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Would you go out with hairy legs?

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Winniethepoohisactuallyquitedeep · 05/06/2024 15:04

In shorts/skirt/dress?

I think I’ve reached a new low.
Since having my Dd I’ve had less time to
spend on myself as I previously did and I’m
less bothered. The other day it was hot, I was short of time and went out in shorts…with hairy legs. I’m a brunette so have quite dark, hairy legs, part of me thought eurgh, but then, ahh cba

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stressedespresso · 05/06/2024 15:14

Nope, but I have very dark, thick and obvious leg hair which seems to grow back within hours - I envy my blonde friends who can get away without shaving for a week or two!!

Dartmoorcheffy · 05/06/2024 15:13

No , I just leave them at home..

Seriously, nobody cares, nobody will notice, and if they do..so what? Its not harming anyone.

Thesunisanorange · 05/06/2024 15:12

I wouldn’t but I have no issues with others doing it. I have more issues with people who don’t shower/bath and stink out the place. Someone’s leg hair or lack of it doesn’t impact me in the slightest. You could be a woman and have a full beard for all I care 🤷‍♀️

RainbowsMoonbeams · 05/06/2024 15:12

Yanbu. Men don’t have to worry about these things, and I don’t think women should feel the need to either.

SpringleDingle · 05/06/2024 15:11

I just did, in a long skirt and no tights. I will go swimming after work and I may shave pits and legs but I am tired and I have a headache so maybe I won't bother.

I am a 46 year old pre-menopausal mother of an ASD teen. I am also a Department Director, a global expert in my field, a home owner, a car owner, a pet owner. I am kind, funny, intelligent, caring and loving. I have a wonderful partner, I see my wider family often and we are very close. I can sail a yacht and have a skippers license. I can ride a horse. I can speak a number of foreign languages and one of those fluently. I am also kind to animals.

If someone chooses to make any sort of judgement about me based on my body hair then they can have at it.. I don't care what they think and I don't care if my legs are hairy. My body hair does not define me.

Chely · 05/06/2024 15:11

No, garden fine but after so many years of it being frowned upon I just can't out and about.

Our eldest dd does, not bothered at all.

Imtootired · 05/06/2024 15:10

I do it all the time, even to my professional job. Do what you like in regards to grooming and don’t do the things you don’t want to. I don’t dye my grey hairs either but I wear lipstick most days. It’s a personal choice. If anyone comments they are rude and should mind their own business

Chanelbasketballandchain · 05/06/2024 15:06

I wouldn't care if YOU do.

Personally, no. I don't like it on me. I don't like my hairy armpits either.

That said, I am happy without make-up, some women need to put "their face on" to be seen. As long as you are comfortable, who cares.

Octavia64 · 05/06/2024 15:05

Yes.

But I use a wheelchair so nobody notices my legs, they just stare at the wheelchair.

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