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Shaving Legs

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AmberD5713 · 17/05/2017 22:54

Hi everyone, this will sound strange but I'm not a mum, I'm a girl that just turned 15.
I'm currently in year 10 at school and I still don't shave my legs, it's so annoying because everyone else at my school does apart from me. I hate it because I have to wear tights all the time, and during PE I just pretend I haven't got round to it that week.
I tried telling my mum back in the summer but she didn't listen so I used her razor and hair removal cream to see me through summer sports but I have used it since July because I thought she would have let me by now.
As mothers yourselves, what would be a good way of asking my mum to let me shave, how would you like to be asked?
Amber x

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Feyenoord · 18/05/2017 10:35

Flying don't be so nasty. Not everyone here is from the uk. My 7 year old niece can buy anything she likes in the Netherlands apart from alcohol and tobacco. It is a real surprise to me that a teen can't buy a razor.

AmberD5713 · 18/05/2017 19:32

Thanks everyone, I'll use her razor over the weekend because I have PE on Monday and I don't want to have another lesson with hairy legs.
Amber x

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TheFlyingFauxPas · 19/05/2017 00:49

No nasty intention believe me. Just surprised you have to be 18 to buy teaspoons!!

TheFlyingFauxPas · 19/05/2017 00:54

No nasty intention believe me. Just surprised you have to be 18 to buy teaspoons!!

If I were your mum amber I'd help you. My poor son came downstairs with one badly shaved bleeding leg. He was fed up being teased at school. He's about your age. I did them for him. I told him I'd help him if he was planning on doing it again but advised him not to. Surely it's more acceptable for boys?

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