So, one of the joys of being pregnant is that the hair on your legs tends to not grow so fast. Thank god because bending over a 7 pound bump to reach your ankles only to nick yourself is not my idea of fun pampering. Now that I am no longer, wearing elastic bands around my waist as fashion statements, oh, sorry, I mean not pregnant,the razor is in full use again. Lovely. In any case, my friends daughter is 5 and came home asking mommy if she could start shaving. Apparently a particular kindergarten classmate, pointed out that she has some leg hair, and in 5 year old fashion, advised that she do something about it. You'd think my friend would have taken this opportunity to explain to her that she is beautiful just the way she is and it's the inside that counts and that 5 year olds do not shave, etc. etc. etc. But no. Without a thought she said, "Well, you tell her to shave her mustache".
When did you start shaving?
OMG that is hilarious!!!
ReplyDeleteI started at 12, i was going into jr high :)
oh my.. that's sad.
ReplyDeletei was 13 when i started shaving but 14 when i was actually allowed to start shaving.
also i remember that for some reason i was allowed to wear makeup at 13 but i wasn't allowed to wear mascara. i'll never understand that.
5?! That seems sooo young!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember the exact age when I started shaving (I think 12?), but I do recall my first experience with hair removal.
I was at my best friend's house and her aunt had left a bright pink bottle of Nair in the bathroom. We were too young at the time to shave. I think we were 9 or 10. Curious, we took the bottle without telling anyone and hid in her room. We both applied the Nair lotion to our legs...and had massive allergic reactions! Red blotches everywhere! Hilarious memory. :)
omg.. haha... well my mom started me with an electric shaver in middle school and then onto real razors in highschool... :) xxxoo
ReplyDeleteWow.. 5?!?!? That's crazy... I think I was 12 too!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, that's hilarious! I think I was about 12 when I started shaving. I would have started at 10 if I'd been brave enough to ask my mom :-)
ReplyDeleteOh and I just looked at Ritzy Misfit's stuff and I'm totally gonna get myself a necklace as my birthday present to me! So cute!
5?!?! - That is ridic!
ReplyDeleteI started when I was 12!
haha! this is embarrassing. But I have NEVER shaved. The hair on my legs are almost non-existent and I have my mother to thank for that (:
ReplyDeleteFunny! I was 11, and I remember it was so scary asking my mom if I could! Such a big deal in sixth grade though.
ReplyDelete5 years?? OMG this is crazy!! I've started at 12 or 13 I think :)
ReplyDeleteahaha, fabulous story! kids can be so cruel...but that mom (your friend) is sassy and fierce :D
ReplyDeleteand i loathe shaving, i think i purposely waited as long as i could before i started picking up the razor..until my friend told me to something along the lines of "please remove the gross hair buildup smothering your legs!"
That is too funny! I feel for the girl...I was one with very hairy legs growing up and hated it. I don't remember when it was I started...maybe 11/12 but it wasn't soon enough :P
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and this online friendship means a lot to me too! I have really enjoyed getting to know you - you crack me up :-)
First of all, how insane is it that the body knows to not get all hairy legs because you can't reach? That is trippy.
ReplyDelete5 a little young...freaky how fast kids are growing up these days.
I think I started at 11?? I dunno, I just remember that I got grounded for it, because the parents said I had to wait til I was 12, and I was like yeahhh right dude. HA. Same thing happened with makeup, hair dye, etc as the years went on.
Needless to say, I was a JOY.
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hahah!! thats too funny.. maybe something i'd tell my little girl to say hahah! well my pops is a hairy man and i sure got his thick head of hair and tan tan skin. this equals bushy eye brows and hairy legs..ick. but i dont think i started shaving til middle school. i sure didnt ask my mom either, i just took a bath, used her razor and probably missed half my leg but in time i learned!
ReplyDeleteim off to find my dads comment, oh dear i hope he ddint embarrass me!! <3 you!
found it! dork, big ol dork! hahah you are too precious! thank you for taking the time to be sweet to me and my pops! as well as every single person on here! everyone adores you and you are truly truly special! xoxoxoxo!
ReplyDeletethe dork would be my father, not you darling! :)
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ReplyDeletehaha.. your friend is one spunky mom and i love that retort! 5 is a ridiculously young age to shave. I wax! does that count? I think...15.
ReplyDeleteI am laughing so hard (at work, oops) about the mustache line. Oh God. Too funny.
ReplyDeleteMEAN GIRLS!!! oh, girls can be so awful!!!
ReplyDeletei got in to my dad's razor drawer at about 12. i went to town on my legs and then went for my arms. IDIOT! and, to top it all off, i cleaned the blade WITH MY FINGER after every swipe. my finger was cut to ribbons. but hairless arms? that is almost a worthy goal, but i have never done it again!
Any day, girl :) We all have the right to feel that a balance can be struck between being open to inviting others into our lives while maintaining a very healthy set of boundaries. That person broke the rules, and nobody, especially women, should have to feel that our private, personal lives and family are being violated.
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I am pretty sure I started shaving around 12. I remember my mom said I could start with my armpits and then we could discuss the legs. I did the legs too without telling her.
ReplyDelete5 is way too young! Little girls need to hear they are beautiful just the way they are from the time they are born and from every day on. Because society wastes no time in telling them they are inadequate in one way or another.
*And I am getting off my soapbox now :)
This is soooo funny!!!! ha ha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteI started when I saw 10... against my mom's will of course who thought it'd be better if I waited until I was 15. Fifteen!!!!! ahhhh!
OMG BRILLIANT COMEBACK.
ReplyDeletehaha that's so funny! I think I was about 11 years old or so. I don't really remember...always been more on the hairy side though :0
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Oh, man, I needed something to make me laugh today! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI think I was in junior high...but I asked before that since I was jealous of my older sister.
I think it was right before 8th grade or 7th? I think I was 12.
ReplyDeletemustache. ha!
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ReplyDeleteYour story remind me when I was young...I had the same "accident" at school...what a bastard that little boy!!! Thanks for your coment! See you soon...
I think I started shaving in the 6th grade? I can't believe someone called her out in Kindergarten...GEEZ!
ReplyDeleteI started shaving at 11, in the 5th grade, when a "friend" told me my legs were hairy. I was mortified and my small little heart was so hurt!
ReplyDeletehahaha your friend sounds like my kind of person
ReplyDeletehahahaha wow...!
ReplyDeleteomg thats rediculous. and sary now that i am aparent, i have heard of everything being introduced to kids younger and younger!!! like they arent even alowd to just be kids anymore!
ReplyDeleteI was very young. I think a kid at school was saying something about the dark hair growing on my legs for a little while and then i was spending the night at my friends house I wan to say we were 9 we would take baths together. and she decided we should try it., she had an older sister i guess thats where she got idea
I was in 1st grade when a boy made fun of me for having hair on my legs and arms so I went home and locked myself in the bathroom and shaved my legs and arms! My mom coulda killed me... from then on I got to use nair!
ReplyDeletehahahah that is hilarious!!!! probably not the best response to teach her useful lessons about life but pretty darn funny!!
ReplyDeletei wasn't allowed to shave until I was like 13 and then when i turned 13 my mom changed her mind and said i still wasn't allowed so i took one of my moms razors and did it anyways. i was real stubborn like that
and heck yes i'll help you plan his birthday!!
ha.ha..funny! I started when I was 11 or 12, I think? My oldest has started to ask about shaving. She is almost eleven. Yikes, they get too big too fast. Thanks for being here for me during my divorce. It means so much! Muah!
ReplyDeletethis post for some reason truly made me laugh out loud - cute little girl! I started shaving in 2nd grade. I don't know how old that it but I feel it was pretty young!
ReplyDeleteI think I started when I was 11 or 12 :)
ReplyDeletei was in third or fourth grade.. so what? like 9 or 10 i think... my mom helped me and everything. idk why she encouraged it at such a young age? i don't remember being overly hairy for my age! haha. it seems funny tho because my mom didn't allow make up until 8th grade! but i could shave at age 10? hmmm...
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