Thursday, November 13, 2008

What we do for vanity?



So we women do everything we can to get rid of hair. We wax, we shave, we laser, we bleach, we pluck but in all my years i have never tried to remove eye brows of all things with a box cutter. I guess it is a big thing here. While watching my friends groom eachother in this way I was wondering what do you say to this? What do I say when they ask if I want them to do mine? And how will explain to them how crazy this looks to me? So I started out with "Why don't you pluck those thigs out? It lasts longer!" the answer, " That would hurt!" So they sort of shave it off with a box cutter blade. They of course then asked, "do want us to do yours?" I said Oh that's ok I plucked mine yesterday. Well while watching them shape with such care I noticed that they all have leg and toe hair ever so noticably peeking out from under skirts and pants, and it made me wonder if they ever thought to cut it off. They always comment on my leg hair how thick it is and that it wouldn't be that bad if I had not shaved it the first time. I then had to explain that even as a young girl my leg hair was darker than some men's, forcing me to shave it off at the ripe age of 15. So getting into it I then ask about arm pit hair and there responce, to my amazment, "we pluck it out of course!" Well what could I say to that I pluck my eyebrows!

2 comments:

Greta said...

Don't even get me started on you and body hair. Praise God for liquid soap, or I don't think you could have survived childhood. I pray for you after childbirth. All the hair you will loose may make you loose your mind. You will find it everywhere. Sometimes mine gets stuck in my braces. (EWWWWW!!!) I also remember how much you did not want to shave. I think it had something to do with all the work you knew it would entail, and not wanting to grow up, Peter Pan. Your mom always said she, and you had hog bristles growing on your legs (Hi Cath!) so maybe those box cutters would be just the thing!

Erin McDonald said...

Very funny Greta! I am slowly getting over the hair thing but it still grosses me out a little! I am gaging just thinking about you having hair stuck in your braces!! Oh man that is nasty! Thanks for making me laugh!