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Taming the Forest: What to Do About Armpit Hair?

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I can't raise my arms.

You see, I have a small problem. It's a hairy situation, really, what with the forest of growth developing in the pits of darkness.

I've got furry armpits.

At first, it started off rather innocently. Read that as "shear laziness." (Pun intended.) Between having to bend over and contort to shave the nether regions and my gams, I simply ran out of energy one day while I was in the shower. So I left my pits for another day, thinking I'd get to them eventually.

Then came the epic battle over razors. I keep buying them, and they keep disappearing. I hear this is the price one pays for having a teenaged girl. I don't know what she does with them, but given the lack of body hair on her still-developing body, I have a strong suspicion she is stealing them and selling them on the black market to raise money for packs of bubble gum.

My daughter of course pleads innocent on all charges. Her defense? The razors must have grown legs and marched away looking for less hairy pastures to play in.

All I know is that every time I felt inspired to weed whack, there is no implement at hand and the pits stay forested.

Totally sexy right?

Not long after my own carpet arrived I read Schmutzie's ode to the fuzzy wuzzies, and what can I say? I was inspired. These pits had a hall pass to freedom  because suddenly I wasn't just lazy any more, I was fighting the repressing confines of pathological and  idiotic societal rules of decency.

I had flower power, baby, all shooting out between the ever-lengthening hairs I hid beneath my arms. Or at least that's what I told myself when I suddenly caught a glimpse of my new little shag rugs.

Days morphed into weeks, and weeks have turned into months and still, eventually has not yet arrived. Meanwhile my pit hair has continued to grow like a wild fire out of control.

Heck, at this rate I'm looking into beading the little suckers so that every time I shake my arms the sounds of music waft sweetly from underarms.

My husband thinks this is wholly unacceptable. He doesn't understand why my legs are smooth and my nethers groomed, my pits remain an abomination. Apparently since I wax southern parts, I should wax the northern parts. I've told him the day he leans over and rips out his own armpit hair using nothing but his teeth is the day I will willingly sign up to have my pit hair waxed.

Until then, it's free-range and nature at it's very best under these arms.

Granola anyone?

I'm rebelling against a society husband that dictates that in order for me to be sexy, I have to have silky smooth armpits. If Boo can walk around with woolly underarms and enough back hair to make a  grizzly bear envious and still be considered sexy, why not me?

I think he's threatened by my follicular abilities, truth be told.

Ignore the dictates of society and embrace the undercarriage fluff I tell you. It's freeing. Even if it is a little sweaty.

This is womanhood at it's best hairiest. I mean what is sexier than seeing the deodorant ball up and form little white beads dangling on the end of the grass growing under a woman's arms?

I'm taking a sabbatical from the war on fuzz and welcoming the pelt I've cultivated under my arms. That's right, I'm saving the environment one razor at a time. I'm sacrificing tank tops and short sleeves all in the name of saving the world.

I'm doing this for you. You can thank me later.

Raise your hand if you're with me.

Anyone?

This post has been brought to you against the wishes of my husband.

I should apologize to him.

But he stole my last razor.

 

When Tanis Miller isn't writing on her blog Attack of the Redneck Mommy she spends her time beading errant chin whiskers.

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almorr 5 pts

Redneck mommy, how awful of your husband to not love the way you are naturally are, looking at you reminds me of my wife when she was your age, I loved her like that, its just a pity that your husband does not like you when you do not shave those parts.

ChickensConsigliere 5 pts

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The armpits are easy. It is the legs I hate. If I was going to have a flower power moment I think it would involve growing dreadlocks, and listening to some Grateful Dead.

IsleDance 5 pts

I am so with you on this...yet not brave enough to show it off to the world. It's work, being a girl.

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ddicorcia 5 pts

What are we in France or Germany??? I am sorry but hair pits on a woman are gross! To take pictures of your hairy pits is just plain trailer trash. Honestly, we get it , you are living off the grid but us who have to smell you in Walmart have a problem with your granola lifestyle!!!!

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Ameena 5 pts

I was equally disgusted and humored by this post. :)

As someone who shaves every single day you can't really blame me.

In any case you have a really great way with words!! I was laughing throughout.

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cool librarian 5 pts

I don't shave anything in winter, and by the time summer rolls around, my pits are furtastic! I wouldn't bother to shave at all, but I get sick of the eye rolls, disgusted looks, and downright nastiness I encounter during the summer months. So the pits get shaved three months a year, tops.

The legs, however, are another story. I shave them maybe six times a year. I don't know if it's because I have never shaved them often or what, but I barely have leg hair at all, and what I do have is fine and largely unnoticeable. Which is weird because I am hairy as hell everywhere else.

The lady bits? Don't do anything ever unless there is a special "romantic" request, which is rare. We're both hippies - my husband actually gets sad when I landscape!

Liz Thompson 5 pts

Holy Hannah Montana...I absolutely love, Love, LOve, LOVe, LOVE this post!!!

[raises both hands]

Although, my husband doesn't mind and thinks armpit hair IS sexy -- don't be jealous -- I realize that I am a VERY lucky woman.

Also, razor blades are just too gosh-darned expensive!!!

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almorr 5 pts

Liz Thompson Like you Liz, I don't mind the fact that my wife has never shaved her armpit hair, I also think that this is sexy, it does not stop her from wearing sleeveless dresses and tank tops in the summer, the only razor blades in our house are the ones for me.

dailypinch 5 pts

I read a book on French lifestyle and if I am not mistaken, they said "legs are public, arm pits are private".

Grow it out my friend. You might want to bedazzle under there...or wear glittery deodorant for that special "something"

bexband 5 pts

and I am glad to see that women are questioning these strange norms we've created in society!

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Michelle Gartner 5 pts

I have been using one for years and now have less and less hair under the pits and on my legs.

It hurts like crazy at first and then you get use to it. It is worth it to get used to as I can go for long periods of time (months sometimes) without worrying about my pits and legs looking like a gorillas.

Before I was a slave to shaving, because I come from a long line of really hairy chicks.

Liz Henry 12 pts

I shaved my pits a few times in high school but other than that, it's all hairy around here. I can't imagine why anyone would mind it.

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almostallthetruth 5 pts

I haven't bought a razor in a ridiculously long time... I have, however, been known to use my husband's on a near daily basis. ;)

Brenna blogs at Almost All The Truth ( http://www.almostallthetruth.com ) and contributes to a little etsy love ( http://etsyfix.blogspot.com/ ) in between life as a m

Suzanne Reisman 7 pts

I. Hate. Shaving.

Love your post, though!

Suzanne also blogs at Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants ( http://cussandotherrants.com ) and is the author of Off the Beaten (Subway) Track ( http://offthebeatensubwaytrack.com ).

SCanon 9 pts

I know a lot of people are gasping and saying "Ick" over those pictures, but I found it all rather amusing. Sometimes I will get massive razor burn in my armpits and have to cease all shaving for a few days in order for the razor burn to heal and in that 3-4 day time, I get a jungle under there. As a dark haired gal with a family history of scary-hairy people, I feel it is for the greater good for all of those around me to keep my fuzz under control. However, I remain fairly unphased when I see unshaved ladies. It's a royal pain in the butt to control all of our errant hair and I find it to be the courageous thing to do to just throw one's hands in the air and say "F@*$ it! I'll just be hairy!"
Somer blogs at Merry Wife of Canon ( http://www.merrywifeofcanon.com ) as well as Smell My Plate ( http://www.smellmyplate.com ).

Hey Jen 9 pts

My razors disappear with increasing frequency as well. Try x2 teenage girls. ;(

Also, I don't like shaving and/or waxing so some days(weeks) I do nothing unless I have to. Especially in winter. But during summer I am a little more active in my hair removal.