Today, I watched as my girlfriend painfully plucked her eyebrows for half an hour. She is willing to do this, but not shave her armpits on a regular basis. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that my girlfriend has more armpit hair than me. FML
Today, I had to explain to my boyfriend that yes, girls do get armpit hair, we just have to shave it. FML
Today, my boyfriend asked me why girls don't have armpit hair. FML
Today, after begging for over an hour, I had to pay my sister $20 to wax my back for me so my bra would stop painfully pulling at the hair I repulsively seem to be growing there. FML
Today, I explained to my teenage daughter that enough was enough and she needed to start shaving her armpits again, stating it was unladylike and unsanitary. Her only response was, "If it's so unsanitary, why don't you make my brother do it?" I give up. FML
Today, like every month, the beautician spent 10 minutes removing the hairs from my stomach. I'm a girl. FML
Today, I realized my girlfriend has more hair on her abdomen than I have on mine. FML
Today, I walked into the living room to find my boyfriend plucking his ball hairs with the same tweezers I use for my eyebrows. FML
Today, I shaved half my eyebrow off trying to shave my uni-brow. FML
Today, my girlfriend slapped a waxing strip on my beard because she is sick of quarantine and wanted to lash out at someone. FML
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Ambrily 27
Do you shave yours, OP?
mickymoose1 15
Whether she shaves her armpits or not is up to her. If it bothers you so much, might I suggest you keep your opinion to yourself? If you truely care for her you wouldn't care if she shaves them everyday or once a year. Cut this toxic behaviour out and grow up.
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Comments (10)
Joy Smith 5
It is up to her! She can do what she wants with her body. Live with it :)
alex_jaguara 33
She doesn't have to shave but it's more hygenical.
lilacgold 16
It makes little difference to hygiene if you wash regularly anyway. If it was a hygiene issue, men would be expected to shave their underarms too and would probably be expected to do so even more than women, since they tend to sweat more than women do. Shaved legs and underarms on women are an expectation born of razor companies' desires to make money from all genders, not just those with beards.
Joy Smith 5
No, its not. Washing the armpits is enough. Lots of men dont shave their armpits and dont have to face judgmental comments about it.
idragosani 17
Get a hint... she's not doing either thing for you or any man. She does it for herself.
sarianna 10
alex_jaguara: That is a myth. So long as one washes regularly it's not any less hygienic than shaving. Do you really prefer shaved but unwashed?
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
Shaving is actually bad for hygiene: more chance of infection, and armpit hairs are supposed to absorb sweat so you don't smell.
raven_of_azarath 35
If it’s more hygienic, then why don’t guys shave too?
Ambrily 27
Do you shave yours, OP?
mickymoose1 15
Whether she shaves her armpits or not is up to her. If it bothers you so much, might I suggest you keep your opinion to yourself? If you truely care for her you wouldn't care if she shaves them everyday or once a year. Cut this toxic behaviour out and grow up.
lilacgold 16
1.She doesn't owe anyone smooth armpits, it's her body and her choice 2. Eyebrows are way more visible than armpits, especially in winter, so I can see why she'd prioritise them if she wanted to make an effort with any kind of body hair, and while plucking is painful it's also the most effective method 3. Eyebrow shape is an important part of presentation and self-expression for many people. Underarm hair levels are not. Many men also pluck their eyebrows, particularly those who are prone to monobrow/unibrow, but far fewer remove their underarm hair. Let the poor girl live how she wants to live!
KitsuneKaji 8
Honestly, underarm hair is just as hygienic, maybe even more so than shaving it. As long as she is showering every day, it stays clean. When underarm hair is shaved, there are higher risks for cuts, infections, ingrown hairs, abscesses, etc. I'm sure that if you were helping her drain a smelly, infected abscess from a small cut from her razor, that's easier than seeing her with underarm hair? Do you also have problems with her leg hair? Arm hair? Upper lip hair? Intimate place hair? Toe/foot hair? Finger/hand hair? No? Or is the real reason because your thoughts of underarm hair is only a "guy thing", and don't want a masculine girlfriend? Maybe there are a lot of things you need to rethink if underarm hair is so gross to you, OP.
rotflqtms_ 21
Her body, her choice. If you don't like it, you can hit the road.
rebelwithmouseyhair 18
It's not about you. Get over yourself and be glad you have a girlfriend. What have you done to make yourself look attractive to her?
RichardPencil 32
Dump her. She has no respect for you. Of course, you'll have to conform to her grooming preferences for you.
raven_of_azarath 35
All of this support for women not having to shave is so great. If I wear pants that are any shorter than touching the ground, my mom makes comments about how my legs are “disgusting” and “look like boy’s legs” because I don’t shave. But I’m agender, and shaving makes me feel dysphoric.
dasin 18
well if you dont like the choice then move on...but in all honesty it doesnt seem like a big enough problem to even be a fml