While it is probably down to personal skin/hair type and methods (and I am not a beautician or dermatologist), if shaving give you ingrowns, waxing probably will as well. You can do stuff to help prevent it (I’ve included a link, which is probably stuff you know already, but just in case).

YES, and how are they so POINTY??? It is just aggressive. Any pluck is gratifying, but it’s double-down for ones that grows out of a beauty spot (or FINE, mole). Those fuckers are persistent. I swear I was angel-faced aside from soft, white peach-fuzz until I hit 30, and then BAM.

I agree with you! And as someone with the same mindset, I was just reiterating how this conversation goes, even within ‘feminist’ circles. I hope it was clear that I am glad you said what you did, and that you keep saying it. It is not, actually, a small thing for society to expect women to painfully rip the hair from…

But, in a way, I enjoy is SO MUCH. It’s like, GOT YOU, and then you get to look at it and feel the satisfaction of a tracker-hunter who has felled its prey.

Then shaving sounds like a really good option for you!!! I am not a dermatologist or an expert on this, so please do your own research, but I just tried it on my own once when I didn’t have time for an upper-lip wax. I used to bleach, but was annoyed at the peach fuzz and how makeup could cling to it (same with peach…

I agree with you entirely, but there is a whole brigade who will crash down hard on you about how waxing/hairlessness is nothing like pre-pubescence on adult women, and they’re not imitating porn stars, and they really prefer the smooth look/feel, etc. I have seen this internet war played out before. A lot.

I get highlights. The most painful thing for me is sitting still in a salon chair for 3.5 hours. I get my hair cut at a different time (alternate six weeks for cut, six weeks for color) because I cannot sit there for over 4 hours bored and uncomfortable and forced to chat. HAAAATE. And of course, it costs a fuckload…

I am now an advocate of just shaving. Free, takes 5 seconds, and is supposedly good for your skin anyway. Any bristlies rear their ugly head, you can pluck (and so satisfying!). Plus, no crying and sinus leakage.

I rocked a retro-bush for many a year, and got many a compliment.

As an anti-waxer in general (I succumb for beach holidays and sometimes, reluctantly, when I am newly single), it does fucking hurt. But that is not my issue with it. It hurts on and off for 10-15 minutes, and it’s manageable. I find the top bit above the pubic bone to be the most painful part but, again, you’ll live.…

I also got called for jury duty for a child molestation case (I was not selected for that one, but did serve at another time on a domestic violence case - the defendant in that case was a physically attractive, young bar-owner, and I am convinced I was chosen because I was a physically attractive, young bar-goer at…

Aaah, got you! Sorry, Managing Director. We do have a nurse come in to give us flu shots every year, but no infirmary, sadly.

Professional services. Think strategy consulting, law, etc.

It is charming now only because I didn’t get fired. I also made out with our Chef. So I hear.

Three years ago we had a summer party at my office that raged out of control, in that a ton of us including the MD ended up on the roof drinking champagne from the bottle and chainsmoking, having moonhopper races (yeah, we brought in moonhoppers), general debauchery. I got incredibly tanked and staked out the elevator…

I can’t believe I missed that! Well spotted! Going to rewatch, because that is perfection.

Thank you for the response, and I agree with everything you wrote. My quibble, though, is that you have the perspective of a military-trained man. I LOVE your perspective. You sound tough but sensible, very much how I view myself, although probably less legitimately (I respectfully would not compare a collective four…

In fairness to you, I understand where you are coming from. I imagine myself in nasty situations all the time, and think about how I would react (fight, flight, etc.). This includes everything from how I would escape from my flat if it caught on fire, to how I would escape were there an intruder, to what I might do if…

When I was in college in New York, it was called an Israel.

I lost my virginity to a Jewish soccer player. Upstairs in the family bagel shop. I am just letting you know.