Men who trim their pubic hair: insecure or thoughtful?

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They say that if you do a little snipping, your dick looks bigger. Yes. I will pause.

I have also heard, from more than one woman, that it's "nice" and "considerate". Since I've been, erm, experimenting with the hair on my face maybe it would be fun to.. god, I can't even say it. Get into the double-standard conversation if you must, but I am particularly interested simply in whether or not you think it's a good idea.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

yes it's an interesting feeling, look - can be fun, thouhg you'll find yr pubes stink a little more because reduced absorbant level etc, nothing a shower or two once a year won't cure...be careful about shaving though - itching is ferocious.

― Geoff, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But what if it produces the same effect that poor old Samson suffered from but, er, "localised"?

― jamesmichaelward, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

nothing a shower or two once a year won't cure

So out of curiosity, Geoff, do you only shower when they file the environmental impact report?

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think it's nice. I'm sure guys appreciate the same hygeine on ladies, right?

― Samantha, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

environmental impact reports are for greenie hippie treehuggers...it's when they tape a no fly radiation ribbon around my front door that i start thinking serously about how i'm gonna get ciggies and coffee.

― Geoff, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my fear: that it will make LEG hair seem more, um, hairy. guess i'd better shave my legs.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think Samantha's right on this one. You should do what you expect your partner(s) to do, right? I mean, an overabundance of hair somewhere like that can be a bit scary at the best of times, whoever it's on...

― Paul Strange, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

...but where does it END?

― fred solinger, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Are you examining yourself, Fred?

― Nick, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As he types, Nick!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

listen, i'm not going to take any guff from a guy who shaved his leg hair for no practical reason.

― fred solinger, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

raggett! that's ENOUGH, ya moderate narcissist.

― fred solinger, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Trimming your pubic hair is kind of fun. Plus, it really makes you look like you've got your shit together.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dan's completely right about that.

― Nitsuh, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hm, leave it to the two smooth lover men to agree on that subject. Did you compare each other's work? ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Beware the possibilities of cuts and resulting ingrown hairs afterwords. Sorry, but that's gotta be nastier than untouched and unshaven.

Never been requested to shave "there" before, and I've never requested partners to do the same.

― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

UGH. UGH. UGH. As long as we're not talking scary behemoth amounts of hair, it should be left alone on guys. I mean, first off, every girl alive knows about that lame ass dick trick - it doesn't make you look bigger, it makes you look like a moron who thinks it looks bigger. Plus, guys tend not to be that up on keeping up with grooming as regularly as girls are - you ever have stubble grind you? Not nice.

I mean, I'm a big huge fan of the double standard on body hair, really. Girls = none, guys = some to a lot. But even if I wasn't, it's terrible, all my female friends have a good laugh about guys who do that, even the ones who think it's "better" (ie no hair in the mouth syndrome), because we ALL know that you lot think it makes you look bigger. You aren't fooling anyone!

― Ally, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'll be honest, I never even heard of this purported male trick until Tracer Hand mentioned it in the start of the thread. It's not one I'll be pursuing any time soon.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

wha - you shave your pubic hair, you might as well buy a cock ring and a bondage harness. seriously, though, is there anything more disturbing than a hairy person with a weird naked triangle downstairs? it makes your bits look like a bundle of baby naked mole rats, too.

― your null fame, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say dud. And Ally's right; it makes it scratchy.

― Sean, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You all misunderstand me. There is a gigantic world of difference between "shaved" and "trimmed". One is neat and tidy, the other is paedophilic.

― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well that's somewhat different, but still somewhat odd at the same time.

― Ally Thunderkitty, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a friend who gave himself a trim. The next thing you know, he's obsessed- shaves his chest and legs, buys a bicycle, starts eating porridge three meals a day, and eventually goes to a salon to receive the perfect triangle.

― hans, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Porridge?

― Ally, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i like the thatch

― anthony, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Once I went to get my nails done and my nail girl (?) made a point of showing me the heart-shape a collegue had waxed her bikini area into. It was valentine's day.

― Samantha, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dude, what kind of salon are you going to?

― Ally, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

is it true that if you trim your dick it makes your pubic hair look longer?

― ethan, Tuesday, 16 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, I have quite a bit, so it has crossed my mind to try a little trimming. I hate being one of those guys at the urnial--you know the type--who takes his dick out and ten thousand hairs come with it.

― Steve Bryan, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what have you been eating?

― ethan, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

it makes your bits look like a bundle of baby naked mole rats, too. HAHAH I'm about to trim mine, I dont think shaved is perverse, it's just what they like.

― Sammy Australia, Wednesday, 16 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'They' being the other naked mole-rats?

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

four weeks pass...

I trim my pubic hair. Acutally, I trim all my body hair. NOT SHAVE. I do shave my balls and butt. My partner likes it. He has a hissy fit everytime I trim...but enjoys it after it's done. He keeps telling me he likes hairy guys...but I like smooth guys and he doesn't trim.

― Trimmed Guy, Thursday, 14 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

doesn't it itch though?

― Geoff, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

why don't people just leave their stuff alone? i mean honestly boymuffs, girlmuffs, its all good!

― di, Friday, 15 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Blah.... Blah blah blah!!! blah blah

― Blah Monkey, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i lit my chest hair on fire. WHOOOMPF! pretty exciting.

― duane, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

but it prolly didn't smell too nice.

― nancy b., Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

man the smell was the best thing about it.

― , Sunday, 24 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

does a guy do this because he is turned on by his own hairless self?

― Muta in, Thursday, 7 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

If a man who trims his pubic hair makes a post to this thead, and no one is around to google it, does it count as a post?

(this is one of my favorite threads ever, by the way)

― Brian MacDonald, Thursday, 7 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The title alone places it in the firmament of all time Greatest Threads.

― Nicole, Thursday, 7 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, after reading all of this...

YES, I trim the pubes. Why? Because it looks neater and cleaner, and seems to turn back the clock on my appearance by five or ten years (I'm 37). Of course, I also trim my chest hair. I do this about once a month. Oh, and no matter what your size might be, GO SLOW AND BE CAREFUL. A stab of the scissors can be incredibly painful to soft pubic flesh, especially on the ol' thrill hammer.

I had average hair growth down below, and the fact it is blond makes it look shorter than it is. Still, after watching any porn video, you can see that the majority of males in the vids shave completely, and it just makes a guy look younger in my opinion. The trick is not to trim too much, and to keep it even. It's not as easy as you think! If your partner is into it, have them do it because they can get a, um, "better perspective" (up close and personal) than you can.

The old stereotype of hair=manliness is kind of dated. My trimmed chest hair totally makes my gym workouts seem more effective. After my first trim, the bed chatter included "you have REALLY been working out, haven't you?" Nope. Just trimmed the hair down a bit. Minor task. No sweat. Looks good.

How you feel about your appearance is the key. Unless there is a major objection from your partner, go with what feels right for you. If you feel like you look better after a trim, then you WILL look better. Everyone is different. The good news is that hair grows back, and the length will terminate at the natural length. You won't have permanent short or long patches. It just doesn't work that way. In other words, it will eventually look exactly the same as it did pre-trim.

Yeah, yeah, I know: enough already!

Clip 'em, dude!

― Joe in SF, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

If you're a moderately hairy bloke (as I am), you can't just trim/shave individual bits of body hair as you'd then look, well, stupid and patchy. I once offered to shave myself in exchange for my partner doing it, but for some reason my half of the deal was never called upon (though I was SO grateful that she kept to hers).

For someone with a reputation for smuttiness, I had *never* heard the "it makes your cock look bigger* line. Perhaps this is because, unlike some, I don't search despairingly for ways of increasing my proportions :-)

― Mark C, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, you just hang weights from your private parts and be done with it, then.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The thought of a guy trimming his pubes makes me sick. The hairier the better. Of course past the age of 25 the hair starts thinning on it's own and becomes straighter. Only the young guys really have the thick curly bushes....

― , Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Insecure or thoughtful?

Nah. Bored.

― Daver, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm fully shaved and my girlfriend (also shaved) loves it. I let the area above my package grow back once and she asked me to shave it off. She likes the feel of skin on skin.

You do have to keep it shaved or it will irritate your parntner, though.

― Jerry Jergensen, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

well i just trimmed mine... i like it have to wait for other sex opinion. Reaseon ....err none was bored and badbing it was done what can i say. Actually no i lie the last girl i was sleeping with complained that she kept getting pubes in her whilst ...well u know what. Thought i'd be considerate for the next lucky lady ;)

― Chris, Sunday, 31 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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Get them to shave a hand shape into it.

― Mark C, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 13:05 (eighteen years ago)

Tracer, I had a hernia done about 3 years ago. It was traumatic to look down for maybe 2 months.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

I had one last year. It's not that traumatic.

― Michael White, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

A hernia or a pubic shave?

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

Hernia then pubic shave then hernia operation, Ned, if you're so interested. ;)

― Michael White, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

why are hernias so popular? should i get one?

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

No. They're a pain in the, uh, groin.

― Michael White, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

They're good for free pity for about 5 days tho.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)

this surgery is completely ruining my playing time in the upcoming baseball season >:(

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

I am having my balls cut off tomorrow so I have baldied them in preparation.

― onimo, Thursday, 15 March 2007 11:33 (eighteen years ago)

-:0

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 March 2007 11:35 (eighteen years ago)

shall we call you nim from now on then?

― StanM, Thursday, 15 March 2007 11:36 (eighteen years ago)

nim?

Not quite cut off. I'm having my Catholic breeding urges curtailed by vasectomy. In my head it's still "cutting my balls off" as there isn't really any point in having them afterwards iykwim.

― onimo, Thursday, 15 March 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

stan that was genius

― gff, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:29 (eighteen years ago)

i am very tempted to start a "vasectomies: insecure or thoughtful" thread

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:31 (eighteen years ago)

It's a vision.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

stan that was genius

I only just got it. I R SLOW.

The guys at work have been telling me lots of My Vasectomy Hell stories to cheer me up.

― onimo, Thursday, 15 March 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

It's not so bad. Being able to ditch condoms forever is CLASSIC.

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 15 March 2007 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

this thread makes me want a brazilian

― jiminey bigpants, Thursday, 15 March 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

nim?

Not quite cut off.

o-/-nim-/-o ?

― StanM, Thursday, 15 March 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

thoughtful.

that D and G picture above is ABSURD.

― Surmounter, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:15 (seventeen years ago)

It's not really a thing, IMO, unless they're like ?uestlove down there.

― Abbott, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/afro4.jpg

― kenan, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:56 (seventeen years ago)

I vote NO on proposition THAT.

― Abbott, Monday, 16 June 2008 21:58 (seventeen years ago)

this thread has some of the best googlers of all time

either that or ken c on a lot of coffee

― J0hn D., Monday, 16 June 2008 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT PROMPTED THE REVIVAL OF THIS THREAD

― asey, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:12 (seventeen years ago)

Surmounter.

― Abbott, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:41 (seventeen years ago)

dude if I don't trim that shit it looks like a there's a dick sticking out of albert einstein's head

― burt_stanton, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:48 (seventeen years ago)

What was the smartest thing ever to come out of Einstein's mouth?

Neils Bohr's cock.

― Abbott, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:51 (seventeen years ago)

daaaaamn

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

Thoughtful. Look guys, if you want a little considerate attention paid to little mr., then just maaaaybe you should look into cleaning up the landing pad a bit, eh? Same goes for the girls, really.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:47 (seventeen years ago)

burt stanton has grey pubic hair?

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:04 (seventeen years ago)

Ohmysweetjesus, WHY is the dude from The Da Vinci Code *movie* in the D&G ad?!
To sum up my opinion on hair down there;
Thoughtful. Look guys, if you want a little considerate attention paid to little mr., then just maaaaybe you should look into cleaning up the landing pad a bit, eh?
But uh, lets remember that too little is kind of ew.

― VeronaInTheClub, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:47 (seventeen years ago)

eleven months pass...

...the best a man can get?

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)

so glad I clicked off of that before it could load since I'm still at work

― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:08 (sixteen years ago)

the original question implies that men cannot be insecure and thoughtful at the same time

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:15 (sixteen years ago)

Stop shaving . Grow your bush it is totally hot

― marv, Monday, January 5, 2004 5:59 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^why we need a "suggest hall of fame" button

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)

re: anal dreads - they don't comb out, so just break em off every month or so when it's time to harvest.

― Amon (eman), Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:16 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what

― harbl, Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)

he only shit once a month

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:21 (sixteen years ago)

we need that bro back to explain

― velko, Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:21 (sixteen years ago)

Ha, the motions/shape/proportions of Gilette video dude made me think of Randy Marsh:

http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1113_dad_on_heroin_game.jpg

― cant go with u too many alfbrees (Abbott), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

Stop shaving . Grow your bush it is totally hot

― marv, Monday, January 5, 2004 5:59 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^why we need a "suggest hall of fame" button

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:16 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

agreed. also this should be the new board description of I LOVE TMI

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:24 (sixteen years ago)

agreed

― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:25 (sixteen years ago)

hopefully gillette vid dude did not have two children watching him

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)

like randy marsh does

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:35 (sixteen years ago)

is it okay to shave your pubes in front of a baby?

― hazmat yayo (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:36 (sixteen years ago)

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:51 (sixteen years ago)

babies: they r smarter than they look.

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:54 (sixteen years ago)

the cartoon demo guy had a bad case of pixelitis.

― Orin Boyd (jel --), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:55 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

debating this

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 18 October 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

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