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sasha_feather ([personal profile] sasha_feather) wrote2011-08-26 11:40 pm

Make my decisions for me!

I am going to be in a wedding on September 3rd for my lovely friends [personal profile] antarcticlust and [livejournal.com profile] 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!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29


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%)

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[personal profile] holyschist 2011-08-27 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
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.