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    if your wife wants Emily back, then, by all means, let her come out and enjoy the summer months. I ceased to fret about shaving my legs when I realized that no one gave a darn. And, think about it....if one is willing to dress with their partner as a woman, even to venture out in public as such, then why worry about something as minor as leg hair.
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    I shaved my beard a while ago, to those who questioned me, I just said I got tired of being called gramps.

    The body wasn't any harder to explain; I go swimming in the ocean often enough. I mentioned that professional racing swimmers all shave their bodies to cut down on drag coefficient; when a friend laughed at me for that, I replied, "Well, if we're together in the water, and a shark comes after us, and I'm four inches ahead of you, then you'll be his dinner, not me. No more chuckles from him.

    Last but not least, I have varicose veins and wear those long tight elastic stockings for support. It's easy to explain why I don't want to have to rip the hairs out of my legs every time I put them on and pull them up.
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    If you can make things even easier for your wife to accept and enjoy your femme persona then do it. Very few will notice and your friends won't really care.
    Also consider epilation, you eventually get to a point when there is very little regrowth and what there is is soft and easy to remove.

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    Question I---don't---get---it---?

    What difference does summer make, Em? Do u mean u shave your legs and can't hide them in summer? From whom and why not?

    Garden parties at friend's houses? Why not wear pants? Is it a law where u live that u must wear shorts?

    Pool parties? Pants again! After all, you're afraid of getting sun burned, remember?
    And, u can't swim because of; allergies, pulled groin muscle, etc.

    Wait! Don't tell me u can't dress without shaving your arms?

    Never mind then. You're a lost cause!
    U can't keep doing the same things over and over and expect to enjoy life to the max. When u try new things, even if they r out of your comfort zone, u may experience new excitement and growth that u never expected.

    Challenge yourself and pursue your passions! When your life clock runs out, you'll have few or NO REGRETS!

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    I shave and wear shorts. But I haven't worn the short shorts out in public...yet!

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    He doesn't want his male friends to know he dresses in womens clothes. My guess is he is just too scared to shave.
    He is afraid his friends will think he is gay if he doesn't have leg or arm hair. That mindset shows how people don't use sensible thinking.
    Every gay guy I know has hairy legs and arms like any normal male.
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    Also I didn't understand where this belief that women are completely hairless except for their head comes from to begin with.

    My wife has more arm hair than I do. She doesn't shave her arms, why should I?

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    Good point Roberta.

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    Now that my chest hair is turning gray I remove some of it in the summer, if asked, I'll say i don't want to gross out the younger people I work with, which is true, even if there are side benefits for my other side. I'm fine with head hair going gray, but the body hair I get vain about.

    Now the legs...I've always had bare patches that people have commented on in shorts season. Maybe I should shave the rest to match?
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    I shaved my beard off about 10 years ago. At that time, my wife and I had known each other for over 30 years and had never seen me with some kind of facial hair, whether it was a mustache, a goatee or a full beard.

    My wife was actually a fan of me shaving, but everyone else wanted to know why I shaved. I had a simple answer, "I grew a beard many years ago to look older, but I swore to shave it off when it made me look too old. That time had come that it made me look too old, since it was now 50% gray/white."
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    I have full body waxing at a beauty salon. Usually every 6-8 weeks. If I’m going out and any exposed area has a tiny bit of re-growth I give it a quick shave. Can’t imagine not enjoying the permanent feel of a smooth body now.No one has ever commented when I’m in guy mode.

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    I've been observing men's legs recently, mostly during Dr's office visits. What i was surprised about when I started noticing, is that very many men have very little hair on their legs. My wife likes the hair on my legs, groin and chest (as opposed to "disliking" the smooth look). If my wife liked the smooth look instead, I think I'd go full Brazilian, or at least as far as she could appreciate.

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    In my case, I trim the hair on my arms low using an electric hair clipper with attachments for different lengths. I think it looks less obvious than hairless arms. I keep my eyebrows even using the same method but I don't contour or pluck them at all. When I want to go for a more extreme eyebrow look, I used the tested drag queen method of applying multiple gluestick layers and covering with makeup. It's very effective in making eyebrows disappear.

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    Try finding some mustache wax. It is easier to remove.
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    I gave up worrying about what people think about the lack of hair on my arms and legs in any case do people make a point of looking at how much hair one has on arms and legs ?
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    I do when I am studying on possible use as art and Photo models.
    But then I have a special requirement. I also look at tattoos. Do I want my model t have any, some, or none. How hard would it be to remove or add the hair and/or tattoos and any other marks.
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    Emily, no one notices my shaved legs during the summer. I use a trimmer for my arms and I trim and shape my eyebrows. Heck, no one has said anything negative about my painted toenails. 😊. My wife and I are OK with how I am and that is all that matters. Shave up and enjoy the summer. Cheers.
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    Let Emily come back, but hairless. If asked why, "I got tired of being hairy and the body odor with it". Or maybe something like, "My wife read an article on manscaping and asked me to do it. She doesn't like me hairy, now."

    I use hair clippers on my arms as needed (minimal stubble), and my chest and back are hair free. My legs are virtually hair free. What little hair remains is grey and not noticeable, but I will clip off what I see.

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