A very hairy topic indeed

Even though there are far more important questions to be answered - stay home or work, one kid or two or more, keep up with the Joneses or downsize and live with less - I've decided to call upon my blogger friends to help me with one of the more simple ones crowding my mind...

To wax or not to wax?

No, not there, or there, and definitely not there. God knows I'm not going to be wearing a thong on the beach anytime soon, unless they're on my feet. I'd like to know your thoughts on facial waxing. If you're a mother I'm sure you have by now realized that you have become a wee bit more woolly than you were before pregnancy. Pregnancy, the gift that keeps on giving. I, myself, have gained a what appears to be a small woodland creature on my face along with the screaming newborn that refused to sleep for the first four months of her life. Its like the hair I lost on my head postpartum got lost while growing back, or got tired and said "Head, chin... What's the difference? Let's just take root here. Whoopee!"

I come from a long line of hairy women. My mother's family is Portuguese so all the females who got the dark hair, brown eyes, and easily tanned skin also got the curse of the five o'clock shadow and Bert unibrow. My sister, for instance, has been seeing an electrolysist since she was 13 (Hi Sis!). But, lucky me, I inherited more of my father's Scottish genes and escaped with smaller amounts of lightly colored facial hair. And better still, it bleached on its own in the summer months. But pregnancy, she is the great equalizer, and now my upper lip is quickly disappearing under the fuzzy, black catepillar that has crawled there and died and when I'm in a pensive mood I quietly stroke my chin hairs. Its sad, but if I stay this way for much longer I will probably end up spending more time shaving my face than my husband does.

Before my kid is old enough to wonder why Mommy looks like Rip Van Winkle I need to start waxing. But where does it end, where do I draw the line? The skin above my upper lip needs it, so does my chin. That's when it gets tricky. Jason Priestly would be envious of my sideburns and I have enough hair around my jaw line that I could conceivable start grooming it into the latest crazy style. Do I wax from nose to throat and from ear to ear? That's a lot of ripping and tearing. But its very necessary because tweezing and trimming just aren't cutting it anymore.

Yeah, pun totally intended.

So, thoughts? What would you do in my situation? Help a woman out here. But if you are not a hairy beast, like me, keep that to yourself. Because if you let it slip that you don't have this problem I'll find out where you live, go to your house and shed all over your carpets.