As I have said in previous blog entries, I have been discussing some pretty random, personal things lately. Some things are more serious than others. Some are simply for pure laugh therapy. This entry is one of the latter. There are times when I truly believe that I wouldn’t have made it through the last year if I didn’t have the people around me that I do. Today, I’m talking about the type of friend that can sit with me, in a restaurant, on St. Patty’s day and discuss the following topic in public! You know who you are and I love you! This entry is all for you!
What the heck am I talking about now? **Insert parental warning here. ** A topic that believe it or not, has come up quite a bit lately. Manscaping! I know, what am I thinking, but you know you are all dying to read what I have to say on the subject, aren’t you.
Part of the re-invention of myself is talking about all the things I was told I was not allowed to talk about. One of the things that I have heard the most about my “married” personality is that I was in a shell and was always the quiet, well-behaved, proper wife. I remember when I was 21 and wanted to get my eye-brow pierced and was told by my spouse that I could not and if I did, he would not be seen in public with me. When Spot left, everyone was shocked because I never told anyone any of the things that went on. Most everyone thought we were perfect. I became private to an unhealthy degree. I am finding such freedom in discussing things with people nowadays, and am getting quite the education!
I digress. Back to the subject at hand because I know you don’t care about that other stuff. Manscaping…OMG! It’s wonderful and about time! I wonder, is there a way for me to add this to my match profile along with height and body type? I would even sacrifice on other things to make this a priority. Don’t get me wrong, I like a man to be a man and if he takes longer than me to get ready to go out, that’s not good.
All these years, women have been dealing with the expectation that we all have to look like porn stars “down there”, while we are stuck dealing with stinky, sweaty balls. A few years back, I remember I had a conversation at the gym with a group of women on the elliptical machine. We were laughing about all the “gym heads” shaving themselves from head to toe. The collective opinion of the group seemed to be that this was weird and “unnatural”. Well, really, is a heart shaped bikini area natural????? I don’t think so. Is putting hot wax all around the most sensitive area of our body, putting cloth over it and ripping it off, “natural”. I think not.
Like I have said before, this has probably been going on for some time but I wouldn’t have any reason to know about it, and am thrilled to bits now that I do. Now, if I could only get “winked” again. ;)
