to have been a tad shocked

[gobsmackedetal]

Yesterday afternoon, sitting in the beauty therapist's waiting room, waiting for my monthly brazilian.
Woman I vaguely know (works at the till of my local mini market) comes in, says hi and sits across the room. I ask her if she's there for waxing and she informs me that she doesn't wax anymore and she's in the process of lazering all her bodily hair off, a bit expensive but its worth it blahblah, small talk.

I ask her if it hurts and how many sessions she needs (thought I might try it too) and she goes "well, I have only had two sessions for my bikini and I hardly have any hair left now, look"....TA DA...down comes the elastic top skirt and the knickers before I had the chance to even look away, impressive speed I must say.

I think I must have looked away/put my hand in front of my eyes, I'm really not sure what I did, I was so shocked at the easiness of it all, that she said "oh come on, don't be like this, as if your is prettier"

I'm not a prude and I'm comfortable with showering in front of other women in the gym, but you just shower/get dressed, you don't ckeck each other fanjos out, right? Plus when you go in the shower you expect to see naked people

So, was IBU to be lost for words? Am I a prude and do women regularly show their fanjos off to each other?

Well, you opened it up by asking if she was having a waxing.

I don't think it's really polite to ask people in Dr's waiting rooms or beauticians what they are there for.

I would have been shocked if she had done it in a waiting room full of people, but if it was just the two of you there, then it's not too bad!
Just out of interest, I got a leaflet through the door about a new salon thats opened. On it was a list of waxing options: Hollywood, which I assume is all off
Brazilian, which I assume is everything off underneith and a strip left at top
Playboy, which I assume is a 'bunny head' shape.
The final option was Californian, which I have never heard of before!
Does anyone know what it is?

"Playboy, which I assume is a 'bunny head' shape."

Surely not! Do they use a stencil or something?

Bloody hell, no one has ever shown me their fanjo, unless I've asked, and I don't ask that often

I just spat my tea out at the thought of a playboy bunny stencil, that can't be it, surely?!

@ gobsmacked's fetish shorts! They look like knitted granny pants! The hair wouled get everywhere!

Does this help?

I find the whole concept of paying someone to remove body hair really bizzare anyway.

I always imagined that the kind of places you get this done in is full of women who are flashing their fanjos. Not least because almost everyone I know who has it done seems to think I want to talk to them about it at gigs and things.

gobsmackedetal... it was me! Pretty embarrassed now!

Thanks for the link diddl!
Im now wondering why the leaflet says Playboy AND Brazilian? If their both the same thing, why would it have both on the list? and their different prices.
I think i'll ask, if i'm ever in there!

Lynette , you're right, how rude of me, she probably flashed me to get back at me for embarrassing her

foureleven don't be embarrassed, your fanjo looks like you're 16 and haven't had children which is something I'm sure a lot of MNers will be very envious of (including myself). Be proud!

heehee i was pulling your leg gobsmacked

p.s i wish my fanjo did look like a 16 year old!

gobsmackedetal Thu 10-Jun-10 18:14:10

'scanty at the turkish lady. What environment was that in, a beauty saloon or something completely irrelevant ( I hope she wasn't the hotel receptionist)'

Gobsmacked - we were invited to her home for tea by her daughter. She was very traditional and didn't speak any english. Seems traditional Turkish ladies whisk most of the body hair off. Don't know if it's an Islamic thing - maybe Riven can enlighten us?

When I lived in Russia and visited a sauna (this was in during perestroika so people hadn't travelled or met many foreigners) the women in their, upon finding out I was an anglichanka poked and prodded and basically had the bonnet up completely.

I think they thought Westerners were built differently (like British public schoolboys used to think Asian women were built differently) and wanted to have a look.

It was most discombobulating.

know what you mean, while in Turkey we visited a traditional Turkish bath where it was all Turkish women and their kids. The massuese made me (she was big and scary)and my friend climb on the table and literally scrubbed us and threw buckets of water over us much to the amusement of the locals, made us squat between her thighs and washed our hair. My friend got extra treatment as she was a very fair redhead. She actually stuck her sponge down her pants and scrubbed her minge. Don't know whether to be happy or sad that she passed on me.

My curiosity with waxing is this:

I have a zip-lock fanjo, otherwise known as the pasty crimp, so waxing is literally two quick strips up each side of the ravine which can be orchestrated by merely tucking your pants up.

What happens if you have those larger lips, like butterfly wings that I seem to see in hubby's "back of the wardrobe" copies of "Voluptuous"? Does the beautician have to hold the large labes to one side? Do they come out the side of your pants?

Seem to remember it being a problem for one woman on embarrassing bodies.

I had a male friend that absolutely adored them though.

scanty I've been in a public bath in turkey, but everyone had to be naked, no knickers allowed. I had exactly the same experience, big scary lady and very painful scrubbing. Unfortunately my bath was full of brits so I'm not sure how much of it was a touristy show and how much was the real thing. But yeah, my fanjo got a good scrubbing...Where abouts was this? I was in Antalya

Is a Californian something to do with the Grand Canyon?

gobsmacked -

it was 20 yrs ago in Konya. We were the only non westerners and it was segregated, so just mums and kids - mums with pants on. There were open sewers and it definately was an experience. This thread has made me remember a few hilarious memories I'd almost forgotton.

Re the mohair shorts - it's just a term to describe the general effect you get when your pubic hair doesn't grow in a nice neat triangle but spreads out promiscuously sideways, downwards, and...er...around. I'm not saying I've got a pair, mind, just that that is what women used to look like before we all went completely berserk and started waxing and shaving our genitalia, about 15 years ago.