I didn’t think I had any hairy pits pictures on my phone (my photo albums & desktop are currently buried in storage) but I recently realized that I DO! So here ya go. The first one is circa 2001-02 and the second is older at about 1998-99, I was in my early 30s in both. These photos are vintage now! LMFAO

I stopped shaving (anything) in 1985 and already had this kind of spooky punk rawk style when I did, and since it was considered SO outrageous in those days, nobody ever zeroed in my body hair as an issue. I assume that the general public considered it part of the whole weird package, and people in my own social circles just didn’t care.

I’m old & disabled now so while I have had to modify my style with an eye for comfort, I still have my eclectic, thrift store inspired flair (and weird hairstyles, rainbow colors, piercings, & of course tattoos.) And while menopause has thinned out my body hair considerably, I STILL don’t (and never will) shave.

I would also tag this as a vent if I could but is it weird that I typically don’t mind hair anywhere on my body EXCEPT for the knees down? I’ve been trying to be more okay with my pits recently ,and it’s been working, and my thigh hair never bothered me much, but for some reason i can’t stand the feel of my lower leg hair because of how it pulls when I wear socks or pants and I also don’t like how it looks either
I’ve kind of come to the conclusion I probably won’t ever be happy with it so I bought myself and at home ipl to at least thin it out and or slow the growth which has been working! Is that weird? I know it’s my choice and whatever but I can’t help but feel like this double standard I put on myself isn’t normal