I think I've led a sheltered life.

...I wonder if it was spending my teens and early twenties in rural, rural Ohio.

Or perhaps it's because I never thought of painful things as entertaining.   

You know?

 

(and, yes.  I have read 50 Shades...so there!)

 

However.

When I was going through my nail and Groucho Marx eyebrow debacles last week, I spent a LOT of time talking to Sylvia, my hair styling lady.

 

After we covered the subjects of cooking in the crockpot during the hot months and what our favorite I-phone apps were...

 

Yes...We are intensely intellectual individuals...

 

We started talking about waxing.

 

It was kind of a natural segue from crockpots and I-phones because she had just informed me that she would wax my eyebrows AFTER coloring them...

 

And then she asked me if I also wanted a Brazilian.

 

"A Brazilian what?" I answered.   "You mean one of those big, brown nuts that taste like dirt?"

 

She giggled at me.

 

"No, silly.   A Brazilian wax!"

 

"Ummm...I don't even know what that really is," I replied.

 

"You know?   When you get waxed DOWN THERE!"

 

"Oh, heck no.   No waxing for me.  But...ummm... thanks anyway.   I didn't even know you did that stuff here."

 

"Well, we do."

 

I pondered this for a minute.

 

"You know, Sylvia.  I don't even know what the difference between a bikini and a Brazilian wax is."

 

She looked surprised.

 

And then she explained.

 

I'm sure I looked pretty surprised.

 

I actually was pretty surprised.

 

"Doesn't that hurt?" I asked.

 

"Well, yeah.   Some.   Do you want to try it?"

 

"Ummmm...no.   No, but thanks a lot anyway.  I think we'll just wax my eyebrows."

 

And I thought the whole concept while she was yanking out my eyebrow hair with little strips of fabric.

 

Yeah.

 

Ummmm.

 

I think I'll stick with living a sheltered life.

 

And think about the fact that not ALL knowledge is GOOD knowledge.

 

Ha.

 

Ha ha!

 

If you live a sheltered life, too...

 

YOUR WELCOME!

 

And if you have ever attempted this kind of waxing...

 

May I offer you my sincere condolences.

 

Blush.