Seriously, how on EARTH can a little bit of hair make sex feel NOT good? I can accept a lot of things in fiction (if not in real life), but you have to make me believe it. And I most emphatically do not believe that a woman's pubic hair makes sex feel less good than it could. Feh.

Dude. Trust me. It can. Too much can get in the way in ways that are NOT comfortable. But you don't need to shave it all off to fix THAT.

Me, on the other hand, I swear, I got all the fucking body hair my brother was supposed to get.)

Both of my kids are hairy, although Nate's fair and Abby's dark.

But what really got me was some second grader telling MY daughter that if she didn't do something about her brows, she was going to wind up with a unibrow.

When Abby told me that, it was all I could do not to turn the car around and go after the little twit, but it's probably bad to go postal on a seven year-old.

Lillian is going to curse us for her hair. She has all this thick, fine blonde hair on her shoulders. When she was born, I thought it was the sort that falls out, but nope. Girl looks like she's part werewolf.

For me, sex does feel different hairless. I'm not talking fully hairless everywhere, but Brazillian hairless. Makes your skin more sensitive. Still not worth the initial pain as far as I'm concerned, but I can see the appeal. But again, I have no issue with what women choose to do--I have an issue with women being expected to do these things in order to be considered sexy. I mean, seriously, how much more stressful would your first time have been if you thought you had to wax everything first? Ack!

She has all this thick, fine blonde hair on her shoulders

Hubby's first nephew had thick brown hair down his face, shoulders, and back. Yes, think baby chimp. It's all gone now, but was startling.

Persey got through surgery OK. I can pick her up at 3:30.

I went back and reread what I wrote about the reasoning within novels and realized I wasn't quite as precise as I should've been. When I said "ostensibly" it wasn't because it doesn't feel better or at least different, but more as the reasoning for the guy to suggest it-- as a major reason he uses to convince the heroine to do it. Then as the story goes on, it becomes clear it's something he wants or requires.

Which is the part that annoys me. Wax/shave or don't, makes no never mind to me, but don't tell me it's something I have to do as a requirement. Feh.

Can you tell that romance has been annoying me as of late?

And yay, Persey! You must feel so relieved, Laga.

Seriously, how on EARTH can a little bit of hair make sex feel NOT good? I can accept a lot of things in fiction (if not in real life), but you have to make me believe it. And I most emphatically do not believe that a woman's pubic hair makes sex feel less good than it could. Feh.

The bad kind of friction in the wrong kind of places? But what Plei said about the remedy - it certainly doesn't require baldness.

Which is the part that annoys me. Wax/shave or don't, makes no never mind to me, but don't tell me it's something I have to do as a requirement. Feh.

This, definitely. And I'm with Steph on this - I think it's one more element of a grown woman's body becoming redefined as icky and unfeminine.

(I wondered, earlier, but didn't go back to check - did this topic come up in relation to the botox thing? Because they're definitely related in my mind.)

You know you are in Texas when you look out the window and see a cowboy hat security guard patroling on horseback.

I just read over 500 posts. So glad I didn't skip. I really wish this thread wouldn't run out in about 1,000 posts. It's so well named. Y'all made me cry a few times with the outpouring of love & support. Please add mine to the pile, I wish I was able to do so in real time. I really do love y'all.

So the last bit of the puzzle arrived this morning. I have couch and recliner! I realized it's the first time I've ever owned real living room furniture. It's real comfy. Which might explain why the towels haven't made it to the drier, and I'm sitting with my feet up reading 500+ posts on the iPhone watching the Heroes marathon on G4. The do have a bit of odor to them. I guess the furniture equiv of new car smell. I hope it doesn't last long. It's faint, but noticable.

As for hair down there. Smooth is very hot for me when going down. Stubbly, nsm. And smooth doesn't last long. I'm all for short trim. It's easy to do, soft, and sexy. Yup, that's what I bought the beard trimmer for. Go figure, I can't grow face hair but...