I finally broke down, got an epilator and suffered through the pain. Didn't bother telling the GF that I was going to do it. Fall is here, so she probably knew it was coming. But she really doesn't like the way that I look shaved. She likes the manly look of the hair. Then in bed that night she starts gliding her feet along my legs. Nothing really new, but something she's never done for more than a few seconds before. This time it was several minutes, felt nice. I was actually surprised when she didn't say anything. Next morning, same thing, lots of rubbing. Then again that night, several minutes in until she finally says "Did you shave?". So it appears that she may like the looks of hair, but I think she's pretty sold on the feel of shaved.
For the record, now that I've gone though the initial pain of the epilator, I'm never going to stop. I don't want to ever do that again!