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Would you go to the beach with legs this hairy?

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Spicyprawnsitisthen · 17/08/2025 17:15

Like this?

I went today without really realising how bad they were until I got there. I live by a beach, not on holidays and just rushed there after work
Now i’m looking at them like 😮
I feel like no one I know would do this

Would you go to the beach with legs this hairy?
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OwlBeThere · 18/08/2025 05:35

The hold societal norms about body hair for women has on me makes me furious tbh. I want to say I don’t care, but I do. On myself, only. My daughters don’t shave their armpits and it jars me when I see it, but I’m also really
happy that they are total fine with it and couldn’t give less of a shit.
I just can’t get there yet for myself.

K0OLA1D · 18/08/2025 05:29

Startrekkeruniverse · 17/08/2025 21:56

Me too, literally takes two mins in the shower.

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Maybe for you.

Massively faffy for me

Chuzzle · 17/08/2025 23:16

Did you have fun?
Zero fucks given about body hair.

FunMustard · 17/08/2025 23:09

@Spicyprawnsitisthen no one is saying your legs look like men's legs. They're saying that hairy legs are women's legs, so your legs look like women's legs.

And yes I would. In fact, I shaved my legs today which is the first time since April 2024!

WhatterySquash · 17/08/2025 22:37

Meh, I had to look closely at the photo to see them! TBF I have crap eyesight but I've seen a lot hairier. Wouldn't bother me to go out like that at all. (Not that you couldn't if they were a lot hairier too!)

Thereislightattheendofthetunnel · 17/08/2025 22:37

People there would not bat an eyelid for your hairs.
I have been known to forget to shave 😬

gotmyknickersinatwist · 17/08/2025 22:16

DeirdreChambersWhatACoincidence · 17/08/2025 17:19

Yes. I've just been round two parks and sat beside a sandpit with legs much the same. I even had a nice chat with a younger man who was watching his son and he didn't faint or anything.

😆

Thereisatimeandaplace · 17/08/2025 22:01

Haven't seen beyond the title, but my answer is yes, if you're comfortable with it.
If someone is close enough to see the hairs in my kegs, then they're too close.

Wbeezer · 17/08/2025 21:59

i went to the gym in shorts and unshaven legs today. Couldn’t care less!

Startrekkeruniverse · 17/08/2025 21:56

EarringsandLipstick · 17/08/2025 17:36

I wouldn’t. I shave every day & would hate to either have hairy or stubbly legs.

But that’s just me, answering the question you asked.

Would I care that someone else hadn’t shaved or had hairy legs? Not at all, personal choice & none of my business.

Me too, literally takes two mins in the shower.

AlexisP90 · 17/08/2025 21:55

DeirdreChambersWhatACoincidence · 17/08/2025 17:19

Yes. I've just been round two parks and sat beside a sandpit with legs much the same. I even had a nice chat with a younger man who was watching his son and he didn't faint or anything.

This made me laugh.

Would definitely go to the beach like that. Honestly none even cares. Body hair is even quite trendy (so im told. Im pushing 40 wouldn't know fashion of it hit me in the face)

POTC · 17/08/2025 21:52

Of course I would, it's perfectly natural and no one else's business!

hottogo80 · 17/08/2025 21:51

Nobody will notice and if they do they won’t care. I spent years agonising over my beach/pool bod. Now I’m pushing 40 I know I need to lose weight but it’s for my health not for the opinions of strangers. Who like I said, won’t notice or care.

DiscoBob · 17/08/2025 21:51

I very rarely go to the beach so would probably run the epilady over them or a quick shave from knees down. But I wouldn't think it was awful if someone has hairy legs.

Miriabelle · 17/08/2025 21:51

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Miriabelle · 17/08/2025 21:49

Who cares about normal leg hair? The vast vast majority of people won’t notice and anyone who does may well think good for her. It’s nobody else’s business what you do with your own body hair!

Hedgehogbrown · 17/08/2025 21:48

Would a man? Would a man have hairy legs? Why the fuck do you think you can't have hairy legs? Why are your legs 'bad'? Get a grip woman. You have been completely brainwashed into hating your own body. Woman up!

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Wolfpinkola · 17/08/2025 21:47

Yes I would, it’s their problem not yours 😅

TearsForFears25 · 17/08/2025 21:41

Absolutely, and go lots of places with hair a bit longer! You’re fine @Spicyprawnsitisthen, hair is hair :)

godmum56 · 17/08/2025 21:41

Spicyprawnsitisthen · 17/08/2025 17:27

That seems so much like hard work
I do much prefer having halr free legs though-for myself..think i’m getting lazy

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someone on another thread reccomended this and its da bomb. A quick whizz over and while not hairless you'd have to look bloody close! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F5W9QK53?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

RedRoss86 · 17/08/2025 21:28

Personally I wouldn't as I shave daily but it wouldn't bother me in the slightest someone having hairy legs, pits etc.
I probably wouldn't even notice and if I did, I wouldn't care.

Sennelier1 · 17/08/2025 21:28

I hardly have to shave my legs anymore - an unexpected advantage of menopause! But I once went to shave during my grandson's nap, since I discovered a few unsighly hairs on my legs while sitting on the floor and playing with the little one 😜

TheGoldoffEternal · 17/08/2025 21:25

I went recently to a very busy beach , it was packed. I don't think anyone stared at me at all. There is not much to be seen if someone looks at me, so ....

DuckCootLoon · 17/08/2025 21:24

No I wouldn't, but I wouldn't care (or probably even notice) if anyone else did.
It's interesting to hear that younger women no longer feel pressure to have hairless legs.