It's that time of year

The time of year where women decide whether to start shaving their legs more regularly or wear pants all summer. Given a choice, I'd much rather not shave. I've had one too many razor accidents. But I do like wearing shorts and skirts on occasion. And I do not enjoy the sensation of leg hair waving in the breeze.

Ah, isn't genetics great? I've been very fortunate to be endowed with a lush thick yet silky brown mane, and a healthy dose of hair on legs comes with the territory. They're not as thick and dark as some people's are, but they do get long. And after three or four months of not shaving, boy are they long.

Blogging about shaving the legs. Am I oversharing?

Maybe. But really, I think people - particularly men - should be educated that women's legs do not naturally come smooth and silky. It might surprise many of you, but I do know men who were not aware of this fact.

A good friend of mine's ex went to eastern Europe a few years ago and was traveling through the less touristy areas when he ran into women who did not shave. He later confessed to his girlfriend, who in turn told me about this while laughing hysterically, that he thought they were lycanthropes (the clinical disease/mutation type, not werewolf -- I hope).Or that they'd been too close to Chernobyl. He wasn't sure what to think.

In college, I knew a guy who didn't understand why women needed toilet paper to go "number one."

Seriously!

It shouldn't surprise me anymore that there are people like this out there. But somehow it still does.

Anyway. Spring. Skirts. Shaving. Suckage.