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To be TERRIFIED of having a bikini wax?

194 replies

fishcalledwonder · 12/04/2012 17:45

I thought I'd be braver now I've been through childbirth, but am still too wimpy to have a bikini wax and have just cancelled an appointment to have one on Monday. How pathetic am I being? Are they as bad as I think?

Not talking pornstar type wax, just a tidy up.

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SodoffBaldrick · 16/04/2012 22:14

Snigger at the idea of someone over-thinking something. No LeQueen, I think you're under-thinking it. Grin Which you're entitled to do; but likewise it's perfectly acceptable to question why things happen, and what brings them about. I don't see anyone dissolving into a frothing puddle of anything - rather, in some cases, just disagreeing with something quite strongly.

Deny the origins of widespread hairlessness in women all you want.

I'll repeat - you may not be getting a Brazilian because of porn. Most people probably don't. Instead, they're getting one because it's fashionable to do so. It's how the fashion started that's the issue.

And the whole 'hygiene' red herring? The hair is there to protect the genitals. Women have, amazingly, survived for millennia without removing their pubic hair. I have to wonder exactly how filthy people let the area get before they removed the hair in order for this to be a reason for doing so. Hmm

This is exactly how the societal pressure issue comes into play, as well. Perfectly normal women with perfectly normal bodies being made to feel dirty and remiss for not altering themselves.

It's fine to look at the world in a one-dimensional way and to believe that you're making a decision to do something apropos of nothing, as a lone individual with no outside influences having any sort of impact whatsoever. If you (generic) were getting it all whipped off back in 1810 when everyone else was sporting fulsome bushes, I'd believe you. The fact that you're getting it all whipped off in 2012 along with everybody else and spouting 'hygiene' as the reason to do so says it all. Wink

Again, I tend my area - I'm not saying don't do it, necessarily. I'm just saying have a teeny bit of awareness. The head-in-the-sand mentality surrounding this is so amusing and speaks volumes.

Tokamak, although I suspect you're being sarcastic much as you may wish to, you can't speak from a bloke's perspective, you can only speak from your perspective.

seeker · 16/04/2012 22:15

"Seeker you obviously think you're onto a winner making this point, because you have made it twice now."

Sorry, I didn't realise I had made it twice.

But if it's so much more hygienic, why wouldn't you want your daughters to have it done?

SodoffBaldrick · 16/04/2012 22:19

And why would you wait until they're 16? Hmm

What's wrong with 15 or 14 or 13 or 12 or 11? If it's a hygiene issue, then surely they should start getting Brazilians when they hit puberty?

Interesting that you're so vehement that it shouldn't be done before 16...

Tokamak · 16/04/2012 22:41

you can't speak from a bloke's perspective, you can only speak from your perspective.

Indeed. Which is why I said 'from THIS blokes perspective'. Meaning my very own. I detest the pornification of society. Caitlin Moran was spot on.

SodoffBaldrick · 16/04/2012 22:51

Ooh, I'm sorry - I totally missed that crucial word! Apologies. :)

TwatsInTheViolinFactory · 16/04/2012 23:00

PMSL at 'don't do it if you don't want to - you won't go to jail'

SENT DOWN - TWENTY YEARS AT HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE...

...FOR FANJOCIDE!!

Tokamak · 16/04/2012 23:04

Heh. No worries.

Anyway, a million years of evolution leading to that lovely downward-pointing triangle saying 'here it is!!' buggered up within a generation. I weep.

If I want something that looks like that, I'll go and stare at the 'market value' chicken packs in Tesco.

TwatsInTheViolinFactory · 16/04/2012 23:04

Btw I'm like the prizewinning gonk at the County Fair down there. A positive thicket. No waxy waxy here Grin

TwatsInTheViolinFactory · 16/04/2012 23:07

...and Tokamak I know plenty of similarly lacksidaisical furry-thighed ladies- don't despair Grin

Heleninahandcart · 16/04/2012 23:31

OP it's 70's week on BBC2 and thus the perfect time to pick up a few ideas to enhance the wild bush look. Then enter the pool with a strategically placed towel which you casually cast aside with your car keys just as you enter the pool. Grin

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badlybungled · 17/04/2012 15:59

Just let it grow wild with mad abandon. Create your own ZZ Top bikini line look........

seeker · 17/04/2012 15:59

As I said- if you think it's sexy, or your partner thinks it's sexy then fine. Bit odd but fine. But claiming it's more hygienic is just bullshit.

noddyholder · 17/04/2012 16:01

It def isn't more hygenic it is a fashion thing. Friends dh a consultant gynae not keen on it for various reasons.(will have to ask her again) I think it looks awful and tbh most of my RL friends wax bikini line but still have the rest.

Jajas · 17/04/2012 16:28

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LeQueen · 17/04/2012 16:44

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noblegiraffe · 17/04/2012 16:57

It's far easier to remove the wee than the hair, and you don't need to take a painkiller beforehand.

seeker · 17/04/2012 18:41

This is getting weird- but how does one get pee on one's pubic hair? Unless you pee standing on your head, of course- but I would have thought the pee up your nostrils would be more of a worry...........

CoteDAzur · 17/04/2012 19:13

It depends on how long your pubic hair is. Do you need a diagram, seeker?

seeker · 17/04/2012 19:26

But it doesn't get to the top bit, does it? Unless it syphons up? And then surely all you have to do is trim the long stragglers with scissors?

SodoffBaldrick · 17/04/2012 20:06

Ha, LeQueen, you have way over-worded me on this topic! Grin For someone who doesn't like to think too much, you've certainly said your far share. It seems to have taken you 1000 words-plus to tell us it makes you feel sex-heh, and, um, 'hygienic', was it?!

And all of it to convince who?

LeQueen · 17/04/2012 20:51

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