Comments on: Friday Firsts: First Time Shaving

By: Eva Jones

Eva Jones — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:03:45 +0000

So. My mom, like yours Jillian, didn’t want me to shave and in fact told my sister and I that because we didn’t know what we were doing, we could die. As we got older, and realized that people were shaving and not dying, my mother was like, “Oh it’s awful and it hurts like hell!” The fear ensued until the sixth grade, I had enough of the hair on my legs (being that I am an Italian as well) and began “nairing” my legs. I used Nair until late high school when my mom was like “Ugh, that sh** smells and it seems like such a process, why don’t you just shave your legs with a razor like every other normal person in this world?”

By: Jillian Frank

Jillian Frank — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:01:06 +0000

Louise-That sounds potentially mortifying. I’m not sure why, but that’s the vibe I get. That said-at least it was your cousin. (=

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:47:25 +0000

I don’t remember how old I was, but my oldest cousin sat me down at the end of the dock at my grandparents’ camp and showed me how to shave. I guess you could call it a bonding experience … I mostly wanted to get it over with so I could swim.

By: The Naked Redhead

The Naked Redhead — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:45:50 +0000

Oh, Erin! Ow, ow, ow!!!

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Not well. But the next Christmas, she showed her compassion (and embarrassed me), by putting a nice new razor in my stocking.

By: Jillian Frank

Jillian Frank — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:08:47 +0000

Erin-Ow. Seriously, mother effin’ ow! How did mom react?

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:56:22 +0000

It was. I was in fifth grade, had the same problem as you. I snuck a shave in with my mom’s razor, and got minor cuts all over my fingers because I thought I had to clean off the blade after every stroke. Nice.