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Think Back PLEASE!!!
How old were you when you started shaving your legs?
Re: Think Back PLEASE!!!
I was also 11 I believe.
5th grade, last in my class, also without my mom's permission
Can I guess where this question came from? Poor Meg! They grow up sooo fast.
Renee - You guessed it. She is turning 10 in April and going into the 5th grade. She hasn't asked, but I also want her to fit in. I also did it without my mother's permission in 5th grade in order to fit in because everyone else didn't have hair on their legs.
It seems like the age is getting younger and younger. There were girls on the cheerleading squad that I coached that had their legs shaved at 7.
I started removing the hair from my legs summer before 5th grade. I was only allowed to use the cream "Neat." It stunk, but it did the job - I have hairy italian legs
I didn't actually start shaving until well into Jr. High School only because Neat was so convenient and I only had to do it like once every two weeks.
And Meg, lemme just say one thing... IF Mya has any hair under her arms, even little stragglers, please teach her how to shave that too (or use Neat)... I didn't have to until I was in high school, BUT I remember girls in 5th grade getting made fun of if they wore a sleeveless shirt or a t-shirt with too-open arm sleeves because of the little hairies they had in there. I was embarrassed for them!
I know your pain! We are Portuguese. Does that cream work?
I was 11. Letting me shave my legs was one of my 6th grade graduation presents from my mom.
I was in 5th grade. I did it myself and then told my mom about it afterwards, and she bought me a razor and taught me how to not cut myself.
My little sister is in 3rd grade and she has shaved her legs (again, without permission) but it's not something that she does regularly.
I was 11 and figure skating - so legs were showing year round.
Asked mom, and she gladly helped me
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This! I was 10/11.
I'm mostly Irish but also a good amount of Italian. I always said the only Italian part that showed up was my hairiness. That cream never worked for me though...but maybe I tried nair...I can't remember. Maybe I'll try that neat instead.
I was in 4th or 5th grade. Without my mom's permission but I don't think she cared either.
This past weekend I saw a woman with her daughter in Target shopping for what she needed. It was really neat to see her do that. The girl also looked like she was about 10 or 11.
Is this the same as Nair? I remember using it when I was in Junior high. It worked great for my sister, not as great for me. Maybe I should have left it on longer.
I think I was 11, but I probably should have started sooner. I know at age 9 I already had hairy armpits and I remember getting picked on because I was on a swimming team. My mom refused to teach me how to shave though or acknowledge that I needed to and finally when I was in 6th grade my grandma got fed up with my mother and took me shopping and showed me how to shave. Thank goodness for grandma!
Meg, I applaud you for wanting to prepare Mya. I really wish my mother would have prepared me. Instead she ignored and avoided anything to do with puberty, like if she ignored it, it wouldn't happen. As a result I went through some very awkward years.
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6th grade. my older sister showed me how. my mom didn't care. I'm not really hairy at all, but it was still a wanting to fit-in thing.
On that note, though, my mom didn't buy me a bra until 7th grade. Granted, there was NOTHING and I mean NOTHING to put in said bra (hell, there's still barely anything to put in a bra), but I got made fun of all.the.time in 6th grade for not wearing one, it was horrifying...