to think we owe it to our DC to let our armpits go feral?

[ClockWatchingLady]

When our kids are little, shouldn't they see that women have body hair (and accept it rather than remove it)?
Once they're in their teens, they'll probably see endless full-body-waxed women online, whether we like it or not.
So while they're little and forming their basic impressions of the female body, shouldn't we stop all this bloody depilation? Whether we feel comfortable with it or not, don't we owe it to the younger generation?

Yours faithfully,
Mr Tumnus

no, just no, sorry, you can, but not me TYVM

My son tells me when to shave. I won't be going hairy for my son.

Seeing as teenage boys wax under arm now, what have you got to say about that?

Looking at re-runs from the 80's men were very sexy and masculine hirsute - now they are effeminate and wet very metrosexual and smooth

I don't shave my armpits - why would i? because of some social convention? no thanks

I get what you mean. I remember the shock when I saw my grans pits during a swimming session aged 6 or so. I had no idea women could get the hairy under the arms! It is a bit weird & I dislike the way a natural woman's body is 'not natural' to a lot of people but I'm so used to it that I like shaving & would be tempted to do it if I was a bloke to be honest! It just feels nice & I do it for myself rather than others to be honest.

I think that if you do lots of swimming or live somewhere warm where people wear vests then your child will notice that most female armpits are not hairy at a very young age. You will not 'normalise' hairy armpits alone - just invite lots of questions about why YOU are the only one with hair there.
Fine, if you want to leave yourself natural, I see quite a few natural armpits at my yoga studio.. but if you don't like it yourself then I think you'll struggling to 'normalise' it in most situations.

OP - can i just ask, why have you signed your post Mr Tumnus? :)

I'm pretty certain I'd shave my legs if I was a bloke. Or at least want to. It just does feel nice, especially in the summer

HollyBerry, then maybe this applies to dads too

Mr Tumnus is the beardy chap from Narnia.

He is the creature in Narnia with the legs of a goat. I am going for the same look

Lem you are a step ahead of me. I have only just started to be brave enough to stop this malarky.

I am lazy with it though. I do it once a week even though I get 'regrowth' after a day. As I said I do it for me and am not fussed by a bit of stubble. My partner isn't fussed and if he was he wouldn't be my partner...

I don't shave frequently enough to maintain the illusion there'll be no shocks for my DC :)

Ooo, this is a new subject, never heard of this before, lucky old us to be educated by a poster on a subject that has never, ever been discussed. Luckily the OP will know that this is going to end very well with everyone agreeing, nobody's oh being called a paedo or anyone else being branded so thick they have been brainwashed by the media. Good luck and enjoy OP, if you run out of buns I have some popcorn I can chuck. If you run out of fights on this thread, just search for old ones and resurrect those as well.

Then i am Mrs Tumnus :)

Good luck yourself though

I'd like to think I could some day!

You obviously haven't had a toddler pulling at small armpit and body hairs and giggling have you? Both my children have done/do this. I'd rather shave/wax thanks. You can carry on cultivating your forest though.

theodora - i dont understand your post, at all!! what the actual feck does shaving under ones arms have to do with being a paedo??

See, because i don't shave under my arms, i don't actually have a jungle, more a village green

I can't stand the feeling of underarm hair, pubic hair or leg haire, so mine will be staying shaved off. DP shaves too so it's not just a woman thing.

Well the previous 4 zillion threads started about any type of body hair always end badly with people saying "my oh says only a paedo would like a woman to remove hair" or "I wouldn't remove any hair, I would feel like a 12 year old". This may start about armpits, it will fast work it's way down to vaginas. They always do. With a bit of leg and forearm on the way.
Moustache removal seems to be acceptable though in MN land.

^^
As I said, fast descends to pubics, every single time.

I think she posted on the wrong thread Lem

Ok maybe not!

Strange.

Yes, just because I am bored of the self congratulation of either shaving or growing body hair, I posted on the wrong thread.
Not everyone always has to agree with you.

No Theodora you are absolutely right that we must never discuss anything on which there has been previous discussion.
Please close down MN immediately and inform all politicians.