Manscaping: A Survey

Ladies and Gentlemen, I need your help. As I've mentioned, my husband has been a workout fiend for the past year - INCLUDING adding about 75 pills/day into his regimen. The pills range from acidophilus something or other to help digestive health to cinnamon to help triglycerides to a whole bunch of other pills including the one that tried to kill him last week.

While I am sort of mocking my husband and the degree to which he's taken all this - I am not mocking the results.  He looks fantastic, he feels fantastic and I can finally get him to do yardwork without listening to him whine about what part of him hurts.

Last week for our wedding, he pulled out an old button down shirt that he used to wear and it looked like a kids shirt on him because his arms and chest are so much bigger than they were a few years ago.  

And when he walks up to me and asks me to feel his swollen biceps, I'm not going to lie, it DOES THINGS to me.

BUT he's not getting the VISUAL response that he's looking for when he takes off his shirt.  I think he thinks that when I see his bulging pecs I'm going to run at him full throttle, throw him on the bed and have my way with him.

So I finally told him that his bulging pecs are somewhat obscured by the OTHER layer of warmth God gave him - namely the sweater vest he wears year round.

Ok, it's not that bad.  I've seen some hairy guys and my husband is NO WHERE NEAR like that - BUT, he's not this guy either...

(You can ignore the face, Gronk's best features are not above his shoulders.)

"I can shave." my husband said.

"Um, Yeah. No." I said thinking of the stubble action when we were chest to chest.

"What about wax?" I suggested.

"NO FUCKING WAY." he said.

"ok." I said.

"Really!?!" he asked.

"Look," I told him, "I'm the girl who had sex with you when you DID fit into that tiny shirt so, no offense, but I don't really care what you look like (within certain limits).  All I'm saying is that if you want me to drool - then the hair needs to go - but I dont CARE if it doesn't.  But you asked."

Since then we've really dropped it but I'm wondering what you think...

 

Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Do you like to play Jane and swing through the jungle or do you think that what goes around comes around and a little manscaping can't hurt? Or do you really not care?

Comments

[VoodooManMagic]

I totally do it currently to no adverse effects. Twice a week and it stays small and soft. If he has really thick hair, than he could just trim it so it is not too much of a hassle. Just some electric trimmers and a couple minutes.

[MsMeggiepoo]

I love my hubs' chest hair, and I tell him so alllll the time. It's dark and thick and black and manly - but not like gross hanging out of the back of his collar or anything. He doesn't manscape, and I'd kill him if he tried :)

[Rorybore]

Love a smooth chest - no doubt about it. but I wouldn't go so far as to ask hubby to manscape.
I can live with a bit of manly fuzz, as long as it is in the Front.
If it has a gorilla back, it gets the hot wax. :)

[Katie]

Muscles look better without hair, but I've been with a guy who shaved and the stubble is NOT worth it.

[Evin]

I'm a fan of chest hair... I do enjoy looking at smooth pecs... but if I'm gonna touch, I wanna feel a MAN... If I want smooth boobs, I'll touch my own.

[Liz]

I think i'm like you. It would be nice, but not required. I should also say... I hardly ever do any womanscaping. I'm super super lazy.

[Boreal]

My husband INSISTS on keeping himself shaved. Chest and nether-regions. It helps him feel clean. He is also into working out so he likes to show it off. He does not shave his legs or the lower half of his arms (he shaves from his shoulders down to just below his tattoos on his biceps, right above his elbow. pretty much any part of his arm that would show in a regular t-shirt he does not shave. It works though because from his tattoos down his hair is fine and thin so it kind of blends downward without looking strange). Also keeping his chest shaved helps him feel YOUNGER because he has started getting grey chest hair. I will admit though, I did at one point get a weird rashy looking patch of what we decided was a rug burn of some sort, from his lack of shaving his chest rubbing against my collar bone while we were doing the deed. So if he starts he needs to keep up with it. And then if he starts to like it, be prepared for him to ask you to shave his back.

[Shaun]

I say yes. I'm a man and I keep trimmed. It's due, in part, to the fact I have a whopping total of three chest hairs. Though on a whim two years ago I did my underarms and really liked the results: less BO, no snags of hair. Very nice.

As far as the critical areas. I started about 7 years ago prior to my vasectomy. Again, less odor, no sudden hair plucking moments brought on by jeans, and the Mrs. invests a bit more time down there because stray hairs don't find their way into her mouth during oral. She has said as much and prefers it maintained.

Now, the lower back hair is creeping in and I'm thinking a wax is in order at some point. Soon. Maybe.

[The Redneck Princess]

I like a little bit of chest hair, back hair not so much and sweater...uh...not sure, but probably no. I really think he should go for the waxing, cause it would last longer and be fairly amusing for you!! Everyone wins right ???? :)

[lc]

Definitely get rid of the chest hair. At least trim it. Nothing worse than lying on your husband's chest and having chest hair tickle your nose.

[KTJ]

Just a trip I think. My boyfriend does even though he's not all buff or anything. Like you said, what's good for the goose!

[KTJ]

"Just a TRIM"

[katie]

Shaving is a bad idea. But I'm all for some waxing, not necessarily all. Just keep the hairs from coming out of the front of the shirt.

[Lisa @ Floating Along...]

I don't like a lot of hair - but chest-shaving is a big no-no. He waxes every now and then, enough to thin it out and keep it soft. I really didn't have a preference but now that he does it, I like it a lot better.

[Lucy Ball]

Oh, definitely! I'm Pro Manscaping.

[Kristen @ The Balanced Bowl]

I love some chest hair. Nothing that requires a "BRUSH." But some nice chest hair feels great on the fingertips. Having said this....not into back hair or shoulder wings or any other weird patches of fuzz in other obscure locations. ;)

Congrats on getting married!

[Jamie Jones]

MOST definitely pro-manscaping!!!!

[John]

I'm not all that hairy, so I'm kind-of lucky, I guess. I have some chest hair, but it's really not a lot, and it kind of works for a natural look (without my having to do anything).

If I had enough chest hair to obscure the view? I'd probably shave - I'll admit it. Well, no - I'd do what I do with another manscaped area . . . keep it trimmed. I have a pair of hair clippers . . . I use a razor on my head, but the clippers do wonders for my beard and the, ahem, more sensitive areas.

[Dave C]

Does he expect YOU to shave???