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To be retrospectively freaked out by exP's pubic hair

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mummery · 30/12/2010 23:42

OK, this is slightly light hearted, but then again not really, because for some reason it's got into my head and I've been obsessing about it the last few days. To be fair I've not been out much over Christmas.

My exP: we dated for a couple of months, I called it a day, we remained friends. Lately I've been cooling on that front too as he's been dropping hints he thinks we're about to start up again Confused

Which is irrelevant, except for the fact that avoiding his texts/suggestions of 'popping round' has made me think about him/us more than usual, and I've remembered something I did register at the time we were having sex but not as strongly as I'm reregistering it now.

His pubic hair was kind of long, and kind of silky... Blush

We didn't have much sex (or good sex) and the lights were always off (his choice) so I didn't get a proper look, maybe I'd have freaked out more at the time but I can remember putting my hand there and thinking, "This is weird..."

Is it weird? Maybe I'm not very experienced but I've never encountered pubic hair that you could actually brush if you wanted. Isn't it usually short and frizzy?

There was other sexual stuff that contributed to us splitting (old thread somewhere about passionless silence/teenage-style humping) and that must have overridden the pubic hair thing. But I'm not exaggerating the length, it was flat and smooth, you could have wrapped it around your finger a few times I think.

And no, this debate I'm having with myself has no actual bearing on my life, past present or future. I'm just wondering really if anyone else has encountered this before and if they did/would feel a bit creeped out by it. Sorry. Blush

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mugggletoeandwine · 31/12/2010 00:04

Lice?

Oh no no no no no.

I feel a bit sick.

Maybe that's why he wanted to do it in the dark? Because he didn't want his wee creepy friends to be seen.

MeUnscrabbly · 31/12/2010 00:05

Blerk at the lice. Just blerk.

Fernie3 · 31/12/2010 00:06

Was it silky like long haired dogs hair?? You know the type that has to be trimmed and brushed all the time?

JackSawMamaKissingSantaClaus · 31/12/2010 00:07

WHY should you put conditioner on your pubic hair before you have sex??? The mind boggles. Confused

AnyFucker · 31/12/2010 00:08

he had a pet long-haired rabbit that nested in his trews

mugggletoeandwine · 31/12/2010 00:09

I only told that story to illustrate that you can be normal, but have alternative (as in straight or none) pubes.
I am totally normal, boringly so in fact.
Of course I've now shared the way the front of my fanny looks, with MN.

Hmm.
I think I'll make a cuppa and have a mince pie. Xmas Smile

theevildead2 · 31/12/2010 00:09

Wish I had silky pubes. Rough as a badgers arse

AnyFucker · 31/12/2010 00:11

the hair on my head is like pubes

beat that !

EricNorthpolesChristmas · 31/12/2010 00:12

What's that film? Kama Sutra. Anyway. One of the incredibly beautiful women in that has a full lush bush of straight hair. I remember being surprised by it when I first watched it, and it obviously stuck in my mind! Sounds a little offputting on a man though. If mine were that long, straight or curly, I'd def trim.

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mummery · 31/12/2010 00:13

Yeah I wish I'd flicked the bedside lamp on myself now.

And yes, sadly, nice guy but the sex was so bad....not that I'm Ms LoverLover or anything, I hasten to add.

He has short (head) hair atm but said he used to have it really long, maybe the pubes are an associated factor?

They were long. Not just straight but long and straight. Like when you stroked downwards it was all hair and totally smooth like stroking a pet.

He has no other significant body hair.

I must reiterate to assuage my guilt that he's a nice guy, no this doesn't matter to me at all or him (?), I'm just kind of 'repulsed in hindsight' and also I suppose wondering if I'm a bit weird for not freaking out at the time.

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mugggletoeandwine · 31/12/2010 00:13

I'd rather not thanks.

Mince pie?
I have two boxes left.

allnightlong · 31/12/2010 00:14

I'd rather like straight pubes, I'd have a middle parting bit like stage curtains being drawn back as the action begins.

DitaVonCheese · 31/12/2010 00:15

I once read a self help book sassy guide for independent women which advocated conditioner on all body hair before a date. Of course, this was in the olden days when women still had pubic hair.

I think I've just done my back in trying to swish my pubes a la L'Oreal.

mugggletoeandwine · 31/12/2010 00:15

So it was like a hamster down his pants?
Or a long haired kitten or such?

Ugh, that's never going to be sexy.

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mummery · 31/12/2010 00:19

They were long enough to comb and probably plait.

Oh god. This is sounding so much like a joke thread and it wasn't meant to be.

Having sex and fancying him less and less each time made the pubes less of a concern I think. We didn't have sex for quite a while once we started dating and once we did we broke up pretty quickly. As you probably guessed from the fact I never actually saw him naked.

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MeUnscrabbly · 31/12/2010 00:20

Of course, this was in the olden days when women still had pubic hair

Whaaaaat?

Don't women grow pubic hair anymore? Shock

Why did no-one tell me?

KalokiMallow · 31/12/2010 00:23

My old housemate (female) had/has straight pubes, please don't ask me why I know that Blush

BitOfFun · 31/12/2010 00:24

Now I'm imagining a little protuberance emerging from the luxuriance- like Dougal's nose in The Magic Roundabout.

hmc · 31/12/2010 00:24

Why do you know that?

zookeeper · 31/12/2010 00:28

Are you sure he was the right way up? Grin

hmc · 31/12/2010 00:28

PMSL!

tallwivglasses · 31/12/2010 00:38

I feel I've missed out.
Seen some funny willys though.

charliesmommy · 31/12/2010 00:41

I dont want to imagine going down there with the GHD's... burnt ears is painful enough..

musicmadness · 31/12/2010 02:08

I've got straight pubic hair! Not that it has been long enough to tell for quite a while now, but its definitely like that naturally. Definitely no GHDs!

I think the straight part is normal, if a little unusual IME, but the long enough to wrap round your fingers part definitely isn't!

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