To not want to tell my OH about my personal groomin??

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I refer to this as mummy maintaince and what I mean is... I'm bleaching my upper lip and finding where my bikini line ends and leg hair begins!
Should I be honest?
Do you ladies/ gents keep anything like this secret?

We share a bathroom, but not at the same time.

I used to tell my ex-husband that I was 'retaining some mystery in our relationship'.

My husband DOES my mummy maintenance! Well not the upper lip, the nice lady down the road does that. But he deals with my nether regions when they become overgrown, and I sometimes ask my son to check my face out for any rogue hairs, as his sharp little eyes catch everything.

Mummy maintenance is cringe worthy.

Yabu for bleaching your tache - just makes it yellow! Get it threaded away :D

"Mummy Maintenance" is ridiculously twee! You'll be referring to your DH as "hubby" if you don't nip this kind of nonsense in the bud.

Personally, if I ever refer to it at all, I might say to DH "I'm just off upstairs to do my tache". He doesn't bat an eyelid.

thanks ladie x

I only bleach cos my body hair is white blonde it jus blends well

I shave my tache but am fair haired

YANBU if that's what you want, but I it's not necessary in my relationship.

DP knows I get my eyebrows 'done' as I'm not good at doing them myself. He has also watched me shave legs in the bath (no biggie surely, I've seen him shave?) and actually done my bikini line wax, which I also only do when going on holiday (I am a big old wimp, so no way could I wax myself. DP found it quite entertaining )

We're all imperfect / getting older. If keeping the mystery is important to you then that's fair enough, as long as you can all deal with the reality when the mystery is not an option. (And I say that from a certain amount of experience as I have had fairly severe IBD and there's really nowhere to hide with that one.) That said there is little shame around here. DP probably more prudish than me.

Crying here at the car prang confession. Love it!

I don't call it anything. Mummy maintenance sounds like a wierd twee CSA. But I have no better ideas and also slightly drunk. Bleach away op

I don't see why you have to give your husband a reason why you are going to the bathroom. I'd feel controlled with that little freedom.

I get my eyebrows and top lip threaded once a month by a lovely Thai lady in our town. She's seriously good, and very fast! But it still stings a bit.

If' I'm going to use hair removal cream or shave anything I just tell DP he's got the TV remote for an hour as I'm off to the bathroom to do 'wimmin's stuff'. He really doesn't care or show any interest other than what's on TV that he can watch without being moaned at to put something else on other than fucking shed programmes

'mummy maintenance' sounds like you are going in for a service.

I bought a Nono and hate it. Happy to dig out and post it if anyone wants the bloody thing.

I'm laughing at your car prang confession, OP, it sounds funny and I'm sure your husband won't mind, these things happen.

I do support you, I support any woman who wants to do anything to her body at all - I just feel strongly that you shouldn't have to 'sign in' to do it. I think your thread was intended to be light-hearted though and I didn't pick that up, sorry!

Now go and tell him about the car whilst the going's good...

Lol I'll save the car and tell him a local boy must have done it on his bike! Was meant to b light hearted!
In our relationship I don't even poo

Mummy maintenance, ffs.

When I had a beard I use to trim DW with my beard shaper. Bzzt, titter, bzzt, titter, bzzt...happy days. Also I'm the one who plucks the rogue chin hairs, which come out with a most satisfying "sproing!".

My husband likes company / conversation. All the bloody time!

Asking me what I'm doing in the bathroom usually results in "fuck off, I'm trying to shave my armpits" or "I've started my period. Want more details?" He usually scarpers quickly.

"IPersonally I walk about starkers and if my "Mummy maintenance" isn't up to scratch DH points and shouts "Buuuush!" grin"

I can't decide which is more disturbing- this or "mummy maintainance"

Or the fact that so many women don't seem to be able to use the bathroom in peace without detailed explanations.

Am still giggling now at your comment re telling him about the car "while he's cool about shit."

And still giggling too at QuimWilde's username.

I call it life admin.

Maintenance tasks that need doing every few weeks - roots / Brazilian / toe shellac etc. it's life admin!

My DP and I shave our faces together in the morning, shaving cream and all 😂 I've really bad chin and neck hair. Laser hasn't worked, my hormones are fine and I get it threaded once a month to keep it from getting stubbly, but I still have to shave daily. He thinks it's cute, in fact I wouldn't care either way tbh. My ex was the same, it didn't phase him at all. He calls it our bonding session lol.

"I call it life admin.

Maintenance tasks that need doing every few weeks - roots / Brazilian / toe shellac etc. it's life admin!"

They don't "need doing" you know. You choose to do them.

gin I really like "life admin"

I'm stealing that one.

I don't normally have to refer to it, I just get on with it, but I have been known to reference my personal grooming, as in "Fuck me! I need to shave my legs, I look like a centaur."

I think I call it personal grooming. My husband is unfazed.

Love life admin!
May have drunkenly deleted my account and now have set up a new one whoops!
Leigh1980 that's a true bond right there!