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Overwhelmed and fucked off

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babycow38 · 30/04/2017 23:52

I work , raise two kids, and my bf said to me tonight, your legs arnnt as smooth, we were having sex and I completely switched off, felt meh and told him so, we got into a conversation why, and I said you made me feel crap because I haven't had time to shave, he then said , if you value me and our sex life you would find the time, who is wrong? I'm sick to death of having to pluck, shave, make myself into a tricking Barbie, do other women do this and if they do can you let me know where the from you got it in x

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SparklingRaspberry · 05/05/2017 13:21

I think he's gone about it the wrong way. It's perfectly okay for him to dislike hairy legs but he shouldn't have said it the way he did.

Most men prefer smooth legs over hairy legs. Fact.
However most men don't give a shit if your legs happen to be a bit hairy every now and then because you've been too busy looking after the kids/house.
Although to be fair if your legs are hairy every single time then yeah I can imagine it's not much of a turn on.

MissBax · 05/05/2017 13:25

However most men don't give a shit if your legs happen to be a bit hairy every now and then because you've been too busy looking after the kids/house.

HA this is hilarious! So women can get away with having hairy legs only every now and then and only if their excuse is housework 😂😂 I bet this is said by the type of women who won't fart around her husband either!

sweetandsaltypopcorn · 05/05/2017 13:29

He should be grateful that you're even still having sex with him given you work and have two children. My dp would jump at the chance regardless of how gorilla like I was as he doesn't get it that often because I'm permanently knackered and pregnant

BlahBlahBlahEtc · 05/05/2017 13:33

If my partner waited for me to shave my legs / armpits or anywhere else for that matter, for us to have sex, he'd never get any. It's your body, he should be grateful you're letting him near it, especially with comments like that!

ConfidentlyUnhinged · 05/05/2017 15:21

My DH of twelve years has loved me hairless, hirsute, toned, flabby, preganant, post partum. He has never once negatively commented about my body. Your bf is a twat.

lifesjoys · 05/05/2017 15:35

Tell him to fuck off, cheeky prick

ThePinkOcelot · 05/05/2017 17:02

Jesus, show him the door. Does he do his back, sack and crack done for you?!

CherryMintVanilla · 05/05/2017 18:24

Tell him to buy a blow-up doll. Permanently hairfree!

Willow2017 · 05/05/2017 19:58

Get him a book on puberty that expliains how people grow hair in thier bodies. He obviously missed that at school. Might give him a clue about growing up himself😉

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 05/05/2017 20:08

Curious...I'm assuming you don't find hairy legs a turn off on a man?

Whattodoaboutthis - yes, so do you find it a turn off if a man has hairy legs too?

I do find it a turn off if men have hairy legs too. I find body hair repulsive - chest hair, underarms, legs, groin - on both males and females.

Thankfully my DH is very considerate and aware of this and keeps hair to an absolute minimum.

Some people have exceptionally fragile sex drives. [shrug]

My sex life isn't fragile: I just have turn one and turn offs like everyone else.

PollytheDolly · 05/05/2017 20:15

Now you see, I do make the effort. because my DH prefers it but even he says oh don't bother/worry. Maybe because I prefer it too if I'm honest, and I have time to fanny around.

I know though if I didn't for a while he would never say a word!

histinyhandsarefrozen · 05/05/2017 20:19

I just have turn one and turn offs like everyone else.

Er no, not like everybody else. Grin

I find body hair repulsive is extreme. If your partner's unshaved legs mean you can't bring yourself to shag them that's fine, but let's not pretend that's normal.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 05/05/2017 20:30

You're seriously trying to tell me the majority of people don't have turn on and turn offs? Confused

Of course I can still shag them wih unshaven legs, I just wouldn't be happy about it and try to ignore it. But like I said above, I'm not a douche, so I wouldn't say anything.

Ellisandra · 06/05/2017 00:30

Your boyfriend is an arsehole - why are you with him?

I saw a cartoon once of a woman with hairy legs - I forget the exact words, but in one box the man ran his hands over them saying "ugh" and woman looked sad. In the other, the man was smiling and saying "oooh - prickly!" - and the woman looked happy. I showed my boyfriend and he smiled. I am usually fairly smooth (tuppence too - you're from the Midlands!). But sometimes I have said "bloody hell, what a week - so busy, look at me I'm a gorilla!" and my boyfriend will laugh and say "come here my hairy beastie...". We have a lot of sex. Because he's not an arse.

histinyhandsarefrozen · 06/05/2017 07:33

No, I'm saying that if a turn off is your partner having - god forbid- unshaven legs then you have an extremely fragile sex drive.

trowelmonkey1 · 06/05/2017 08:37

Just to echo PP - your BF is twat. I have stopped shaving legs because I simply can't be arsed anymore. I have fine blonde hair, so it's not very noticeable anyway. DH would prefer me to be completely smooth, but he's not a twat and knows that it's my body and my choice.

chickenowner · 06/05/2017 08:56

Your personal grooming is up to you, not your OH!

I don't think that your OH sounds very nice. Is he critical about other things too?

My DP doesn't care about superficial things like that, which is one of the many reasons that I love him!

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