Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:56     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Good grief, nobody cares about a little hair. I think it is sexy. But after it grows back in, not when it is stubble because that reeks of insecurity/that he shaves which is NOT sexy.

I wish my husband was more hairy, honestly. it just seems more manly to me.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:50     Subject: Re:Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Good lord. My husband bares his hairy back, chest and arms without a second thought.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:38     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Anonymous wrote:Well thanks for the quick supportive posts. I guess he feels like there's stubble and it still doesn't look natural. But waxing is horrible! He did that in college and is traumatized- it's a pretty big area to get done. Maybe rash guard is the only solution. He hasn't got a 6 pack but he works out and is in great shape. Dad-bod, I guess.


OP, make sure he shave UP instead of down (like how we shave our legs). There shouldn't be any stubble? You also could help him shave. Or get an electric razor so he can do it often and easily.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:38     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Who cares what other people like? He should be able to feel comfortable going swimming.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:38     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Anonymous wrote:So I know people are pretty insensitive on the hairy back issue, so I expect some haters, but my take is that it's body snarking to the highest degree, and everybody should feel comfortable at the pool. Anyway, he won't swim, even after he shaves. This is becoming a pretty big bummer since my kids love the pool. Even worse, he had laser treatment several years ago, and it's thinner but still there. Do you think there's anything that can be done? How can I convince him to say eff it to the haters and just get comfortable with his body?!? (He has not been receptive to the idea of a rash guard or t-shirt? I kind of agree they look a little silly on grown men, but obvs would support him if it would just get him into the pool!)




The non-existent problems that people have to worry about thanks to marketing and the brainwashing of the media....Sad
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:36     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Well thanks for the quick supportive posts. I guess he feels like there's stubble and it still doesn't look natural. But waxing is horrible! He did that in college and is traumatized- it's a pretty big area to get done. Maybe rash guard is the only solution. He hasn't got a 6 pack but he works out and is in great shape. Dad-bod, I guess.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:36     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
I love a hairy guy. I know that I am probably in the minority, but I find it sexy and manly. Guys with little to no body hair kind of creep me out.

Anyway, I have cellulite on my legs and I still go to the pool. I like to consider it a community service. Other women can look at me and feel better about themselves, if they so choose. Sure I'd love to have a perfect body, but that isn't going to happen. Life is about embracing what we are given and rolling with it.

I hope he can find a way (maybe therapy) to get over this and not let life and fun experiences pass him by because of low self esteem.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:35     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
My husband has a hairy back and takes his shirt off the second we get to the pool.

My dad is the same way.

Neither are overweight. Just hairy.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:35     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
I think you'll see more and more swimshirts on men (and women!). Not sure why he'd feel weird in them. They just make sense.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:32     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Why doesn't he wax?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:32     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Also, waxing will remove it for a longer time and it wont' be stubbly when it comes back.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:32     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
You said he shaves but won't get in- is the hair the only issue he dislikes? Is he overweight too?

I see nothing wrong with having a hairy back that's shaved. Women shave their legs.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:31     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
My DH wears a rashguard as do many guys. What about more laser treatment?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:31     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
Why won't he swim after shaving? I am sorry he feels so apprehensive, I don't like to see women OR men let heir body keep them from having fun.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2015 11:30     Subject: Does your DH with a hairy back take his shirt off for swimming?
So I know people are pretty insensitive on the hairy back issue, so I expect some haters, but my take is that it's body snarking to the highest degree, and everybody should feel comfortable at the pool. Anyway, he won't swim, even after he shaves. This is becoming a pretty big bummer since my kids love the pool. Even worse, he had laser treatment several years ago, and it's thinner but still there. Do you think there's anything that can be done? How can I convince him to say eff it to the haters and just get comfortable with his body?!? (He has not been receptive to the idea of a rash guard or t-shirt? I kind of agree they look a little silly on grown men, but obvs would support him if it would just get him into the pool!)