mean really, she can stay awake for 3 days straight), follow that other person's advice and make your husband do it. If he likes your legs and that you make it sound fun and kinky he'll probably love to do it.

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  28. canbalam - 56-60 years old

    Posted by canbalam on Jul 5th, 2008 at 2:15PM

    I love hairy legs, hairy underarms and everything else hairy. Gives me a thrill to see a woman with bushy underarms.
    I grew up in Mexico where in those days women were more natural. It changed to the worse in my opinion.

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  29. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jul 5th, 2008 at 4:46PM

    AnonFren...wrong again...because beauty, manners and what it means to be a lady are all social constructs...shaving my legs may be a requirement for being a lady TO YOU, but not to me...so, no apology given...give it a rest...enjoy the girlfriend who stays up for days and leave the rest of us who live in the real world alone...I'm not certain what lesson you are trying to teach me, but it is falling on deaf ears...peace out, dude... SS

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  30. AnonymousFrenchman - 22-25 years old

    Posted by AnonymousFrenchman on Jul 6th, 2008 at 1:25PM

    Well OF COURSE being a lady is a social construct. Social constructs are what make the difference between civilised and distinguished gentlemen such as myself and brutish archetypal cavemen. And it's another social construct that makes the fine fellow that I am refrain from insulting the hell out of your intelligence.

    "I'm not certain what lesson you are trying to teach me"

    That social constructs are a very desirable thing indeed and that dismissing them as you do only brings you closer to cave woman. And that therefore trying to be a mere woman is an anti-goal as it doesn't require you to do anything and doesn't require you to live up to any sort of standard.

    PS : Could you please make sure to use the words "wrong again" only when I'm actually wrong and not when you're reading what you want to read? Thank you.

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  31. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jul 6th, 2008 at 4:15PM

    AnonFren...please insult away...what you say speaks louder of you than it does of me...not all social constructs are productive, and they tend to change over time...slavery is/was a social construct - believed in by ages of "gentlemen" such as yourself...the belief that women are/were less intelligent and capable as men and therefore not deserving of the same legal status as men - also a social construct....so I stand by my position that you are wrong...you are making too large of an issue over something very minor when all that needed to be said was that you prefer a woman who shaves her legs - she is more of a true lady. The rest of your argument is simply inflammatory rhetoric.

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  32. AnonymousFrenchman - 22-25 years old

    Posted by AnonymousFrenchman on Jul 6th, 2008 at 4:27PM

    Well, it's up to you to decide which social constructs and such are good or not. But you just can't dismiss something on the basis that it is a social construct, which is what you did in your original story. And no, I don't care about whether shaving your legs makes you more a lady or not, it's all about the aforementioned point regarding the dismissal of social constructs.

    And I would be wrong if what you pointed out to be wrong was actually in contradiction with what you claimed that was related.

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  33. SerenitySeeker - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by SerenitySeeker on Jul 6th, 2008 at 6:33PM

    AnonFren...again, I think you have missed MY point. My original story says this:

    "...I then discovered that it [shaving my legs] was a ridiculous ritual. Sociology then taught me all about social constructs,..."

    Never did I suggest that the vast majority of social constructs were bad, merely that shaving my legs was a product of culture, not a requirement of biology. I mentioned social constructs in one sentence, in a neutral fashion. My only judgment was of shaving my legs, which is considered a thing of beauty in this culture. Not all cultures agree.

    So, suffice it to say, we disagree...and that should be enough. To criticise my intelligence, even in a veiled fashion, is going too far. I respect your opinion, but I do not tolerate being berated for mine. Save your energy for a more important subject. There are plenty.

    Peace...SS

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  34. beowulf - 16-17 years old - male

    Posted by beowulf on Jul 9th, 2008 at 10:42AM

    I'm hairier than your average silverback gorilla, but I'm a dude, so whatever...

    Evolutionarily speaking, shaving is unnecessary, but in today's society, it's just good grooming.

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  35. AyeAye - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by AyeAye on Jul 21st, 2008 at 2:09AM

    I agree with the social construct thinking (a la' Andrea Dworkin). Foot-binding was also considered sexy. Now body piercings are considered sexy. BY SOME PEOPLE.
    This is the key concept here folks.
    Personally, my husband says he likes his women au natural. He likes hairy pits. I think that's disgusting. But, early in our marriage, in my never-ending humiliating efforts to please him, I let my pits grow. He took me to the nude resort . Where several other men got noticable erections and told me how much this physical thing turned them on. Next thing I knew, my husband wanted me to have sex with them while he watched. This was just another in a long series of things he did to improve our sex life.
    Today, any thought of "to shave or not to shave" and what it MEANS, just gets me hackles up.
    It does not MEAN anything.
    It does not mean you are lazy. It does not mean you are kinky. People can attach meaning to anything at all. You can make a fun ritual out of shaving or having your loved-one shave you. Or not. Heck, you can make a sexual connection out of any bodily function--I've seen ads for people seeking "the buldging red bag and the long rubber hose".
    Most grooming tasks can be viewed as either fun and enjoyable, or a time-consuming pain.

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