MuadDib

I've recently come to change my position concerning the maintence of my lower body hair. I never used to trim, but I've been persuaded to begin doing so as a matter of both presentation and hygiene. More importantly, what really sold me on the idea is how much I appreciate a well maintained nether on my female partners and it just seemed like it ought to a matter of fairness or tit-for-tat. If I appreciate it so much then shouldn't I also recipricate and go to that minor trouble myself? Anyway, I was interested about what everyone here thinks about shaving/trimming. For men, do you maintain yourself; and if so to what extent? For women, do you appreciate/expect maintenance; and if so, again, to what extent?

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mixedmedia

I am a naturalist and I love everything about a man's body hair. From the first time I saw my SO's body (we exchanged lots of pics before we met ) I begged him not to touch a hair. He had said that he thought about shaving. He was happy to oblige me. Mmmmm, gawd I can't think about that here.

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absorbentishe

Ever since my vas, my wife really like the skin on skin feeling. So I've kept it for her!

Glory's Sun

I shave it. I like it nice and clean and smooth. I've had it waxed and prefer that, but I don't have the time to do that as often as I'd like. So for now it's shaving.

KellyC

I trim at the top to leave a patch just above my penis. And I shave every where else--even my ass. I feel so damn good and sexy. Seriously.


Afros are out man.

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World's King

I keep it pretty short. I'm a pretty hairy guy so if I let it go it would be gross.

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hambone

I keep it neat and short. My wife likes it that way. Tried the full on shave once, she wasn't too keen on it

Side Note: When it starts to grow back (after a full shave) she hates it because she gets a brazilian wax, so it pokes her something nasty when its prickly, so gotta keep it all gone, or let it out.

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Shadow_fire

I once got 300 dollars to get it waxed...(thats Canadian dollars, so in hindsight not much =P) and after that I have kept it pretty much well groomed, I just trim the hedges as the poll states...

abaya

Shaved is a nice bonus for ball-licking/sucking, but it's not a requirement by any means. I usually don't even notice how much hair he has. Now, if I was going to be doing any rimming, I might be more inclined if the ass was bare and not hairy... but we don't do that very often anyway.

Personally, I've never waxed and only shaved a couple of times (very itchy and annoying when I did), but I do keep it trim most of the time. I like seeing and feeling hair on both him and myself... but if he wanted me to wax, of course he'd have to do it along with me. That's just the way things work with me... no double standards.

Now, regular showering and washing up down there is something I do prefer, but that's a given for most people (I would assume). The sweat and smell of unwashed penis or pussy isn't high on most people's lists, I think...

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Sultana

I have discovered that I much prefer a trim to a shave on the hubby, as I go completely bare, and his pricklies (lol!) can be very distracting and even a bit painful. I have no complaints whatsoever to a good trim.

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MuadDib

Absolutely! But I do have to point at that reducing the hair down there also reduces the scent. Not only does hair make it more insulated (and hence muggy/sweaty) throughout the day, but from what I understand hair absorbs scent pretty easily and in the smelliest area of the body that makes trimming even more desireable.

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Daniel_

Not shaved clean, but certainly close cropped every few weeks.

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mixedmedia

If you maintain regular hygiene there will be no problem with objectionable odor around the genitals.

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abaya

Exactly. If you shower and soap up well every day (or even every other day), there's no problem with hair stinking things up down there. At least, not in my husband's case. I like things to look at least semi-natural... the less it looks like hairless-fake-porn, the better. Hair is a good thing.

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mixedmedia

I've never had that problem, either. But then I've always tended to date men in regions with running water.

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dlish

shaving is a past time i tried for many years now...couldnt go back to the bush once you've become a city slicker

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Tamerlain

I've shaved my shaft and balls for a few years now and I love it. Ever since I started I've enjoyed oral sex a lot more. My current and last girlfriend also enjoy it. The rest of the hair I just keep trimmed.

-Tamerlain

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ASU2003

I shave it off in the summer. It started when I was in Phoenix one summer and it was too hot with the hair down there.

In the winter, I don't do much. But, if I had a girlfriend, I might have to shave or trim.

streak_56

everything is gone except a triangle kind of pointing down... sort of.

Smooth23

My problem: I like shaved, but I have really hairy legs. So to even it out a bit I find I have to trim up my upper legs/thighs a bit to make it less of a contrast.. Sucks but works, anyone have a better hairy leg solution other than shaving legs? Cause that aint happening.

mixedmedia

I can't believe I'm one of only two women here who voted for natural.

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MuadDib

I wouldn't worry. We all have our preferences. Plus, let's face it, anything we do down there is for you anyway so even if you were the only person to prefer au naturale as long as your man is making you happy then that's all that counts.

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Ourcrazymodern?

Pheromones!

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Roark

I shave the boys completely and trim everything else short. Like he original poster I really like when the others are nice and neat and it's only fair to do the same