Make my decisions for me!

[sasha_feather]

I am going to be in a wedding on September 3rd for my lovely friends antarcticlust and jackshoegazer. I'll be wearing a tea-length bridesmaid dress, which means it ends at the knees, and open-toed black sandals. I haven't shaved my legs in YEARS, yes I mean years, and am trying to decide whether to do so.


I think my issues with shaving are not moral: they have to do with feeling like I suck at it, I was never taught how, and that it's a waste of time and I hate being made to feel like I am expected to do it. I am not actually opposed to having smooth legs however.

Poll #7930 Make my decisions for me!

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To shave or not to shave that is the question

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Shave your legs
5 (17.2%)

Wear skin-tone hose
1 (3.4%)

Wear colored tights
4 (13.8%)

Just go hairy legged
9 (31.0%)

Something else I'll say in comments
5 (17.2%)

I like ticking boxes
5 (17.2%)

Comments

[holyschist]

Well, I'm pretty anti-leg-shaving for myself and hate the coercion, but the novelty of smooth legs is occasionally kind of entertaining. (For the last wedding I went to I got my boyfriend to do it, on the theory that as a person with who is not nearsighted, he'd be less likely to miss spots as I do when shaving by feel. He still missed spots.) But ultimately it comes down to what makes you comfortable and how much your friends are likely to fuss about your choice.

[sasha_feather]

Ooooh, I think it would be cool and fun and sexy to have someone else do it! I always miss spots because a) my hair is so light I can't see it, and b) legs have a ton of surface area.

[maevele]

if it is so light you can't see it when shaving, neither can anyone else. therefore you ain't gotta.

[sasha_feather]

I suppose if they are looking at my legs, I can ask them why they aren't looking at my face, hair, dress, or boobs.

[jesse_the_k]

Or the bride's?!

[holyschist]

It can be kind of fun and sexy in the right context, but apparently in my case it does not lead to a better job (part of the issue was that I hadn't shaved my legs in...IDK, months and months...so they really had to be gone over twice). Legs do have a lot of surface area, and weird dips and such! It's really easy to miss patches.

On the other hand, I figured that no one would be looking at my legs closely enough to see the missed bits, especially since it was an evening wedding.