Should I go fishing or get a friend to hang around? Celebrated GAY Summer 2012

i did a full body trim with the bf like a month ago or so. first time i ever manicured my legs/thighs/arms. took forever... bonding experience tho.

i need to do again soon.

wait - is trimming legs/thighs/arms a thing? should i be doing this?

is there a special sort of buzzer?

xxpost Like you did each other or both went to a place and had it done by professionals?

it depends, certain areas. you don't have to do it all! but targeting specific things can go a loooongg way

just one of those buzzers with the different settings. 3/4 are magic on most areas.

Agreed. The 3 or 4 setting on most cheap vidal sassoon-style clippers works just great.

UGH NO STOP EVERYONE STOP DONT TRIM A THING

I'm with you (unless there's a special problem area)

Whatev, Stevie, you are naturally hairless. You don't know how hot this stuff gets in the summer.

i have a firm no-blades-below-the-neck policy

Whatev, Stevie, you are naturally hairless. You don't know how hot this stuff gets in the summer.

believe me, I do.

xxpost Like you did each other or both went to a place and had it done by professionals?

― Eric H., Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:45 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

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well blades definitely not, but that's totally different

my arms and legs are very hairy, i think they look better trimmed down a bit

i take almost all hair like head hair -- should be managed on a routine basis

yeah we just used an electric razor w/ adjustable settings. actual real razor shaving is really gross to me tho.

ewwwwwwww

i take almost all hair like head hair -- should be managed on a routine basis

Yeah. I mean, have you seen some people's body hair, razorphobes?

Also, I can think of no more prominent reason I would like to be in a relationship than to have a mutual grooming partner.

obv there is no one-size-fits-all answer, but I lean toward absolute minimum hair-grooming always.

I thought I would like to have a beard in my youth but then I found out you have to manage it! What's the point? So I always have 3-6-day stubble now.

well thankfully body hair doesn't grow back as fast as facial hair so it's less of a commitment

dust the hairy surface with baby powder to help the clippers glide over skin, prevents irritation & reduced scrapes & snags #protip #lifehacks #trustme

my beard's getting a smidge ginsberg-y again, but the clipper attachment on my trimmer's broken so i might just pony up for a pro trim

surm, did you say you own an Epilady? i bought one (i forget the brand, but not actually Epilady) and i'm pretty happy w/ it for managing my sparse, patchy, asymmetrical chest hair.

I can't imagine how much that would hurt.

says the guy w/ a sleeve tattoo!

yup i have a epilator by Braun. it is really really good for certain things, sooo smoooooth. i've also had one of the most painful experiences in my life with it. live and learn!

anyway, it doesn't really hurt. it just feels like moderate abrasion.

zp

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what i am TRYING TO SAY IS "XP"!

Tats don't hurt after the first 5 minutes.

lol xoxo

The only tattoo that truly hurt was the one under my arm, and it hurt like crazy for the entire time, which was about an hour.

I mind armpit bush more and more as I age but not enough to shave it.

I once dated a guy so devoid of hair he looked like a seal. I think he even boasted flippers.

always envied dudes with coarse underarm hair, not gonna lie

Pubes on the other hand I gotta keep an eye on

I trimmed my jungle (with scissors) for the first time like a week ago. I kinda feel more confidant sexually but it itches now.

Only time I've ever removed hair below the neck.

In other hair news, I'm thinking about shaving my beard off and I am well overdue for a haircut.

your beard looks great though

yeah, it does suit me, I just feel like a change

It itches just after a trim? I feel like trimming avoids the itchiness caused by shaving which is just....uncomfortable. Did that once + never again.

I shaved pubes after a case of crabs twelve years ago...I dunno what was worse.

only part that itches is right on the pubis where my belt buckle rests

1. Not a big fan of body shaving for myself, but the bf all but insists upon it. Never shaved arms/legs and never will.

2. Chest trimming I'm cool with doing, but haven't done it lately since I'm still working on getting back in shape (bad news to younger board members: 30 really does change everything) and trying to make my chest look nice & clean at this point gets into rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic territory.

3. Don't personally care if a guy is hairy or smooth, but guys being completely pubeless freaks me out.

4. If I get my hair cut four times a year, that's a busy haircutting year for me.

5. Can't grow a beard. I mean, I'm sure I'm physically capable, but five days is the longest I can stand the stubble (yes, I've been told there's a threshold here, but I've never been able to get beyond it).

my metabolism just keeps getting better! i swear i ate a whole pizza last week and lost weight

Yeah, I figured that 30 is the point of no return so I'm trying to get back in fighting shape as fast as possible. Maintenance is easier than reversal, and my family's genes don't help matters - weight issues on one side of the family, heart conditions on the other! Sigh.

I'm guilty of cockiness over the insanely fast metabolism I had when I was younger while my friends and bf struggled with weight ("watch me eat this entire pizza and gain nary a pound! Muhahahahaha!") so my unprecedented weight gain over the last couple of years might just be some kind of karmic ass-biting. Not that I'm overweight now by any definition; just so used to being thin that it's kind of an unpleasant shock to actually have to go to the gym and eat (reasonably) well now.

Should be doing both anyway. History of heart disease on BOTH sides of my family, so I'm already a ticking time bomb in that sense. But who thinks of this shit when they're 21?

I'm sure I did. It's my nervous disposition that's keeping me so trim, so I'm not about to stop worrying.

- i trim my pubes to a manageable length. don't really understand the trimming of anything else.

that said, i do tend to go for boys who don't have much body hair. like th3o looks like he's 16.

- my metabolism is fast enough, and i actually am in better shape than i was at 18 (or 21 or 25).

- tats don't really hurt all that much, tbh.

u ppl and yr fast metabolisms