So it's your personal hobby, but when you're dating it's his responsibility to pay for your personal hobby?
That's not what I said. But certainly, I'm breaking out the big guns a lot more often when I'm in the early stages of a relationship than when I'm not.
Most hair salons are more than willing to throw in an eyebrow wax with a normal hair cut.
Actually, they don't. I don't have a single girlfriend who doesn't have a seperate brow girl,
and a seperate coiffeur guy. Would you trust your dentist to handle your rosacea, just because they're both in the medical field? No. So why is a guy who handles cut & colour, any more equipped to deal with estecthics? Hair and eyebrows are two very different things.
I will agree that some barbers throw in free brow trimming (admittedly, my father's) but the amount of these men (unfortunately, also including my dad) who actually have good brows is a small, microscopic minority. You get what you pay for.
If you choose to use extensive body waxing that's your issue, and no one else's. Shaving isn't going to break the bank, and even with body waxing it certainly wouldn't come close to the cost of a steak dinner.
It can be up to $60 for a wax including brows and an area of body hair, depending on the salon. Even at a restaurant, that's 2 salmon filet dinners. We've both invested $60 into the relationship if I've spent the money on waxing, and you covered my dinner that night.
I suppose if he's going to be seeing your bikini line on a first date at least he's getting his money's worth.
So when you're not dating someone you cease shaving your legs and pits? You know he has to buy shaving cream and razor blades for his face. Blades for men's razors are anything but cheap. It's called basic personal grooming, you can pay for it, you're a big girl.
My legs get way more attention when I'm dating someone than when I'm not. I can really, go 2 weeks between doing my legs really before the hair is visible enough that I shouldn't be wearing skirts or shorts, but there's been times I've shaved every 2-3 days when casually dating someone. I'm not complaining about the cost, but the suggestion that men are so hard done by because they cover the cost of dinner during the courting stages, while I spend as much on my physical image to make the man happy, seems like a sour grapes argument to make.
If you don't want to spend the extra money, don't expect us to put any extra effort.
Okay, and I spend $50 a month on a health club membership. Add into that at least 2 hours a day of my time. Then there's all the work out supplements you need: a good $100 a month on whey protein, $110 on Cassein protein $80 a month on pre work out nutrition, $120 a month on recovery supplements, $70 a month on a good men's multi-vitamin. For some guys a personal trainer in the mix, that's going to be 90 dollars (or more) for an hour session. Not to mention all the money that goes into eating properly.
Do you really think if a woman is vain enough to spend her disposable income on extra waxing, hair care beyond shampoo, & conditioner, clothing and snazzy undies, she wouldn't also be vain enough to go to the gym or exercise?
Weaksauce.
Anywho, I can see this is just turning into one-man-upship, so I'll be moving on. I just felt several of your arguments (especially the suggestion I should just get the guy who does my hair to wax my brows) to be out of touch with modern times.
So where's my credit for all the money that goes into maintaining my appearance? I'm wagering you don't go out with a lot of fat boys.
I've never had a fat guy come on to me. And I'm certainly not the type to come on strong to a guy, so I've never actually gone on a date with someone fat where the question of who was to pay came up.
