No one wants to date a yeti. |
I totally agree. DD has very obviously hairy legs and pits and she doesn't hide them. She doesn't even think about it and I am positive she gives not one single f**k about who finds it attractive and who does not. I shave every day because I cannot stand the feeling of hair on my legs and prefer the way it looks on me. I also wouldn't be caught dead in some of the clothes she wears, and I'm sure she thinks the same thing about the clothes I wear. |
Well good news: women who don't shave are not yetis, just like men who don't shave. And plenty of men are just fine with their partners not shaving, so these girls who want male romantic partners someday are not doomed. But I know a lot of people on this thread won't believe me because they cannot fathom the idea that somebody might think differently than they do. |
These young women don’t want to date men who think like this. It’s all good. |
| It's so interesting to me that women are so concerned about men and boys not being attracted to certain traits of other women and girls. Why does the thought that a girl would do something that men find unattractive cause such angst in their hearts? |
| My 15 yo only does it in the summer. She lets it grow in the winter and by seeing the legs of many of her friends when they spend the night, most are doing similar (or not shaving at all). |
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I think I posted something similar in another thread, but I think it is great if girls don't want to shave. I teach college, and so many don't.
I think a lot of people are threatened by young women bucking the norms they've never even thought twice about. FWIW, though, I am not totally in love with the armpit hair. I rarely shave my legs, but I go at my pits every day. So do my husband and son...they cannot stand underarm hair. It just feels uncomfortable to me, but that's me. Let the girls be...they will be FINE!!! |
So teenagers at the local pool and the high school locker room aren't living in the "real world"? Where are they, The Matrix? Limbo? The Underworld? Lucid dreaming a la "Vanilla Sky"? Do tell. |
Lol. No they aren’t in the real world yet. How old are you? This makes me think you are a teenager? |
DP. I'm 40. When people say that high school kids don't live in the real world, it seems like they are referring to the fact that high school kids don't know how hard it is to earn money. If you're talking about romantic pairings and dealing with what others think, the adult world is *much* better than freaking high school. It's way easier to deal with getting crap about something as an adult. |
Honey, I'll try to go slow so you can keep up. People at different stages of life have different responsibilities, but that does not mean they are not living in the real world. They are, they are just at different life stages. And right now, if a teenage girl wants to shave her legs, great. If not, fine. That's real. There are no drastic merits or consequences either way. I'm glad I could help you out. |
I didn’t say it wasn’t fine? I simply said I guarantee they will start shaving once out in the real world. I guess it should be “life stage.” Lol |
Wow. What has you so triggered? Teens are in a bubble. And guarantee things will change as they enter a new life stage. Come back in 10 years and let me know. |
Dp. I find it funny when adults tell teens not to do something just because everyone else is but regarding this topic peer pressure...bring it on! |
- and even if most men find it unattractive, she doesn’t need men anyway. She can just date girls. So there. |