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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Is Your Guy a Manscaper?

A deep dark secret about my beau surfaced two nights ago. I’d like to share it with all of you because—well, it was disturbing to me at first. Now before I get to the meat of it, let me preface what I’m about to tell y’all. My guy and I have known each other for seven years. We started off as good friends and evolved into a couple. I thought I knew everything there was to know about this man. Does he dress left or right? Right. Boob or ass man? Neither, he’s a leg man. Favorite guilty pleasure? “Dancing Queen” by Abba. Favorite food? Güisquiles Rellenos. You get the picture. I floated along in my blissful ignorance, secure in my knowledge of him until Monday night.

The evening started like most—Dishes done, little one in bed, me clacking away at my laptop. All was right with the world. Then my bladder insisted I could ignore it no longer. I saved my WIP and trotted to the bathroom. In my defense, usually when confronted with a closed bathroom door I would knock, but I was still lost in my writer’s fog. Y’all know what I’m talking about. So I didn’t think to knock I just burst right in. Behind the shelter of the door stood my man—my sex machine, hunky construction worker, weight lifting, ESPN watching man in all his glory, foot propped up on the counter while he was shaving his legs. Okay, not so much shaving them as trimming his leg hair with clippers and a #4 guide. Judging from the tidy appearance of other appendages he’d been hard at work on this project.

Once the shock of finding him mid-deforestation passed, I apologized for bursting in on this private moment. But then I just had to ask him what in the hell he was doing.

“I’m manscaping,” he replied, inspecting his freshly trimmed armpits.

“When did you decide to do this?” I asked.

“Cindy, I’ve always done this. You think Mr. Happy comes by a crew cut all on his own?”

He had a point, but I’d always assumed he just wasn’t a very hairy guy. To paraphrase Morrissey, some men are hairier than others. I’ve seen some men naked who looked like they had Buckwheat in a leg lock and others who were almost bald (though now I wonder if the baldies were manscapers, too!)

I’m not sure why I was surprised to find out my guy manscapes. I mean he does walk the line between manly-man and metrosexual. After all he gets more excited about buying shoes than I do, but a full body trim…well, I never knew. And after walking in on him in flagrante delicto, I think it’s best for our sex life if I never witness the process again. I suppose it’s the same as when he happens upon me doing my roots with a mud mask on my face. The results are appreciated, but the process—Not so much. A little mystery in a relationship is a healthy thing.

11 comments:

Wendi said...

Buckwheat in a leg lock! LOL! Thank God I didn't have tea in my mouth. I'd need a new keyboard.

Now to confess a dirty little secret of my own, maybe we could be the founding members of LOMA - Lovers of Manscapers Anonymous.
Yes, my hottie dh is a manscaper. Armpits, Mr. Happy and chest. Legs and arms are au natural, as far as I know. And yes again, mine's a manly man too. I just pretend he doesn't do it. It gets me through the day ... and nights. :)

Wendi Darlin

Foxx Miyamoto said...

That is great advice, Wendi! So glad to know I'm not alone in this. LOL.

Nina Pierce said...

OMG! I never heard of such a thing! Then again my man (who's been mine for-eva) isn't very hairy. Really?

Foxx Miyamoto said...

Hi Nina, it's strange but true...I just thought my guy was't that hairy either, LOL.

Savannah Chase said...

im racking up here...manscaping??

LOL

hey at least he puts in the effort to look good

P. Robinson said...

I love it. I NEVER open the bathroom door. Don't walk into the darkness again girl- what they do behind closed doors is better left unknown! hahaha

I knew a stripper in high school who shaved his legs and chest. He said it looked better bare and oiled up that way.

Kissa

Desirée Lee said...

Manscaper. I love the term. I hadn't heard it before. *LOL*

My ex was not an active manscaper. He would not shave legs or pits but he would let me shave his privates, if I wanted to. He let me have the choice whether I wanted him smooth there or not.

Carpe Noctem,
Des


Desirée Lee
Putting the Romance Back in Necromancy
http://www.desireelee.com
des@desireelee.com

Morgan O'Reilly said...

Mine does his eyebrows, but otherwise he isn't very hairy. I think he has a dozen hairs on his chest.

Too funny, Cindy! Loved it.

Morgan
http://themorgandiaries.blogspot.com

Foxx Miyamoto said...

Thank all of you so much for the kudos. I had fun writing this blog though I am so dead when the old man sees it :)

Jaime Samms said...

Mine used not to be very hairy. Time changes everything, alas, including encouraging head hair to migrate south. I liked it much better on his head than I do on his shoulders. However, when I shave his head for him, he says nothing if the razor also migrates and nips those shoulder hairs away. He wouldn't ever admit to wanting it shaved, but he doesn't let out a peep when I do it for him!

Ahirah Towns said...

LOL. I was laughing out loud when I read this. Never ever heard of the word manscaping. I like it!!!

I have a secret...my hubby does shave Mr. Hairy and underneath his arms. I like it much better and feel it makes him less musky. He works outside in the heat all day with his hands. It also feel nicer and smoother in the dark :)