Have you ever done something so incredibly stupid or clumsy that you really didn’t want anybody to know and yet you felt compelled to tell about it anyhow? I was in my early twenties when I enrolled at HSU. Although beauty wasn’t in my future, I did still try to look my best. Passing pretty was a compliment to me. As every gal knows, looking your best includes all the basics like showering, fixing your hair, shaving unwanted hair, plucking eyebrows, all that girly stuff. I’m not an exception. I spent a great deal of time trying to look good. Sometimes I succeeded and sometimes I did not succeed.
Most weekends that first year of college saw me travelling home for good food, free laundry, and gas money. My dad would always say he was going to loan me the gas money. I was smarter than that; I would not take his money if he mentioned the word loan. It was give or nothing. One of the weekends I went home, my lip was kind of swollen. My mom and dad both asked me what happened to my lip. At first, I didn’t tell them because it was kind of embarrassing. They kept on asking, sensing a good laugh. Eventually, I told them I had cut my lip while shaving my underarm. Their faces reflected utter disbelief. They were certain they had misunderstood me. They repeated their question and I repeated my answer while demonstrating.
Several minutes later, both my parents were wiping tears from their faces. They were still laughing so hard they couldn’t even speak.
That’s not the end of the story. Every date I had after that heard the story. My husband still volunteers this story at gatherings and just the other day my son felt the need to re-tell that same story. It has provided over 20 years of entertainment for our family and friends. I am no longer embarrassed by this deed. Today when the story is told I just laugh right along with the group and offer up a demonstration.
How To Cut Your Lip While Shaving Your Underarm:
Step 1: Lather your pit for shaving
Step 2: Run hot water over the razor
Step 3: Take razor in hand while lifting up arm
Step 4: While looking to make sure you “got it all” take an upward swipe with the razor. Don’t pause in the upswing and you will cut your lip.
Step 5: DO NOT TELL ANYONE HOW YOU CUT YOUR LIP
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