julietsierra -> RE: Shaving (1/1/2007 5:11:41 AM)
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Ok, I'm going to chime in on this... I'm coming to believe - maybe wrongly - that shaving is rather a fad. I used to shave all the time, suffered the ingrown hairs, the bristley effect of new growth, etc...I used to think it was important. When I met my Master, I asked him about this and he said he didn't care one way or the other, but I was hard-pressed to stop, because it'd become a habit. Then, he had some family issues (deaths) and I didn't see him for a long while. During that time, I stopped shaving. What a pleasure! No more irritated skin, and something that I don't hear too much of on any shaving threads, no more irritated urethra from virtually EVERYTHING I used, from mild soap, to conditioner, to lotions, to shaving cream designed for men - and women, to dipilatories. When things at home calmed down and I saw him again, I just decided to take him at his word and didn't resume shaving. And I was amazed! He really didn't care one way or the other. We had just as much fun with as without hair. So this past Friday, we were invited to a party. I decided to shave again. There it was, the irritated urethra, and now, the bristle and all that of it growing back. And I discovered that the biggest reason for my decision to shave was the point of being out in "public" where the standard is have no hair. So...I decided - finally - that other people's standards are not what I'm going by. He's said he doesn't care. He really does NOT care, and I am keeping my hair. Trimmed and neat, to be sure, but I'm still going to have hair. I'm not going to be doing this anymore just because it's the current fad to do so. juliet
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