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to say my daughter can't shave her legs?

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Iwillpopthekettleon · 29/09/2009 20:30

My DD1 is fed up with her "hairy legs" to be honest I don't think they are that bad, but then what do I know?! She is 12 and certainly things are happening and her body is changing, but doesn't 12 seem awfully young to be starting down that road?

I know she could use that stinky cream stuff and she doesn't have to slice her legs to ribbons like I remember doing ( and always when I was just about to go out!) but she seems so young.

I am not ready for this yet!! Has anyone else had this come up ?!! Help!!

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greenformica · 18/05/2013 15:00

At 12 I was being teased for having hairy legs. Best to immac or other

LadyBeagleEyes · 18/05/2013 15:02

I know Maryz. Grin

Dawndonna · 18/05/2013 16:08

Fuck of with digging four year old threads out of the woodwork!

Dawndonna · 18/05/2013 16:09

off.

WorraLiberty · 18/05/2013 16:12

HQ are adamant that they don't want to make these threads lockable for some reason.

They should be locked after 6 months of inactivity imo.

People can still read them and even link to them for reference if they want, but at least they can't bloody bump them back up.

Dawndonna · 18/05/2013 16:25

Sounds fair to me, Worra
If somebody really wanted to update, for example, their own thread, I'm sure HQ could unlock for 24 hours.

Bobyan · 18/05/2013 16:32

dazedanddizzy interesting first post..

HazeltheMcWitch · 18/05/2013 16:34

I thought that too, Bobyan - but I couldn't figure out how you'd search out a relatively innocuous thread like this. I don't get it!

And Maryz - you too have unlocked a mystery as to why people don't notice it's a zombie thread. They really only read the OP! My mind boggles.

HazeltheMcWitch · 18/05/2013 16:35

(well, not 'you', Bobyan obvs - how one would search out...)

ShellyBoobs · 18/05/2013 16:41

...or lock threads of over a given number of pages, eg 100 pages

That already happens, Suffolk; 1000 posts is the MN limit.

Maryz · 18/05/2013 16:54

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specialsubject · 18/05/2013 17:00

waxing hurts like hell. Don't teach her that she has to suffer to be acceptable. Show her how to use a razor which doesn't hurt and is cheap.

And if there is bullying in the school about hairy legs, it needs to be stopped.

Maryz · 18/05/2013 17:01

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rabbitlady · 18/05/2013 17:44

cream. or if you want to put her off, wax.
they are her legs.

rabbitlady · 18/05/2013 17:45

good grief, she'll be old enough to shave her head by now.

PearlyWhites · 18/05/2013 17:54

Yes yabvu

JenaiMorris · 18/05/2013 18:07

New poster resurrects an old thread - it's hardly the biggest faux pas in the world, is it?

thistlelicker · 18/05/2013 18:11

I know somebody who lets her ten yr old use her epilator

Hugglepuff · 18/05/2013 18:12

YABU - you might not be ready, but it is your daughter who will potentially be teased at school.

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 18/05/2013 18:16

ZOMBIE THREAD

chansondumatin · 18/05/2013 18:19

When I was 12 I broke my leg over the summer, meaning that once the cast was off I had one very pale, hairy leg and one tanned, not-so-hairy one.

Fake tans weren't on the market then, but thankfully my mum let me shave my legs (possibly even suggested it?) to stop me being quite so much of a laughing stock.

I recommend you let your daughter do the same.

SuffolkNWhat · 18/05/2013 18:35

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/05/2013 19:06

It's probably been said, but... forbidding her from shaving and allowing her to get torn to bits by a pack of baying schoolgirls is NOT going to make her less body-conscious.

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 18/05/2013 19:08

Oooops.

Molehillmountain · 18/05/2013 19:11

Do zombies have to shave their legs? At least the op will by now have allowed her dd to shave her legs-after all she is now 16 or so Wink

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