Oh, the Google hits I shall receive…
A phone call from husband on the way home from work:
Hello?
Hey.
Hi.
Hey, what do you know about men shaving… down there?
What? What the hell?
You know…seriously…have you heard that men… you know like…
(pause, pause…he’s struggling here) shave their private areas?
You mean manscaping?
(another pause) Oh my God! I can’t believe this…I gotta go.
What? Why? What are you even talking about?
Ugh…I’ll be home soon. Love you.
(click)
Upon further discussion that night, I discovered that my husband had never heard of “manscaping”. (We’re both blondes with no excessive hair issues - thank God.) What was funnier than the phone call was how upset he was about it. To him, not knowing somehow meant he was behind the curve, no longer on the cutting edge…getting old.
While I busied myself, plugged my ears and sang the smurf song, he called his friends and took a very unscientific poll. As it turns, out only 2 out of 10 reported that they do indeed take a razor to the area. That news recovered him a bit but not fully. He’s still planning to call the Howard Stern show on his way to work in hopes of further grooming trend enlightenment.
Don’t worry, you too can help. Please take a moment this weekend to ask your husband, boyfriend, grandfather, whatever if they manscape and report back here with your findings. Are you down with that? How low can you go?
LOL!! I’ve just sent an email to the Mr. to see if he is hip to this or behind the times… I’ll let you know.
xo
LBC
One manly vote for below the belt grooming.
No manscaping in our house..and I know dad doesn’t. There is one X in my life that did..and he was ahead of his time. It was 1995ish and he was manscaping.
Hubby knows what it is though.
Todd has manscaped in the past. It is not something that he is hell bent on maintaining - but at times it’s nice - we don’t call him “Todd Selleck” for nothing! :rofl:
I don’t know if it’s coincidence, or if I’ve just been attracting metrosexuals my whole life, but every one of my dudes (one brunette, one blonde) have been clean as a whistle from the eyes down. Of course, the latest boy is a cyclist, so that one stands to reason. I don’t know the aerospace engineer’s excuse. Either way, I appreciate not having clean up little leg, arm, or (heaven forbid) pubic hairs from all over the bathroom, etc. Hairy areas are a breeding ground for bacteria, and that causes odor. I can’t say I’ve ever lamented their smoothness and longed for a something more wooly. Body hair kinda grosses me out.
My Hubby is a hairy sasquach! Yes, he does manscape (I don’t think he realizes that there is such a cool name for it) every once in a while when he’s feeling a bit adventurous. He starts with the clippers and then a razor… Sorry if that is TMI!!! :duh:
My findings: occassionally, yes. And yes!! :lovestruck:
Well, from my cross-section of society consisting mainly of old school bikers who don’t shave their FACE or cut their hair much, either, you can bet that NONE of them are shaving down there.
And if my husband requested hair removal, I would start with his BACK.
I never knew it was called that!
my husband is a firm believer in manscaping.
It might have had something to do with me
insistingexplaining that I prefer to floss with mint flavored, wax coated strings, not neon red hairs..whatever made him start, I don’t care, becuase I reap the benefits.
I’ll probably be considered weird, but what’s with this current phobia of hair? Why are people so grossed out by it? I think it must have something to do with fear of aging; hairlessness=youth, or something. I don’t get it. It has to have some psychological basis.
Some women help with the manscaping.
HA! My hubby has been know to do a little manscaping every once in a while. :giggle:
Another hubby manscaper here….
Not all of it though, just some pruning around the important parts :rofl:
He has always done it from the time I first had “access” to the area :lovestruck:
HA! No manscaping going on around here.
Hold the phone. I JUST THIS WEEKEND learned about manscaping. I’m with your husband- TOTALLY clueless. My friend reported to me and three other friends that YES her husband shaves his balls and tidies up down there. Shocked I was!!!
Where have I been? Apparently in the dark (so to speak) with your husband (so to speak). Look at all the comments above me. EVERYONE is in on this but me and your husband.
What else are you people doing and not telling me??????
I’ve heard of manscaping…but sadly, it does not happen round these parts. Hrmph.
Hubby DOES manscape. But he gets dressed in a locker room with many other men every day for work… I think that influenced him a bit.
He is blonde, well red really, and not excessively hairy. But does manscape. (Shh, I kinda like it!)
:rofl: This topic definately made me smile! I needed that after the day I’ve had so far. Too funny! Yep, my hubbie will manscape every here or there.
I got a big “huh?” when I asked if he had heard of manscaping.
But he’s neat and clean. Sheesh. No bacteria laden pubic hairs found anywhere in out bathroom. Besides, I don’t think I’d want manscaping razors sitting in the shower.
Yeah I’ve seen manscaping before, and I think it’s more hygienic to have less pupic hair down there..Maybe I’ll go out next week and book - I’m due for a Brazillian. Ever heard of that word boys? :giggle:
In the 5 years the pilot and I have been together, he’s usually only “trimmed and thinned” the family jewels. But about 7 or 8 mos ago I got up the courage (2 glasses of vino helped) to ask him to try some serious manscaping, all the way down … and he did it! He loves it, I love it, and he loves that I love it!
Uhm, none of that going on here. He leaves his facial hair all over his electric razor as it is. Could you imagine if he left pubes on it as well? I’ve barf for real.
:O
I think manscaping is ridiculous!!
Hair is sensual and it actually protects your jewels from bacteria, not the other way around.
I had no idea and you can tell your husband that too.
NAHHHHARRRGHHH! No- none of that going on here. He never heard of it but when I said what it was, in his usual nonplussed ( sort of like when he realized we had a trash compactor after living here for nine months) he said, “huh. that’s attractive.” Also, I’m cracking up at Angie. I need to go see how those chicky eggs are cooking.
I am soooo totally missing out on this one! I’m no Brazilian Waxer girl, but I do keep myself tidy, I never thought to mention it to my darling. However, as a birth doula, I’ve noticed more than a few mama’s going totally bare: now, is this a “birth” thing or a “everyday” kind of thing, or just a weird earthy crunchy homebirth doula girl kind of thing? Gah, I am soooo old! :shame:
:O Wow. I gotta say that in our household, the only hair that gets trimmed or shaped is attached to our heads. We will trim the ends of our long, luxurious locks, and just recently we started shaping his beard. Since I do all the beard-shaping, he’s come to refer to his face as my little topiary *laugh*
Hair is beautiful, natural, and given to you to protect your delicate and sensitive skin, no matter where it is growing. :duh: I can’t even begin to imagine how itchy, scratchy, and uncomfortable his baldness would be on any part of poor little me. Heck, avoiding scritchy is why he started growing the beard! Anyway, shaving stuff would take too much valuable time out of our already busy schedules.
Cute name for it though. *chuckle*
Heh…some manscaping in this house, but not much. Fearless Husband had heard about “the optical inch” and decided it couldn’t hurt…but is afraid to trim too closely, as he doesn’t want to itch. Why are men so obsessed with measurement??
For guffaws (at least I laughed like hell!) check out the Phillips bodygroom site at http://www.shaveeverywhere.com
The Ex manscaped. I was creeped out by it. Nick is my walking Chewbacca. Except on top of his head…all bald!
I’ve got to admit I do the manscaping thing. Everything except a small patch above the, u know! I’ve been this way for several years now. I just tried it once after hearing about it and really liked it so just kept it going. My wife dosen’t keep up with the times and thinks I’m the only guy that does it.