For the men in the old people group… do you trim your nether regions?? I’m mid 50’s and have never done that. Just curious about my cohorts.

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For the men in the old people group… do you trim your nether regions?? I’m mid 50’s and have never done that. Just curious about my cohorts.

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  2. WetsauceHorseman Avatar

    Bro, you ain’t never got your ball hairs like smashed in the elastic of your drawers? I don’t go bare, but I trim back out of self preservation.

  3. mcphisto2 Avatar

    I’be been manscaping for as long as I remember. Probably doesn’t help that I grow hair like a gorilla. But all the women I have dated have said they appreciate it.

  4. nippleflick1 Avatar

    Never, and imo that’s weird!

  5. Away-Revolution2816 Avatar

    I do a little, I’m clumsy so nothing to drastic. I did freak my nephew out one day when he told me I had a long ear hair. Ear and nose hair get a cigarette lighter treatment.

  6. Grouchy_System6535 Avatar

    Gotta cut back the brush.

  7. hondo77777 Avatar

    Wife #2 does. She asked that I do. Totally worth it.

  8. ElegantXhikk Avatar

    Yes. I use a beard trimmer

  9. FriendRaven1 Avatar

    53 here. Started trimming about 25-30 years ago when I met my wife.

    Not long after, I started shaving my balls and trimming the rest. I’m pure natural blond, so it can be difficult to see, but I love the way it feels bare.

  10. brokefixfux Avatar

    That’s between me and my gerbil Anthony

  11. BodhisattvaJones Avatar

    Mid-50s and have done so for more than 25 years.

  12. monkey_monkey_monkey Avatar

    Mow the law to make the house look bigger

  13. tallslim1960 Avatar

    My wife cuts my hair, all of it, including “down there”

  14. ShihTzuBruh Avatar

    Gay 60 and heck I trim and occasionally shave it all off

  15. billy310 Avatar

    Yup, totally. Not a fan of hair down there and I’m not a hypocrite

  16. wescowell Avatar

    GF waxes me. Wife doesn’t.

  17. Electrical_Feature12 Avatar

    Some have done this for 30 years

  18. MeRegular10 Avatar

    I’m 72. My hands shake, so no. 

  19. yountvillwjs Avatar

    Big nest, little bird. Little nest, big bird

  20. Building_a_life Avatar

    No. I’ve been with the same lover since 1966. She never has, and I haven’t either.

  21. travelingtraveling_ Avatar

    My hubby does. Trim, not shave. Chest, too.

    Am f71. When we first met, I discovered his chest hair was 3+ feet long! (He grows body hair really well.) I taught him how to “man-scape,” and he keeps everything he can reach, nice and short.

    Yum!

  22. 2amante10 Avatar

    I trim when I might be naked around my wife.

    Haven’t trimmed in 8 years.

  23. Phil_Atelist Avatar

    Got into the habit when I was a distance runner.  I am a hairy guy and it helped with chafing.  Still does.

  24. jshifrin Avatar

    I did it once. It itched like crazy until it grew back.

  25. 9mmway Avatar

    Nope…. Just natural 🙂

  26. scottwax Avatar

    Yes, my wife likes it.

  27. cyclical_tom Avatar

    69 years old, just like the way it feels

  28. Fun-Lengthiness-7493 Avatar

    Excellent question. I trim everything but, if I’m feeling Randy, sometimes I’ll go bald as Jesus

  29. Adventurous_Bit1325 Avatar
    1. Just did it for the first time, and it’s a little strange. Next time I will avoid the ball region.
  30. Honeybee71 Avatar

    My fiancé always has

  31. kridkralc Avatar

    Yep! I feel it more than anyone else, and I like the way it feels. Washing included.

  32. kalelopaka Avatar

    Yes, have been trimming for years.

  33. Wildweed Avatar

    That shit can start getting long. I don’t shave it or nothing, just cut it down. Only had to do it a couple times in 10 years.

  34. Upstairs-Storm1006 Avatar

    48 and I’ve been doing it since college. I can’t imagine how hairy your area is

  35. taoist_bear Avatar

    Nobody and I mean nobody, likes hair in their mouth.

  36. Salt_Pool3279 Avatar

    Did it once on a dare from my then-girlfriend back in 1989. Been doing it ever since.

  37. Big-Ad4382 Avatar

    Cancer and chemotherapy has made me like a porpoise. No hair anywhere. It’s weird. I’m not sure I like it.

  38. ppardee Avatar

    I did once as a young guy and the irritation was not worth it. The natural ends of hair are much less pokey. It was like wearing wool underwear.

    Now I just braid it to keep it out of the way.

  39. mom_with_an_attitude Avatar

    Please don’t. Signed, a woman

    Men are hairy. They are supposed to be. It is one of the things that makes them sexy.

    Full bush or go home.

  40. UserJH4202 Avatar

    I (75M) “manscape” regularly. My wife pretty much insists and I’m all too happy to oblige.

  41. iamspartacusbrother Avatar
    1. When I get around to it so it dries out easier. Also chest hair whe it irritates my nose
  42. 12345NoNamesLeft Avatar

    The hair was long enough, it was getting caught in the foreskin and the hair worked like a cheese wire – cutting into the foreskin.

    It was a bitch to get that to heal.

    So yes. Super careful length trimming.

    Arsehole shaved for easy washing.

    You asked.

  43. atomicsnarl Avatar

    My manservant William attends to these affairs. We do not discuss them.

  44. Showusyourboobz Avatar

    I need the optical inch.

  45. RudeAd9698 Avatar

    I trim but don’t shave it

  46. ralph99_3690 Avatar

    Yup. I quick trim down there is all it takes with clippers.

  47. jintana Avatar

    I trim it when the hair grows long enough to be pinchy.

  48. smokeybearman65 Avatar

    When I was younger. Now, it’s not necessary. I’m going bald, but for some reason not on my head.

  49. drlove57 Avatar

    Yes, I have a body hair trimmer for that stuff. Then use a hair remover for the shower to get the rest.

  50. PrudentPush8309 Avatar

    Trim it?!? I can barely reach it…

  51. strumthebuilding Avatar

    Yes! Off and on for a decade or so, and consistently ‘scaped for the last couple of years. It’s appreciated by the women I’ve dated.

  52. DontTakePeopleSrsly Avatar
    1. I’ve done it since my first summer in Florida 16 years ago.
  53. dennisSTL Avatar

    scissors and safety razor; trim short, shave balls…fo it for me, is more comfotsblr after initial couple days….

  54. Additional-Remote596 Avatar

    71 years. Never trimmed any pubes ever. 4 years ago had one side of balzac shaved for surgery to remove basal cell carcinoma. That side never grew back as much as before.

  55. toebob Avatar

    Phillips OneBlade with short guard. Short enough to be well trimmed. Long enough to not itch. Works great for beards, too.

    I normally don’t do endorsements but I’ve had this thing for about 5 years and I love it.

  56. Ok-Afternoon-3724 Avatar

    I got shaved down below about 3 different times in my younger years. Once as part of an initiation. One of those dumbass things. I had to shave my privates and right leg, but not the left. And shave a bald strip, front to back across my head.

    Another time because I was stupid and mentioned the above incident to my wife and she suddenly got curious what I’d look like bald down below.

    Third time I lost a bet with my wife. She was in the mood to get me back for a thing I made her do when she’d lost a bet a week before. These bets we’d do meant you had to do whatever the winner said. Yeah, well she and her best gal pal shaved me everywhere except the top of my head, have me a pedicure and manicure and painted the nails, plucked my eye brows, removed the sideburns, gave me a full makeup job, stuck a wig on my head, put me in a blouse and dress with a stuffed bra and made me go bar hopping with them. THEY thought it was funny as hell. My opinion was somewhat different.

    Anyway, those experiences convinced me that shaving below was not something I was going to do again. It itches, and is miserable as it grows back. As far as just trimming, tried it a few times. My wife decided it didn’t really make any difference to her, so I never did it again.

  57. troutbumtom Avatar

    Shaft, balls, taint and up the crack.

  58. Imaginary-Mechanic62 Avatar

    I don’t. I offered once but the wife looked at me like I had beans for brains and said that real men don’t do that. She also thinks that real men drive trucks and have facial hair, so I also have a beard and a pickup. I am proud to continue fulfilling her gender expectations.

  59. jeffro3339 Avatar

    I’m 55 & I’ve never done it either

  60. mydebu1 Avatar

    Been battery shaving my entire body (including balding head) Since I was about 52/53. I feel so free especially living in a humid country. Thinking of waxing but I have thin sensitive skin in some areas so afraid they would just tear it off. Being hairless is liberating and I feel so much cleaner. I LOVE IT!!!!

  61. hajimoto74 Avatar

    Bro you got to keep your hedge trimmed and sharp, that’s kind guy code isn’t it? Your dad wasnt talking about just the plants outside.

  62. Droogie_65 Avatar

    As in “mow the lawn”, “trim the shrubbery”? What, are you planning an Only Fans page?

  63. Sanpaku Avatar

    With the same trimmer I use to cut my head hair, and cut the dog’s hair so he can endure summer.

  64. Sufficient-Union-456 Avatar

    Trim? Yes… Shave? No.

  65. Dknpaso Avatar

    Still don’t, probably never will unless wifee would like it. Keep the facial somewhat presentable, yet never naked.

  66. Parking-College4970 Avatar

    Sixty-nine years old…no…seen increased interest in this over the past five years…just assumed it was some style, or sexual thing…

  67. keithrc Avatar

    Ironically, I didn’t start manscaping until about my 40’s. So many long, scraggly, gray hairs.

  68. Overall-Bat-4332 Avatar

    Only if my wife asks and helps.

  69. 18mitch Avatar

    Shave everything from my beard to my toes

  70. Aggravating-Corgi700 Avatar

    Over 50? Just be grateful it still stands up and someone else appreciates it. 😂

  71. NotBondNow Avatar

    Only time mine was trimmed was when I had bypass surgery. Why do they shave your whole body to crack your chest???? If I ever get the opportunity to get naked with a woman again, I’m a widower, I’d seriously consider a trim.

  72. Here_there1980 Avatar

    Nether regions? I’m not even Dutch.

  73. Middle-Luck-997 Avatar

    Yes. Been manscaping since my 20’s.

  74. qgecko Avatar

    Yes, use my Braun shaver.

  75. apathywhocares Avatar

    Bald as a badger downstairs and it’s much appreciated by the wife. There’s also only two recognised ways to make him look bigger. Lose weight or manscape. Manscaping’s easier

  76. CompleteSherbert885 Avatar

    Hubby died last yr at 81, never manscaped ever.

  77. Maximum_Possession61 Avatar

    I’m in my 60’s, and I’ve been doing that since I was 23. It’s more habit than anything else now.

  78. fossel42 Avatar

    Wife trims it, still have my dong, so far

  79. lmunck Avatar

    Not regularly, but that stuff grows more like weeds now, so sometimes a bit of edge maintenance is necessary.

  80. Any_Calendar_3600 Avatar

    Yes, periodically. M71

  81. No-Can-6237 Avatar

    Wife prefers my undercarriage to not look like an elderly homeless mental patient.

  82. cosmoboy Avatar

    There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. Breathtaking, I suggest you try it.

  83. cosmoboy Avatar

    There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. Breathtaking, I suggest you try it.

  84. TheDevilsAdvokaat Avatar

    No. When I was married and in my 50’s, My wife and I tried it once.

    Sex felt kinda nice. But my god the itching over the next few weeks as the hair regrew was almost unbearable! We never did it again.

  85. EpponneeRay Avatar

    I trim if I’m going to be naked around someone so I look like I have a 70’s porn star bush.

  86. FlannelShirt69 Avatar

    I’m 54 and I’ve been trimming it for about 7 years. My wife gave me a Manscaping tool for Christmas and I’ve never looked back.

  87. berkeley_solipsist Avatar

    56 and yep. It just feels cleaner

  88. kindcrow Avatar

    If you still want your knob polished from time to time, I suggest you get on that.

  89. Dumpsterfire013 Avatar

    I did at 55. The wife laughed at me. It itched growing back.

  90. shamashedit Avatar

    I use my beard trimmer with a 2 guide. In the summer I’ll scortch the earth with some Nair and talc the scrot. Keeps it cool and brisk.

  91. jamiekynnminer Avatar

    My husband is over 50 and yes. Thank goodness yes.

  92. MultipleScoregasm Avatar

    52 and yes. Every few weeks. It looks unpleasant, can smell in summer, gets in the way and is distasteful to my girlfriend if not.

  93. JimTheJerseyGuy Avatar

    Mid-50s. I keep things tidy – not shaved but shall we say cropped.

  94. JimTheJerseyGuy Avatar

    Mid-50s. I keep things tidy – not shaved but shall we say cropped.

  95. westslexander Avatar

    I go from complete smooth to a landing strip back and forth

  96. Leaf-Stars Avatar

    Been shaving my nuts and going commando since I got jock itch when I was 18. Makes a world of difference.

  97. Spang64 Avatar

    Cohorts? You mean cajones? What do you mean you’re curious about your cajones, dawg? In what way?

  98. Prestigious-Fan3122 Avatar

    Well, ABSOLUTELY stay away from your next wife’s Bushwhacker is that, and you might not leave the squirrel with the full compliment of external genitalia with which you entered it!

  99. Spirited-Mess170 Avatar

    I use Nads depilatory crème on the ball sac. They don’t recommend it but I’ve never had any irritation from it.

  100. RonH17 Avatar

    Did you guys ever think 45 50 years ago when you were hiding somewhere reading penthouse form that one day you’d be writing a comment on something called the internet about shaving your balls. I know sure I didn’t. That didn’t happen till I was about 40 and still do. Makes those bj’s just that much better.

  101. tnrdmn Avatar

    What the hell? Trim my nether regions?? Of course I trim there, I don’t want to waste time having my honey pick hair out of her false teeth do I? No I don’t! I got no time for that, beside my erection won’t last that long!

    Damn dumb questions, get off my lawn!

  102. Megistias Avatar

    Yes. My wife likes my balls to be smooth and silky. Her reasoning works for me.

  103. CriticalMine7886 Avatar

    Nope, never, but I’m hairy all over so I’d feel a bit daft.

    Also – I’m the only one seeing it these days, so the extra effort feels like it would be a waste

  104. Huntersteele69 Avatar

    Used to wax but shit hurts worse now then was 30, but clean there at the moment thanks to a 20 something nurse since had a procedure.

  105. sturm200999 Avatar

    I am 58 and haven’t done it in the last 20 years

  106. papa-01 Avatar

    I’m 62 and yes have been since bout 30 I don’t shave anything but my face but trim everything up to a short level , maybe bout 1/2″

  107. CollieChan Avatar

    My x did that. He was in his 50s. Thought it felt fresher that etc

  108. r1veriared Avatar

    Did you ask your partner? I prefer trimmed for myself and my partner.

  109. VersionConscious7545 Avatar

    100%. I have for years. Work outside and just makes for better hygiene I have. Ever liked a beard either Smooth as a baby’s bottom

  110. Murphysburger Avatar

    74M here. I have always wanted to maintain a neat nether regions. Never found a good solution until I bought The TrimsMen. Absolutely no gouging, cuts or bruises. Smooth as a baby’s butt .

    The only problem is, my belly hangs over so far. I have a hard time seeing what I’m doing.

  111. Moondog_71 Avatar

    Ever since my vasectomy 15 years ago. Both are amazing decisions.

  112. Longjumping_Swan_631 Avatar

    The modern trimmers they make now work great. I have never harmed my nether regions.

  113. Not_horny_justbored Avatar

    My girlfriend trims mine. I don’t mind and she seems to enjoy herself.

  114. hwysqrl Avatar

    I don’t think it became a big thing with men until around the year 2000. That means I went over 30 years without a thought in my head of ever taking a razor down there. I figure that if I could go that long without caring, it’s just not something I’m interested in. Wife told me she doesn’t care so, nope, never have.

  115. tboy160 Avatar

    48 and yes I keep it trimmed.

  116. TheRealCrustycabs Avatar

    used to when I was bumping uglies regularly. Now at 65, I’ve gone “natural”. 😀

  117. SRB112 Avatar

    In the spring, before my first trip to the nude beach.

  118. DickSleeve53 Avatar

    Completely shaved front and back every time I shower

  119. StellarOverdrive Avatar

    55 Trimmed not shaved.

  120. XrayDelta2022 Avatar

    I’ve manscaped since my 20’s when a girlfriend mentioned it. It’s always just stuck with me

  121. Stardustquarks Avatar

    Yep. Been trimming since my 20s

  122. chasonreddit Avatar

    At my age I trim everything. Eyebrows, ears, shave the head, neck, remove the back, mow back the chest, totally scape the naughty bits.

    The only parts that don’t get hair reduced is arms, legs, and pits.

    I’ll tell the story, it’s a pretty good one. I was at a party maybe 10 years ago. I was kind of a token hetero at a friends mostly gay party. I’m in the basement mixing a drink and chatting with a guy I didn’t know. Somehow the topic of gays and manscaping came up. He took a deep breath and said

    “Chasonreddit, I don’t care if you are old or young, gay or straight, man or woman. Ain’t no one wants to suck on a cactus.”

    I am unable to poke any holes in his logic.

  123. LoveisBaconisLove Avatar

    Never done it and won’t. I don’t think women should either. It’s a dumb fad that will probably become  essential at some point, but it’s completely unnecessary.

  124. visualthings Avatar

    No, never. If you have a good body hygiene there is no need for that. If you walk around in speedos I understand you want to keep your hairstyle in order, but I don’t walk around in speedos.

  125. jBillark Avatar

    Yup, I think they appreciate a tidy garden

  126. bitterbuffaloheart Avatar

    56 and if I’m single, yes, but if I’m in a relationship, no

  127. 64-matthew Avatar

    Never done it in my 75 years

  128. Oh_No_Its_Dudder Avatar

    Yes, from my head to my toes, I’m tidy all over.

  129. Dependent-Cress-995 Avatar

    57 and bought a trimmer with guards to protect myself from nicks and cuts. Definitely don’t go bare but I keep it pretty close.

  130. Can_handle_it Avatar

    Thin the herd every few weeks, keeps it tidy and wife happy, which keeps me happy.

  131. Infamous-Bed9010 Avatar
    1. I’ve been shaving smooth for 1-2 decades. The wife keeps hers completely shaved too.

    I’m so used to it now I can’t imagine growing hair back again.

  132. Hopeful-Mirror1664 Avatar

    I’m 59 and have been shaving my entire body for 40 years. Everyday in the summer or on vacation and every 3rd day or so in the winter. I get my back waxed and my eyebrows done also.
    I can’t stand body hair. My wife and I are as smooth as dolphins.

  133. dmbgreen Avatar

    Hair trimmer with a #2-3 guard. Get that brush trimmed.

  134. izeek11 Avatar
    1. about once a week. wife loooves that ahave job. you get better with reps.

    i use a manscaper, then shave with bic twin select razors and edge ultimate shave gel. that edge stays with you longer than others, imo.

    the biggest problem is patience. cmon, you know we guys just wanna hack the hair off and get it over with. but taking your time and doing it intentionally makes a huge difference from, “oh, i think ill hack the lawn up, today. lets see, oh and the gym, and car wash, and, then ill shave. with reduced attention span. then wonder why your nuts are bleeding.

  135. Outrageous_Lack8435 Avatar
    1. Yes must look your best at all times just in case you have to go to the hospital. Oh also clean undies
  136. BerryLanky Avatar

    Yup. Hair free for a decade now. When u started dating after my wife’s passing most of the women I slept with were bare with a couple groomed with a tight landing strip. I cleaned myself up and it was well received. Down side is you go a couple of days without shaving it gets itchy

  137. saagir1885 Avatar

    Yes .

    It cuts down on sweating.

  138. DarkCheezus Avatar

    I trim with scissors to keep it low, but never shave

  139. julianriv Avatar

    67 first trimmed it over 50 years ago and been doing it ever since. Even gone completely bare down there a few times.

  140. CharDeeMacDennisII Avatar
    1. Shaved clean, shaft, sack, and crack.

    Also pits.

  141. deignguy1989 Avatar

    Yes. Absolutely. 59

  142. yerBoyShoe Avatar

    If you’re mid 50’s and have never done it, it must be a jungle down there. If you like and your partner likes, don’t do anything. If not, get a trimmer with a guard. You can choose whether you go so far as to (carefully, and with much lather) razor the scrotum and around the base of the shaft, or just keep the grounds around the playing field neat.

  143. ChrisNYC70 Avatar

    yes. been doing it since the 90s.

  144. Practical_Maximum_29 Avatar

    Eons ago a guy I hooked up with got all mischievous and suggested we shave each other. Very much a trust exercise! lol
    But a spot in the centre of my fupa never grew back. I’m smooth as a baby’s bottom there. And over the years, my pubes have naturally thinned out so there’s really not much left to trim.

  145. Sufficient_Stop8381 Avatar

    Cutting the grass makes the tree appear larger, as it were..

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  147. FLGuitar Avatar

    Gotta keep it trimmed. Grooming is important.

  148. SLIMaxPower Avatar

    nair. wife hates pubes when swallowing.