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The great leg hair battle, brought to you by the lychee-like woman who REALLY WANTS TO WIN THIS ONE, SO DON’T LET ME DOWN, LADIES!

14th March 2008

Posted in: Blog: Life with Lucy & Alice, body wonders, moments

Eric and I are lying in bed last night. I am on my side, with my legs jammed against his side, almost under his arm pit. He rubs them absentmindedly.

“I thought you shaved today?”

“I did shave today. I bloodly well clear-cutted. It was rather Amazonian rainforest-like from the waist down.”

“Um, yeah, I saw that.”

*This receives a rather swift knee to the lung*

“I mean, why are you already bumpy?”

“Well, I was cold today. You know your leg hair grows back quicker if you get goosebumps.”

“I so don’t believe that. You say it all the time, but it can’t be right. It’s not possible.”

So here, Internet, is where you come in. I swear this is true. I can be smoother than a recently Zamboni-ed ice rink, then prickly like a lychee in a matter of hours because a case of the shivers or some other reason that warrants goosebumps. The hair physically grows out again.

Does this happen to you? Or is it just a further curse of having thick, dark, coarse hair?

I need some backup from my leg-shaving sisters…

(You realize if it turns out I’m just some sort of freaky hair sprouter that I will never live it down, right? This has been an ongoing debate between Eric and I for the 9+ years we’ve been together (isn’t marriage fun?!). So if you have to fib a bit, it’s OK. I won’t tell.)

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On March 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, » The great leg hair battle, brought to you by the lychee-like woman … said:
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On March 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm, Jen O. said:
You are totally right! Tell Eric he’s wrong, you’re right, neener neener neener.

Don’t barf over the TMI, but I have literally been in the shower shaving and as I’m shaving the leg hair is growing back. No, I’m not crazy. No, I’m not a horrible shaver. It was because I was cold and I had goosebumps! I can have total cactus-leg within minutes of a fresh, perfect shave.

Isn’t being a woman so convenient?
On March 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm, chris said:
very very true – without a doubt. that’s why i shave in cold water to get goose bumps wish i could afford laser…
On March 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, Shannon said:
I think you are kind of right… I don’t think the hair crows faster but I think the goosebump pulls the hair follicle (is that how you spell it?) closer to the surface of your skin, hence being bumpy too soon! I could be wrong but I think I read that somewhere once!
On March 14th, 2008 at 4:50 pm, Aunt Judy said:
No fibbing..I think you are totally right Carly and here all these years I thought I was some crazy hair growing monster. It is nice to hear I have company. What would marriage be like if we didn’t have these fun debates with our significant other but it is sweet when we are proven right. No competition in our house!!
On March 15th, 2008 at 9:31 am, Kerry said:
You are so right girl, stick it to him…literally! LOL I have this exact problem! In the winter it is basically useless to shave as I, like you have the incredible growing leg hair every time I get the goose bumps!
Kerry
On March 16th, 2008 at 9:15 am, Colleen said:
Ditto. Happens to me all the time. I hate shaving in the winter, because it is a constant battle.

Good luck with the “debate”
On March 16th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, Athena said:
How funny I’ve never heard anyone ever talk about this before, but yeah! That totally happens to me.

To the poster above, I don’t know how you can shave while having goosebumps. I get cut that way, and razor burn.
On March 17th, 2008 at 1:55 pm, Karla said:
Carly – you are so right. And here I was, all this time, thinking it was all in MY head.
On March 17th, 2008 at 2:06 pm, Cheryl said:
I just don’t shave much in the winter… eventually he stops complaining! lol Funny, the longer your hair gets the softer it gets too! I just can’t be bothered I am covered up all the time, knowing that summer is coming and it’ll be almost every day!
On the bright side… I would rather the legs than my face!
On March 18th, 2008 at 11:28 am, Carly said:
Oh, ladies, I knew you wouldn’t let me down!

I can’t tell you how great it feels to know I am not a hairy freak, but just a normal woman battling yet another annoyance of being female.

I will have you know, however, that Eric still DOES NOT BELIEVE me, even with all of you backing me up. Jerk.
On March 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, Devon said:
I just stumble upon this page. I feel your pain. I cry because of my hair. My yoga pants cling to it and it drives me mad. I went for a wax today and all it did was break it off. now im left feelin like i just shaved 6 hours ago. i could have had that effect of a fraction of the cost of my wax job. Its good to know at least a guy loves you enough despite of your leg hair being the way it is.I swear thats why i get dumped so fast is cuase they don’t wanna tell me i turn them off cuz of my legs.