Men's Chests: Bare vs. Hair

I recently went to see Mama Mia! with a bunch of my friends from PTO. First of all, ladies if you haven't seen it, go. It is very entertaining. It is especially so if you go with a few people who have seen the stage play and know the musical well enough to sing some of the songs out loud with you. It is DOUBLY entertaining if you go with anyone with a musical ear who can laugh out loud when Pierce Bronson begins to sing. The effort of his face and his body language as he tries to belt out "SOS" and his off-key love song at the end (why oh, why do you ADD a song for a non-singer?! I still cannot believe that when editing this movie, they didn't cringe when they heard him. I cannot believe the "aha!" moment didn't hit them over the head. You know the one. Aha! Pierce can't carry a damn tune. Let's get a good singer to do a voice over... sorry, digressing). It was laughable and we had a good chuckle. We also had an eewww! moment (or some of us did) and lots of yummmmmmy moments which was caused by the men in the movie which brought up the later discussion at the bar about men's chests:bare vs. hair.

If you are into Pierce Bronson when he takes off his shirt then you are definitely a chest hair advocate (or more precisely a chest carpet..)- that was MY eww! moment. I don't mind some chest hair. Indeed, my own husband has just the right patch. It's noticeable but soft and fine and decidedly masculine without reminding me of our pre-human link.....Pierce had me thinking of Planet of the Apes. On the other hand, the dancing boys in the movie were all perfectly hairless with rock hard butts and abs....soooo much delicious eye candy and another good reason to treat yourself to this feast for ogling... I needed a shot of tequila and a cold shower after one particular choral number....again, digressing. The lack of chest hair was titillating and went well with the abs and other finery (and I do mean FINEry) but it made me think of boys not men.

So, the ladies and I were discussing chest hair: bare vs hair preferences and were overheard by 2 twenty-something boys who were obviously hard up for female company and decided to join us because "we were so interesting". OK, I was so feeling my age at being referred to as "interesting" instead of "hot" but honestly, have never been a "smoke hot honey" so I couldn't be truly offended. Regardless, "interesting" got us a free round of drinks from the 20 somethings which, for a bunch of PTO moms, wasn't too bad. Indeed, I went home immediately to tell my husband about the 2 young babes that bought us drinks....I omitted the "interesting" part.... He didn't seem impressed. Anyway, both boys went on to tell us that the bare chest thing was "all the rage" and that very few teenage and twenty somethings would be caught dead in a locker room with any hair on their chest....some were even going so far as to have hair waxed off the other lower areas. Sexy or creepy? You decide. I can't say I'd mind it coming off the twins underneath but altogether...creepy for me. Besides which, isn't that trail of hair from a man's belly button to his trousers that disappears into the forbidden forest soooo sexy?! What a shame to rip it off! The discussion made for an interesting evening full of laughs and I doubt any of the PTO ladies will ever look at chest hair quite the same again. I, myself cannot open a magazine that features a topless man and not think of bare vs. hair!