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Original poster

To go for a swim without shaving

128 replies

CandleWithHair · 01/09/2019 14:17

I’m going for a wax before an upcoming holiday in a couple of weeks time so can’t shave before then, but I really want to go for a swim today and obviously Mary is definitely a little bit Hairy at the mo...
We’re not talking the wilds of Borneo, but there’s enough spider legs visible for anyone who might happen to be staring at my crotch for more than a couple of seconds (serves them right, right?)

So AIBU to think fuck it and go for a swim anyway, unruly pubes and all?

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JaceLancs · 01/09/2019 22:10

I shave my legs (below knee) and armpits - my choice
Pubic area - au natural with occasional trim with scissors
I swim 2-3 times a week (was on a spa day today too)
I take absolutely no notice of anybody else - hair situation etc in pool, sauna or hot tub
The most I’m likely to think is nice swimming costume

ElizaDee · 02/09/2019 06:37

How you decide to manage your own body hair? It doesn't directly affect me, you do you

Well it does affect everyone else because if those pubes break off/fall out in the pool, it could be any one of us getting one in the mouth. THAT is why they should be contained.

EssexSexpot · 02/09/2019 06:49

Well it does affect everyone else because if those pubes break off/fall out in the pool, it could be any one of us getting one in the mouth. THAT is why they should be contained.

Oh behave. Public swimming pools are already festering soup tureens of human excretion. If you've managed to make peace with the fact that you're imbibing other people's sweat, pee, poo particles, toenail cheese, spit and blood then it's a bit daft to suggest that the possibility of a stray pube is the straw that breaks the camel's back.

BertrandRussell · 02/09/2019 06:51

A more interesting question is why so many women appear to be so repulsed by one of their own secondary sexual characteristics, and when this repulsion started.

GetOffMyBongos · 02/09/2019 07:09

Visions of exiting a pool looking like a swamp monster, covered in toe cheese and poo crumbs while my pubes make a bid for freedom from my swimsuit while other peoples pubes floss my teeth 😂

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 02/09/2019 07:52

Quite so, EssexSexpot, I'm now trying to put your post out of my head as I love to swim and don't want to think about any of that. Grin

AliciaJCross and ElizaDee, your posts are just so horribly judgemental and ridiculous. However much you say your loony reasoning 'would apply to men too', you don't mean a word of it. You mean to try to control what women do. You don't have the right and it's pathetic of you to even try. And Alicia, if you post on a public chatboard, people have the right to laugh at the stupidity when you choose to display it so openly.

This thread is a bit different as usually, women who wax are given a hard time. Nice to see that supporting however women want to have their bodies is de rigeur for a bit.

Verily1 · 02/09/2019 07:55

I’ve gone hairy and no ones ever noticed.

If you really want to trim the long ones with scissors

EmmaGrundyForPM · 02/09/2019 07:56

@BertrandRussell
exactly!

isabellerossignol · 02/09/2019 07:57

I love the outrage that it's a hygiene issue. Very much in a similar vein as to how women who don't shave their underarms are disgusting and unhygienic but men's underarm hair is perfectly clean.

pumapuma · 02/09/2019 07:58

Nobody cares about your fandango. There’s enough chlorine in the water to kill any creepy crawlies that are living in your lady jungle

Fraggling · 02/09/2019 09:48

ElizaDee so the more hirsute men must either submit for regular full body waxing, or be banned from the pool?

Yeah thought not.

Maybe mens pubes are clean as we all know men have much better personal hygiene across the board than stinky manky beflapped females.

Reminds me of that Mitchell and Webb sketch Grin

Men! You're awesome Grin

caroloro · 02/09/2019 10:05

It's hair. It doesn't matter. Just swim.

Jennifer2r · 02/09/2019 10:10

Ha. For all the posters saying 'I would judge you for not shaving".

The question still remains...

SO WHAT

Bigearringsbigsmile · 02/09/2019 10:14

when i was out and abou on sat5urday i saw a man. he was youngish, fit and slim and wearing just a pair of teeny tiny shorts.
His entire body was covered in hair-like a cat...seriously, there was hai on every bit of his body.
did he give a shit? no!

Why, as women, should we give a toss about a few pubes escaping from aswimsuit? we are MEANT to have hair!

RosesAndRaindrops · 02/09/2019 10:40

Well it does affect everyone else because if those pubes break off/fall out in the pool, it could be any one of us getting one in the mouth. THAT is why they should be contained

Haaa, don't be so ridiculous! MN doesn't half make me laugh sometimes. Grin
Does your outrage over contained tidy hairs apply to the men too? They have shorts/trunks on after all half the time, and do you expect them to have all shaved away down there as well?!
Bonkers, if you're that paranoid about hairs you'd be best off staying at home lol

BuildBuildings · 02/09/2019 10:47

Yeah I never bother shaving or waxing my pubes and rarely my legs. I swim regularly. You're fine.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 02/09/2019 10:51

you do know that people PEE in swimming pools don't you?

HattieMcNastie · 02/09/2019 10:54

I NEVER shave my legs, pits or pussy.

I swim regularly without event.

TrainspottingWelsh · 02/09/2019 18:32

Funny, when I’m in the shower it’s never my pubes that seem to miraculously remove themselves, but there’s usually some strands from my head. Does that mean we should all shave our heads to swim?

Also, if it was at all common to randomly leave a trail of self shedding pubes in the pool, surely it would be full of all the males that swim in loose shorts?

JustDanceAddict · 02/09/2019 18:36

I’ve never noticed anyone’s pubes at the pool. I shave but I’m sure some go au natural.

TartanCurtains1 · 02/09/2019 18:57

Maybe mens pubes are clean as we all know men have much better personal hygiene across the board than stinky manky beflapped females.

Very funny! And so true. If you're worried about other peoples pubes/hair, you shouldn't be going swimming. Or going out in public at all. Or living in your own home with anyone else.

Phoebesgift · 02/09/2019 19:06

Are you serious? Why did you care?

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CandleWithHair · 02/09/2019 20:09

Well my errant pubes and I went for a swim (and sat in the sauna!) and I can confirm that the majority of you were quite correct, no one gave a shiny shit. Or, if they did, they were British enough to keep their abject horror and derision to themselves.

I shall never question whether my muff scruff is deemed acceptable in polite society again. The same cannot be said, however, for the chap sat next to the pool absentmindedly picking god knows what out of his bellybutton and dropping it on the floor...

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CandleWithHair · 02/09/2019 20:10

PS I have a number of new MN heroes based on this thread (@youmeandconchitawurst I’m looking at you)

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SimonJT · 02/09/2019 20:11

Genuinely tempted to post a picture of my ape like thighs while wearing my little pink budgie smugglers just to disgust a certain person.