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my boyfriend tells me to shave

ok i thought it doesn't really matter. yeah we girls sometimes shave and some of us don't. it's our choice but should i listen to him and shave all off or what? to me it shouldn't really matter and he says all guys prefer for women to be shave.
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I prefer shaved myself, but if I am not tanning (in a tanning bed) I get really bad razor burn (sensitive skin), so rather than having the ugly bumpy look, I just trim during the winter.  

Side note, if you shave often it will grow back quicker and when it grows back it will give your partner a "rug like burn" during sex.  I have noticed that too.  =)
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I Agree Do What Your Comfortable With. My Fiance Does It Cuz She Wants To And Does It For Me Cuz I Love To Give Her Oral. I Shave For Her Too. As For The Sent I,ve Become So Used To Her Sent That It Turns Me On. Some Men Like Shaved Some Like "Bald" Some Like Full Bush ANd Some Don't Really Care. Just Do What Your Comfortable With.
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337492 tn?1212458836
Last time my sweetie shaved for me, he cut himself so bad and bled like crazy.  It scared me so bad  when I saw it happen cause I was holding the trash can to catch the hair.  He has majorly sensitive skin and got two ingrown hair folicles the other two times he shaved and cut himself a tiny bit another time.  I told him, not to worry about it any longer I love him hair and all!  Unless there is a safer way for him to shave down there I am not going to worry about it!  
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I prefer my husband shaved because i dont want a lil pubi here or thee and i do the same for him, i personally have shaved it all since i was 14.  i feel more comfortable and more clean during my period days. since my husband enjoys it shaved i also let him do it every now and then. i do the same for him. do whatever makes you happy. were all different!
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Put it this way, when your performing oral on him how often do you get hair in your mouth? I dont want hair in my food!
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377600 tn?1225163436
I meant "we" got it on in the shower--oops.
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377600 tn?1225163436
I'm the opposite of AJH84.  I am a  (deep south) southerner, but am unfortunately displaced to the midwest. I have a BA and an advanced degree. I just got bashed on the divorce forum for telling an older religious lady to stop calling people "stupid" and "loser".  She said she could call a "spade a spade" so I did her that way back.  Look on all my posts.  I don't insult other people, but this lady needed to learn a lesson.  Someone else tried to reason with her, but she just thinks belittling people is nice.

Back to the point:
I have an advanced degree and I am religious...I live in the MW.

I like to stay shaven, but I have delicate skin that makes it problematic.
I sometimes let it grow.  Husband gets grumpy if too bushy because he loves doing oral sex on me--it is like he never stops wanting to do it or something.

As for showers, I agree that showers would take care of any odors and fluids.
I shower before and after because he always "finishes"on my belly button.

Today, the best of both worlds--both of us trimmed- and he got it on the shower while our six year old banged on the door to know why mommy jumped in the shower with daddy--door locked of course.

Hey--have to get it when you can.

By the way--I've been to college--and some of those girls aren't clean.  Particularly those who think pajamas should be worn all day long:)

Cheerio!

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337492 tn?1212458836
Your are absolutly SILLY!!!!!!!!!
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Just a silly thought?  One of the benefits of partially shaving?  you can cut into your pubic hair all the naughty designs that would have been too permament if you had them tattooed onto your body!

Crystlas She has no problem with showers, she just couldn't get used to the idea of doing them together.
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337492 tn?1212458836
It just makes sense to shower.  Being clean before playing is nice.  
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Oddly enough I I talked to my lady love who is some years older than me and much less jaded.  And she had never done a shower together with a lover and I don't think she really got the point of it.

Lol

Though to be fair in other things I really admire her taste. ROTFLMAO.
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337492 tn?1212458836
Let me specify,,  my fiance is a man and yes men do have odor too!
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337492 tn?1212458836
Shaved, trimmed, or full bush, what happened to a good ol' shower before oral play??  That is something that the both of us always do.  I have noticed if I go down on my fiance, for a little tease, before the showers there is an odor, and after the shower none at all and its time to play!  So, a shower is the key rather or not a woman decides to shave or not.  I do it for comfort.  
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SeriousSam does make some good points in that sometimes (like in this case) a man's perspective may be a little more "in depth."  I have known a few women that had no idea of their odor; and I would never be mean or rude to them about it but there was no way I was going down there.  The ones I knew better we talked about it and they were glad that I "nicely" informed them and shaved; in each case (3 in all that I discussed with) the shaving took care of the problem.  Not that it is the case all the time, but unless you are really flexible and weird enough to do it if you could a man might have more insight into the smell.
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Nothing should be so serious as to deny the possibility of laughter.  LOL  I admit while my belief is solid, at this point much of what I am writing is tongue in........ cheek(?)
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184674 tn?1360860493
This educated, religious, midwestern caucasian woman is getting a really good laugh from your posts! :-) (Yes, I know my profile claims I'm a southerner, but I grew up my whole life in the midwest; and I have nothing to say about my "smell" or whether or not I'm shaved, LOL).
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To be fair I did qualify that with the ones that "I attract" LOL.  Which is why, among other reasons I no longer date Caucasian women from the Midwest.  However I will say that I am not in the shape I would like to be but I do still do some hiking and other physical activities as opportunity warrants and I do know that not all women are fresh as daisies after dancing etc. and having a long day etc.  That is when having an untrimmed wilderness can get funky.  

Crystlas is right on most things but I will warrant that nobody gets the same perspective and intuition as the person whose nose is buried in your groin.  Trust me on that one?  Lord knows I have seen enough posts where women complain about that with guys and all of our equipment is hanging right out front!

I am currently dating only outside my race/ethnic background and have found the body image tends to be a little better and as a result I find myself caring more about taking care of getting myself in better shape.
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ahhhh so all educated religious north american women have pubic hair that smells? again with the assumptions. normally if a woman keeps herself clean (so maybe the ones you've been w/ havent been clean) don't smell or have fluids trapped. perhaps you should start rethinking the type of caucasion woman you attract. and having hair get caught in the teeth and it smelling is two completely different things. and as crystlas said....women just know their bodies. if we notice an odor or if not we take care of ourselves. most of us take care of ourselves. so please stop making rash assumptions of "educated religious" north american women, because once again it is extremely offensive to have some man saying that we have smelly, fluid trapped pubic hair.
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337492 tn?1212458836
Women just know their bodies and if they smell or not.   I notice a big difference and really prefer staying shaved.  I like the no hassle of pubic hair and feeling super clean.  It is my preference and I like feeling that way.  I hate body hair so all I have is eyebrows and hair on my head! LOL.. Happy New Year!
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Sorry,... Just going off of the sample of unshaved North American (midwest primarily) women that I'd been involved with that were unshaved!  That type of research is usually rather agreeable but I'm not putting myself on the market.

To be honest the type of Caucasian woman I attract tends to have a degree and claims to follow/practice a religion (insert one) rather intently.  That having been said I was meaning to comment more on the texture of the hair and tendency to get caught in the teeth.

I am curious though how a person can know what minute odors might have faintly been caught in their pubic hair if they are untrimmed?
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i agree with rebbecca. as long as you take care of yourself...aka...showers/baths there should be no "trapped" odors or fluids...i've never had that problem and i'm about as caucasian as they come. you should def do more research on the topic of caucasian womens pubic hair before making assuming statements about us. it's rather offensive.
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282524 tn?1348489012
i am a caucasain and if u take care of urself right u wouldnt have a trapping of odors and fluids. so i dont think that goes for all caucasain women. so have u done research on this?
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Quite honestly when I have been with Caucasian or Hispanic women the hair seemed to lay in such a manner as to be more obnoxious and to be in the way of oral sex, and trapping odors and fluids more.  And with one lady I knew it was thick enough to cause friction burns.

With Asian (Vietnamese or Korean) the hair did not seem to be much of a problem, the same with women of African descent where the hair was more tightly curled.

Usually if you just trim away from the labia minora you are probably ok.
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282524 tn?1348489012
i think it is what u feel comfortable with. i tried shaving 1 time drove me crazy so i never done it again but i do trim very short.
ask ur man to start trimming or shaving down there, see what he has to say about it.
my husband trims, he isnt big on hair and i feel the same.
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