Reasons it's good to be single #9 - Grooming
BY GREER MCDONALDI'm back - didja miss me? (Don't answer that...)
I have to say it was a great big fail in regards to "talking amongst yourselves" that I suggested in the last blog.
As commenter Geoff said, you didn't do so well.
Oh well, I'll try not to take it personally.
SoooOoOoo, we're straight back into it, with the second to last reason (for the time being) on why it's great to be unattached.
Blog reader Kelly says: "It's great being single because if you can't be bothered shaving/waxing your legs/arm pits/bikini line there's absolutely no one to complain about your bear-like covering of hair.
"I'm guessing this works for blokes as well; no one to complain about being given stubble rash/can happily participate in Movember without fair of reprisal."
Now she's not talking about me specifically here. I am not (repeat, not) bear-like in any way (except with a sore head after a hangover) and I have thankfully inherited a non-hairy gene from my Mum. (Thanks Mum)
But it's quite true. Because my legs don't turn to sandpaper minutes after I shave them, I've been known to neglect any shaving routine because I forget, and don't exactly have anyone to complain about it.
Therefore I simply must have saved money in shavers or paying for waxes - bonus.
A great thing to celebrate about singledom.
For guys, with Movember well and truly upon us, girlfriends around the country and rolling over and waking up to their moustachioed lovers and are quietly thinking to themselves "only X amount of days till November is over".
I have girlfriends who have banned their partners from taking part in Movember for various reasons (pash rash, ginga hairs, special events during the month, obvious porn star look).
They've held out on sex and not allowed them to attend certain events during the month. Bitches! Seriously. Who cares? Not me.
So being a single guy during Movember has got to be a positive, right? Never a better time to pick up a lass who has a penchant for hairy beasts or Tom Selleck.
Kelly finished her email by saying something that I firmly believe in: "And Murphy's Law dictates that when you go out on the pull and you haven't tended to your personal grooming, you will meet the stud muffin of your life."
Amen, sister. I don't know how many times I've had to not-so-subtly slip off to the shower to "refresh".
Do you change your grooming habits when you're single? Would you expect your partner to follow grooming requests dictated by you to them?
Next week will be my final reason why it's good to rejoice in being single. Do you have a good idea you think should be included? Email me at greer2.0@gmail.com
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Movember sucks. If hubby were to insist on participating in Movember then I would insist on participating in Fanuary!
There are heaps of guys at work doing Movember with the big "dirty sanchez" mo's. It is so gross and I can't take them seriously. I walked into a meeting the other day where they all had them and I just cracked up laughing.
My partner doesn't care if I'm hairy as a bear. Great things about only going out with guys that care about you instead of your 'beauty' routine.
I've told him he can either grow his facial hair or he can shave regularly. I don't mind beards/moustaches but stubble is prickly! and painful! and he always scratches me!
Movember sucks for me because, last year, 3 weeks in people would say to me "why aren't you doing movember??" to which I would reply "I am"
Needless to say, I am not putting myself through that heartbreak again
I don't know about other people Greer but when I clicked on the comments link for your last post it just came up blank. Maybe that's why nobody said much?
I can't say my body maintenance routine changes much depending on relationship status - my man doesn't give a crap if my legs are hairy or smooth and he'd barely notice if I hadn't cut my hair in a whole year.
As for the man, I'm fairly easy-going when it comes to temporary silly hairstyles (he shaved his hair off for Canteen and is now doing Movember). I'm cool with it because our wedding is still 5 months away and by then he'll no longer look like a corrupt policeman. In general though I hate prickly stubble so I will hound him to shave if it starts to stab me when I kiss him.
So once again I think this a fairly weak reason to be happily single - especially when, as you mention, there is the risk of putting off a hot guy because you have a forest in your pants.
I thought it was more if you have a partner grooming because not as important - as you're already with them, looks don't tend to be AS important as when on the prowl so to speak.
@ MsM #5.
Ditto re the comments link.
Grooming - got to look after yourself. If you don't love yourself & take a little pride, then how can you expect anyone else to?
I couldn't see your comments last week. I think there was something wrong with them.
Leave Tom Selleck alone!
Hey Greer! Nice to see you back and yes, I DID miss you. Hope your week off has given you some downtime?
Sometimes it can be a good thing you don't jump into being in a really intimate situation with someone, and I have friends who purposefully neglect their grooming because they want to take it slow.
MSM said it, I did try to click on your comments section a few times but it kept coming up blank for some reason...?
The final reason it's great to be single? Hmm, have to think about that one a bit but the first thing that jumps to mind is decision making! However I think you've probably covered that in your one about permission slips. Great to have you back :-)
Did we miss who? It was a very quiet week for blogs in general for some reason. I blame the winding down of the year for a general apathy towards doing anything.
I haven't tended to change my habits as I groom for myself and how I like to be presented. There's far more about me that people are inclined to dislike than my appearance.