Teen son shaving his legs?

[Anonymous]

I’d say you don’t approach it at all. His decisions about his body hair are his business. If he has questions or concerns, let him bring them to you or his dad, or whoever he chooses.

[Anonymous]

Mine did a couple times. And then never again.

I noticed somehow and told him he could have one of my ladies' disposables and he took one and used it.

Manscaping is discussed and advertised a lot these days.

I don't read much into it. We are a straight ally type of family with openly gay friends. I don't think this is tied to LGBTQ. Also not swim team.

[Anonymous]

^ PP, I mean my son is not on a swim team or any other sport where this would be an issue.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know - this is odd and would concern me. I would ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know - this is odd and would concern me. I would ask.

+1

[Anonymous]

Maybe he simply doesn’t like having hair on his legs. That’s ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you really planning on forbidding your daughter from shaving her legs? That seems cruel.

My guess is they planned not on forbidding her but telling her she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to

Thus reducing her pool of datable men.

[Anonymous]

My husband does this. I assume he is not gay. Just dislikes hair. I know a fair amount of men who do it too (we are in our 40s)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you really planning on forbidding your daughter from shaving her legs? That seems cruel.

My guess is they planned not on forbidding her but telling her she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to

Thus reducing her pool of datable men.

Thus narrowing down the pool to people that she might actually be interested in dating. And maybe making it easier for her to look for different pools and wonderful-for-her individuals as she lives her life beyond its current constraints.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you really planning on forbidding your daughter from shaving her legs? That seems cruel.

My guess is they planned not on forbidding her but telling her she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to

Thus reducing her pool of datable men.

Thus narrowing down the pool to people that she might actually be interested in dating. And maybe making it easier for her to look for different pools and wonderful-for-her individuals as she lives her life beyond its current constraints.

Enlarging the pool of the men who like it stinky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he’s gay. Maybe he’s into cross dressing. Maybe he’s trans. But at the end of the day why does it matter? Let him shave if he wants to…

Why would this relate to him being gay

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you really planning on forbidding your daughter from shaving her legs? That seems cruel.

My guess is they planned not on forbidding her but telling her she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to

Thus reducing her pool of datable men.

Thus reducing the pool of undatable men. Men too ignorant to date.

[Anonymous]

OP--seems like you are comfortable having DD balk against "societal pressure" but are concerned that your son should be conforming to it.

I am team hairless all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ask him why he does it.

This is the obvious first step.
He will get teased relentlessly for it if it's not for something like bodybuilding or swimming.

[Anonymous]

Men don’t usually shave their legs. I would be worried.