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...

Botox face is So Ugly and freaky and "Gee, she's had a lot of work done," to me I can't believe anyone would choose it. (Now, maybe some actresses have it done and aim for a nice, subtle result that I wouldn't recognize, but there's a woman on our local news desk who can't make expressions. And when I look at her face and marvel, I'm not thinking she looks great. You know?)

shit!! The big bag of white cheese I grabbed in the store wasn't mozzerella! So do I make a monterey jack pizza??? Fuck! I'm hungry.

So do I make a monterey jack pizza???

Yes!!!!!

Monterey jack is great on pizza.

Drunk driver who hit sign in Rhode Island? [link]

Blood Alcohol content of .491

And he is still alive.

Whoosh.

So do I make a monterey jack pizza???

Sure!

It'll still taste good.

One of the jokes in the movie Zohan was that he had an enormous package which was revealed to be mostly pubic hair. He claimed that the women loved the extra cushioning effect.

The amount of pubic hair varies wildly from individual to individual. I've been with women who were naturally hairless down there and with women who've had great thickets of pubic hair which would've kept Sleeping Beauty safe.

I have no association with naked pubes and pre-adolesence - probably because I didn't see many prepubescent girls nude until Matilda. So I associate that look with porn.

As for preference, I fall into the Buffista Majority of liking a trimmed bush best. It's easier to go down on somebody that's got a neatly trimmed puss and trimming is a fun leisure time activity for two.

So I associate that look with porn.

I wonder though, at what point did the fully bald look become commonplace within the, shall we say, entertainment industry? I mean, I remember my brother's Penthouse mags from the mid and late 80s having women who were trimmed but still had hair.

And I'll never forget Robin Williams' Live at the Met, which I think is from '85, referring to porn flicks as "industrial films covered in fur."