How old were you when you started shaving? Who taught you how?

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It’s in the girl’s behavior category, but I want to hear from guys too.

Kas19 · Accepted Answer

Tldr: step mom was a weird control freak, didn't let me shave, I was finally able to shave after she and my dad briefly separated after she cheated. I think that was by 5th

My step mom never let me shave for some reason. And she never let me grow my hair out on my head. It always had to be to my shoulders. I started puberty in second grade and ended up with thick long hair on my legs and pubes by third or fourthgrade. It was also hot as fuck here in Texas during the summer, so when I wore shorts, I was made fun of and stared at. Especially in swimsuits. I noticed it was grown men that stared longer than women. Not sure why that is. I begged her to let me but she wouldn't budge.

I eventually snuck one of her razors in like... fourth grade because it was getting so bad and embarrassing. I ended up shaving everything. Arms, legs, and pubes. She found out, and asked if I snuck a razor to shave myself. I told the truth. Then she screamed at me, screamed at my dad, and told him that "if I kept this up I was going to be doing drugs in a few years." He told me not to do it again, and that was the end of it.

I was allowed to shave after they briefly separated because he cheated on him.

Gwenhwyfar · Accepted Answer

I was 12 when I started shaving my legs and pits, 14 for my kitty. My mom taught me the first part and my friend showed me how to do the other part.

BeMuse · Accepted Answer

I don’t know, some time in middle school. No one taught me how to shave, I just rubbed some shaving cream on my face and grabbed a razor and went to work. It’s not rocket science. If you have a father, then at some point you have observed him shaving before you hit puberty. It’s like pouring a glass of orange juice. You don’t sit down for a long hard talk about how to pour a drink… You’ve seen people do it and it’s self explanatory. My dad used disposable razors and they are fucking garbage. They can barely cut through a lightly scrubby beard let alone a my skin… So there is no danger there. As a teenage boy, you start out with peach fuzz and then it gets thicker as you age. As a result, you don’t have to use much pressure to get rid of it at first. So it gives you time to practice before you have to deal with thicker hair. By the time you have thicker hair you have thicker skin and are an expert with a blade. I eventually bought a double edged safety razor because disposables do a bad job and are waste of money. It gives a much better shaver for next to nothing price wise and any idiot can figure it out.

Relentless1 · Accepted Answer

14 or so. I just grabbed a razor and went to town. A few cuts later I learned what not to do.

Anonymous · Answer

I was in 8th grade 😳😳🥴

I didn’t used to care at all about having hair on my legs because it just didn’t hit me like something odd

then I remember in 7th grade this shirt tomboyish girl that thought she “cool”, would always come to my table and try to say things to me to embarrass me in front of the two guys that sit next to me

and I would always dismiss her comments as if I really didn’t care at all like okay and? And the guys would just look at her and she looked stupid cause it was clear that her comments didn’t affect me and so one day I was wearing my skirt as usual and she goes to my table and asks out loud “WHy don’t you shave your legs?”

and they all looked at me.. I don’t know if I got red or not but I felt really embarrassed and I again tried to play it off but this time she really made me mad and I said “because I don’t want to, why do you care? Go shave yours if you care so much”
and she replied with “I do shave them” and I said “ok? And? I don’t care what you do”
then she said someone wanted to kick my ass
and I said “so?”
and she said “you don’t care?”
and I said “ no “
and she said “do you wanna fight her?”
then I really yelled at her “NO I don’t care”

and then one guy the one sitting next to me told her to leave me alone.. and she looked embarrassed and said “what I’m just telling her”
mans he said “and she told you she doesn’t care” so she just left the table

after this I remember my cousin told my mom she should let me and my sister shave because other kids would make fun of us and my mom said ok but I refused to shave lol because I thought if I did, it would make that stupid shirt girl think I did it because she said that stuff to me.. so I waited till 7th grade was over and I shaved the first day of 8th grade

Aguysopinion4799 · Answer

13 I think? Yeah, it wasn't a popular choice either, all my guy friends were confused why I would want to be removing hair and I just dislike having it in those parts, it is more hygienic and less itchy to just shave it all, I still do it to this day with the same thought track.

As for learning, I learned from my mum, she taught me how to shave my face but later I asked my sister how to shave my legs and obviously I could figure out how to shave the last area without asking for help, I wasn't going to ask for advice on that because my dad is the MANLY MAN type who would see it weird to consider shaving that area and my mum and sis won't want to talk about shaving that area, you just figure it out by practice.

But yeah, every time I shave, my face is clean shave and my legs could deceive you for being waxed XD

TickleMeForFun · Answer

My dad taught me how to shave my face at 15.

At 23, One of my ex girlfriends taught me how to shave the little pubes from my balls and shaft. I was handcuffed tightly to the bed when she taught me bc she knew just HOW SENSITIVE it would be, and she didn't want me squirming so I hurt myself. (Also, she loved teasing the head of my cock, so this gave her an excuse to hold my shaft upright away from my body by putting her fingers on the ultra sensitive tip of my cock for what seemed like an eternity!)

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

I was 11 and I just asked if I could get something to shave my legs with so I was given an electric shaver. However that was hard since we hardly bought the batteries for it. I like razors better because I didn't have any batteries to worry about, only what kind they are. So I could shave whenever was needed.

ImSparkly · Answer

About 12, tried it myself with not too good results. Got some coaching from Mom and my (way) older sister, it was better. I became more ambitious with clear cutting, especially in the summer.

Mom took me for laser treatments starting when I was 14ish and have no regrets.

tennisgirly · Answer

lol I was 9, much younger than anyone else on here was apparently, but then again I do usually tend to be like that :)
For me it wasn't a big thing though- my mom gave me the stuff, told me a few things, and then I taught myself. It wasn't anything exciting- just normal to me :)

1Anon · Answer

I was about 13 years of age when I first started shaving because I had just started dating the guy who, five years later, became my fiancé (not husband though). Nobody taught me but I think I saw it on tv and I also used to see my older siblings shave their legs and underarms on a few occasions when I went to their houses.

VanillaSalt · Answer

My mom was a single parent... I never learned how to shave from a man. There wasn’t one. I had to learn from YouTube. I recommend any man wanting to learn to shave go to a barber shop and get a haircut with a shave. They might not do it with covid here but you can get a personal shave and ask for tips.

DrunkAss · Answer

For some reason, I started growing facial hair very early on and well beyond peach fuzz, so my father taught me to shave at the age of 10. Initially, he taught me with a safety razor using shaving soap and brush, but later a straight razor once I started getting the hang of it.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Seems to me, I didn't need to start shaving `til I was out of high school. I don't think anyone ever taught me, I just got an electric razor and went to it when I needed to. Problem is, there seems to always be a section or two that REFUSES to shave clean!! No matter how hard I press the razor to those areas, the hair will NOT come completely off!!

jgokgotit · Answer

I was 19 when I first shaved. It was mandatory for basic training. The first day of basic training, the RDCs gave everyone razors and we shaved in front of them in groups of 8 at a time. I was fortunate enough to be in the 2nd group and a guy in the first group was older and knew how to shave. I watched him and mimicked what he did. Thank God I did because the RDCs really picked on those who did not know how to shave.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I was age 15 when my father taught me how to shave. I changed he category to fashion and beauty because that is where non-sexual grooming questions belong.

Lyndsielee666 · Answer

My legs? I was young and did it to piss off my dad. Taught myself

Koalamate · Answer

I think I was nearing 16 and my mum told me I need to shave before visiting grandma.
So I watched a YouTube vid and stole one of my brother's razors he didn't notice.
I bought a electric razor I use most days I prefer the convenience It only takes a minute and it's the same result.

My brother rarely shaves and always cut himself heaps.

Friendlybro79 · Answer

6 but i was really pretending lol. I used to put shaving cream on my face and use a razor that still had the plastic cap on haha. I didn't really remember that but your question jogged my memory.

For real 16. I only had to shave once a week back then.

Alyssa11 · Answer

14, self-taught (it's really easy).  Then I started waxing (100% recommend)... now we're in a pandemic so I'm either hairy or I shave lol. Im joking I shave :D

hhH2traveler · Answer

I dont shave, i get loose hairs though. I know a little about how to shave, i had a toy shaving set as a kid, and i keep up to date on hair shaving innovations. I've looked at several shaving razors, mostly for sensitive skin, dummy proof, not because i can't follow directions, just because i always believe in getting the safest razors available, i dont want to take chances.

Unit1 · Answer

When I was 16 years old. I noticed some areas were getting bushy and cutting those came as the idea on it's own. No further explanation required.

front2back · Answer

About 16. I actually self-taught as my dad shaved in ways my sensitive skin can't handle.
I now use 2-blade (stop buying 3 blade razors! They damage your skin!) Disposables and double edged safety razors exclusively. I have a spacial electric trimmer for my twiddle-diddles (plastic, won't cut open the sac) and a razor known as the "man groomer" which I use to shave my chest and back (I am very gorilla like).

Paige90 · Answer

13 because my parents wouldn't let me shave until then.

Thatgirl_r · Answer

I waxed my kitty the first time when I was 14 😭 and it killled

MrOracle · Answer

I was 12 or 13, and I didn't need to be taught. It was pretty straightforward, and in those early years, the hair wasn't very thick and was easy to shave. It gets thicker and tougher to shave as you get older - by 15 or so, it was like it is now.

SarahP080102 · Answer

I was 13, and my mom taught me how to shave my legs and armpits. My friends and I learned to shave our pussies together at a sleepover.

beebella · Answer

I was about 12. Nobody taught me. I just told my mom one day that I wanted to start shaving my legs and she said, "Go ahead."  Had my sister get me a razor and off I went.

Hannah_le · Answer

I was like 12? I think but I taught myself lol my parents never talked to me about such things so I had to buy the razors at the store with a friend or watch YouTube myself to learn

TallAnon · Answer

No idea, really, whenever I got facial hair. I'm blondish, so I got away with not shaving for quite a while, even though I had a razer (that my mom probably bought me, getting a similar one that my dad had) I guess 16/17 when I did it regularly. I still only shave every few weeks, mostly tweaking my mustache and such, but since quarantine, I also don't care much.

Bluemax · Answer

About 14. Beginning of high school.

I'm looking at the other answers from guys and seeing how many dads taught them. I feel cheated! 😉 No one taught me how to shave. I just watched shaving cream commercials and took it from there.

Anonymous · Answer

I shaved for the first time when I was 18 I had a peach fuzz mustache and soul patch. I didn’t officially start shaving until about 2 years later and even then only every other day at the most. Now even being close to 50 I still only shave every other day. Maybe that’s why everyone thinks I’m way younger than I really am

TacosRAwesome · Answer

At around 12 my mum tried to show me how to use the epilator decide which was torture coz I'm half Yeti. Tried it around 6 times and have up so I've been going to the waxing lady ever since.

Anonymous · Answer

I was in 10th grade, so probably 15 or 16. I had this peach fuzz for a while beforehand but my dad kept telling me that once I start I'm basically going to have to keep doing it. He was right, but facial hair definitely looks a lot better on me now than it did when I was a teen

rachel776 · Answer

i was 12 i think and i just sort of figured it out on my own and then i talked my sister about it which helped

David92506 · Answer

I tried shaving with a blade but it stung and I got pimples from it. I was 18-years-old. After that, I shaved with an electric razor and had no issues. No one taught me.

Laciandmaci · Answer

10, I hit puberty at 9, and armpit hair came in quick!

Ninani · Answer

Must've been around 10. I stole cheap razors from my mom and taught myself through old-fashioned trial and error.

theonlyfemboy · Answer

Maybe 14 or 15? Nobody taught me, I just figured it out for myself, mostly because I started with my legs and not my face

FictionalCharacter · Answer

I was in 5th grade, so probably 10-11 years old. Nobody taught me, but my mom did get my sisters and I a 2 piece razor 🪒 . Just to be careful.

Alex-Snow · Answer

By shaving for a guy do you mean the face or the penis?

saffoler · Answer

Middle school; nobody taught me, I had to figure it out for myself.

sheikalana · Answer

I was 10/11/12 and learned on my own my mom was against me shaving.

COMMODOREII · Answer

I was 18 actually. I always wanted my dad to teach me. But i got a care package from Gillette with a razor, a small can of shaving gel and instruction booklet on how to shave. That was my first birthday gift.

Libbers · Answer

I was 12. And no one taught me. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that one. Lol.

BillieJean1070 · Answer

I was around 12, when I started shaving my legs. Started shaving my bikini line a little later when I noticed darker hair outside my bathing suit.

slms2003 · Answer

I started in middle school but didn’t do it often then. Google and YouTube taught me lol

JulieLamar · Answer

Oh for me it's not very old, about a year ago and a friend showed me🙂

Pink6o6 · Answer

I started at 13/14 and figured it mostly on my own. My mom did give me some pointers on how to shave my legs.

adorable_petite · Answer

I was 13 when I started shaving my legs and pots and 15 when I started shaving my crotch and wearing a thong. My mom showed me how to shave my legs and pits and from my friend I learned how to shave the rest.

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

About 16 was bought an electric razor for my birthday, some aftershave and condoms. I also got my own key for the house.

pepperhicks · Answer

Shaving is like sex. Keep it hot and wet. Take time to lather the shaving soap with hot water to open up pores.

Meldrum · Answer

I still have the brush and razor I used, back in the Stone Age, when I first started shaving. Dad taught me how to hold it so I didn't slit my throat. Check out some western movies and one should show you what I mean.

Anonymous · Answer

People are taught how to shave? Really? Like really really? I can’t remember when but it’s just something I figured out myself, like most things. 🤷🏼‍♀️

sp33d · Answer

Stuff started appearing on face, quite itchy, so had to get rid of it. Wasn't much to it, I actually used a shaving knife as a teen, cuz it made me feel more gangsta. It is also quite effective at flattening acne :D

NaughtyByNature719 · Answer

My mother actually showed me at around 14 my pubes were getting long and underarms were bad.

kellytheman · Answer

Well I don't shave my legs or arms or anything but I started to shave my face when I was 14 or 15 years old. I also manscaped about when I was about 16 especially when I started having sex and getting blowjobs.

rainbowbi · Answer

I was 13 I guess and my mom taught , I think every mom should

Kit_Kat88 · Answer

13 or 14 I started shaving my armpits and sometimes legs. I started shaving or waxing my downstairs area at 18

fit_and_feminine · Answer

My mom taught me how to shave my legs and pits while my best friend taught me how to shave my kitty

NightOwl8801 · Answer

I started shaving my face about freshman year of high school, my mom had to show me the basics of it and I had to wing it and I did just that and picked up things as I went through life and made shaving easier

Anonymous · Answer

I secretly shaved when I was 11, and no one taught me— because I kept shaving a secret from my parents, so they never knew.

888theGreat · Answer

I was in my teens and I taught myself and didn't even cut my nose off or lips

Anonymous · Answer

8 or 9. Didn’t even have enough hair for it but wanted to be cool like my cousin. My cousin taught me.

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