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Would you go to the beach with legs this hairy?

309 replies

Spicyprawnsitisthen · 17/08/2025 17:15

Like this?

I went today without really realising how bad they were until I got there. I live by a beach, not on holidays and just rushed there after work
Now i’m looking at them like 😮
I feel like no one I know would do this

Would you go to the beach with legs this hairy?
OP posts:
Chinsupmeloves · 17/08/2025 20:25

I shave regularly, just a habit, but I really wouldnt think anything of anyone with hairy legs. I have a good friend who has thick blonde curly leg hair and has never shaved, couldn't care less.

Encrochat · 17/08/2025 20:26

Literally who's fucking looking at your legs?🫤

IzzyHandsIsMySpiritAnimal · 17/08/2025 20:28

Yes. Men go to the beach with far hairier legs. Yours look absolutely fine.

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 17/08/2025 20:29

No one is looking. Just relax and enjoy yourself.

Wheech · 17/08/2025 20:30

Not personally because I like my legs to be clean shaven and can't even stand the feel of invisible stubble. I don't even know if it's genuine preference or social conditioning but I shave my legs most days even in winter.

I'd not care about another woman though. If I took time to pass judgement at all it would only be to admire her lack of fucks.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 17/08/2025 20:32

Can't even see hairs on the laptop screen, so I'd have no chance of noticing any on somebody more than six foot away from me on a beach.

SonK · 17/08/2025 20:36

Your legs look absolutely fine, I wouldn't even have noticed.

On the very rare occasion I am close to someone who has visible body hair, and I actually do notice, I just think cool, I could do that too and still be confident and pretty like them.

Livpool · 17/08/2025 20:39

No, but I like being smooth like a dolphin, which is weird but I am fine with it. I wouldn’t care what anyone else did though. Who cares?

GrumpyExpat · 17/08/2025 20:42

No. because I habitually shave almost every day…. but I also would not give a toss if someone did. I probably would not even notice.

TheEveningReport · 17/08/2025 20:42

I absolutely would. I would have cared about this until recently (I’m 37 for context). Now, it’s not important enough to stop
me doing things and nobody cares and I don’t care about those who do!

AmyDudley · 17/08/2025 20:43

I never shave my legs. If people are bothered by leg hair, that is a them problem.
And therefore obviously I would and do go to the beach with hairy legs, but I live on the East Coast and its usually far too cold to expose your legs on the beach anyway

DelilahMy · 17/08/2025 20:44

Buy the dress, eat the cake, go to the beach with hairy legs.

EFB2025 · 17/08/2025 20:45

I would, with leggings on! 🤣☺️💞

That's because I'm self conscious though! Good on ya! 🥰

BatchCookBabe · 17/08/2025 20:47

Not sure how to vote, and I'm not sure how to answer because I have never had hairy legs (blonde here!) But if I saw a woman with hairy legs, (on the beach, or in the swimming pool, or in the park etc,) I wouldn't even flinch, or stare, or care at all. And yours aren't even that hairy @Spicyprawnsitisthen

Miniatureschnauzers · 17/08/2025 20:49

@Spicyprawnsitisthen great to see a photo of natural hairy women’s legs!

Redcrayons · 17/08/2025 20:52

No I wouldn’t. I’ve had a Lumea for a few years so they don’t get that hairy anymore but if I didn’t I’d be shaving every other day in summer.

if I was close enough then I would notice, but random strangers legs are none of my business.

beachwalkx · 17/08/2025 20:52

Wouldn’t bother me at all. I like having shaved legs but not having done them wouldn’t stop me doing anything

PickledMuffin · 17/08/2025 20:53

we all have hairy bits,
embrace them!

dimsumfatsum · 17/08/2025 20:55

I saw an Asian girl in TKMaXx in London today in the shortest shorts and the hairiest legs- I was tempted to do a double take but didn’t- I did give her an internal high-five though (Asian female who was mortified as a teen having the tiniest bit of bodily hair showing).

Pictures50 · 17/08/2025 20:58

I totally would.

Google on Instagram and FB the "We do not care" club....by a fabulous American called Melanie Sanders...totally cracks me up.

I am nodding at her as she reads the long list of things that women no longer give a shit about.
Hilarious.

Absentmindedsmile · 17/08/2025 20:59

No I wouldn’t... But I also can’t stand the tedium of shaving or the pain of waxing. So a few years ago I splashed out on laser treatment. Absolute life changer! Recommend to anyone.

TheHateIsNotGood · 17/08/2025 21:04

I remember back in the early 90s when I was in California and a good friend noticed my hairy legs and said "What? Have we gone all European now?". It was said in jest and I did find it funny too, but I can't think of a time since then when anyone has actually said anything.

Doesn't mean anyone hasn't noticed, because we're often a tight-lipped bunch here in the UK, but honestly OP your legs aren't super-hairy and you'd need to squint and focus just to notice that bit of hairy growth on your legs.

AelinAG · 17/08/2025 21:04

I wouldn’t but I’ve lasered myself smooth as an otter so it’s not really a consideration.

I wouldn’t judge someone else who did but it’s just not my preference.

Waitingfordoggo · 17/08/2025 21:06

Yes I do. I’ve also been to public swimming pools and saunas with my legs looking like that. Also popping round Tesco in shorts or a dress. I doubt anyone is close enough to see, but if they are and they are offended by my leg hair, then… well… not my problem really.

FadedRed · 17/08/2025 21:07

@Spicyprawnsitisthen - when you were at the beach today, how many other people did you see with hairy legs? Or, like pretty much every other person there, did you not notice other people hairy legs? Really not worth a second thought…

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