To ask DH to sort his body hair

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DH has a hairy belly and chest and I'm sick of finding hair in the bed.

It pokes out of the neck of anything he wears except a buttoned up shirt and tie and gathers all the lint off the inside of his tshirts and it collects in his belly button.

New tshirts are the worst, especially those of a contrasting colour - nothing worse than seeing him climbing into bed with a wad of red fluff in his navel.

Might grow out my pubes and bikini line in protest.

Cant figure out if most of you are all taking the piss or not in this thread....

Taking the piss off?

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Previously my Dp had about 6 chest hairs and couldn't grow a beard. Two years later he has quite a hairy belly, can grow a beard and has more chest hair.

I've always stated I don't find chest/belly hair or beards attractive. Unfortunately, he can't be bothered to shave more regularly, to accommodate the fact that he actually grows a beard now. However, he has been making more of an effort with his beard lately. We had a conversation about his belly hair recently, and he said I can wax it into a neat snail trail!

So I'd say have a conversation about it, you may come to a compromise.

Women are expected to perform grooming to stave off the effects of aging, why should men be any different?

Society (marketing departments) may expect it, but luckily my DH doesn't.

Anyone else getting the ad for razors?
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Women are expected to perform grooming to stave off the effects of aging, why should men be any different?

I seem to have missed this memo. I'm if anything doing less grooming the older I get.

OP - is your DH having a shower every night? Because if he does that means any hair should go down the plughole.

DH is pretty hairy but showers or has a bath every night and we don't have this problem.

Society (marketing departments) may expect it, but luckily my DH doesn't
This.

To add from a female point of view to those who are asking what if the tables were turned. The only hair on my own body is on my head. This is my own choice and not done for the benefit of any man.

I did one meet someone who had a “thing” about female pubic hair and aked me to grow mine (trust me after years of grooming!), I considered it but declined. For one, from a woman’s point of view, pubic hair is not good for sensitivity, but l digress.

I have however, trimmed the pubic area of a number of men at my own request and l don’t think that is unreasonable to ask, if they are sharing your body. To remove male hair beyond that gets complex though.

Just get a dust buster for the bed, £20 from Argos.
Also yabu, hairy men are great!

My DP is really hairy, tanned skin, dark hair. I would never expect him to save his body, he grooms his balls but got a nasty ingrown hair from shaving top of his back to hide it in his shirt, I like his fur.
I am fair haired. Luckily I dont grow chest or back hair, just pits legs vagina, I only shave in the spring summer.

My husband is hairy and I like it, always have.
I like being smooth.

You married him hairy.

Goady post where the Op never comes back?

I wish this was all I had to worry about.

His body his choice

The same goes for you of course OP

But I’m very confused by everyone saying ‘what if it was reversed? There would be outrage!’ There IS outrage!

Yabu and Controlling.

I find belly button fluff fascinating too. My ex fwb sometimes had some and I liked to pick it out Id really struggle with a hairy back though but then I wouldn't have found that attractive to start with and wouldn't have married him. Hairy front bits are fine. Unless they are like that photo up thread. That would freak me out although that's irrational.

@insancerre lol yes I am

@44HuntJas - a bit too much info 🤦‍♀️

IOH keeps complaining and saying how he prefers a woman to be 'smooth' AIBU to tell him to shut up or should i comply with his wishes and remove it all?
The outrage from other Mnetters would reach fever pitch before you could say Bic*

I’m not so sure. Having participated in many a pubic hair thread general thinking seems to be hairless is “cleaner and more hygienic”, i prefer it, it’s better for sex (see ^^), etc etc it is seen as so normal that why wouldn’t you do it. And if your partner likes it, bonus.

@morallybankruptme

On a thread about body hair, I don't think so but ok

For those suggesting if this was the other way around, there would be outrage, no there wouldn’t. In fact, on this thread, there is much sympathy for the poor partner having to tolerate his hairy girlfriend. People suggest that she should care about what he finds attractive, and the OP here is getting a much harder time.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3242434-should-I-shave

I find that often when people say “imagine if this was the other way around...” their wrong. And as for the comment about why be with him if you don’t like hairy men, well why are men dating women at all if they find the natural human body so repulsive.

*they're wrong

Excellent post Angels

This has made its way into The Daily Mail, just read it alongside the 970 Comments!

I have pcos which means I've spent a lot of my young life being really self conscious about my hair, it's everywhere. I have more than the average snail trail, hair all over my abdomen, back, breasts, face. It's all dark and a lot of it is coarse too.
I've obsessed over it for years and it's factored into my depression. The hours I've spent in the bathroom plucking and shaving and crying.
I try to keep roughly on top but I could never be always completely hair free everywhere, all the time.
If my partner ever made a comment about it it would honestly break my heart. I'm so glad that he is understanding and thinks I'm gorgeous despite my hirsutism and being able to grow a better tash than him.