Why I got the male Brazilian wax: Are straight men really going bare down there?
My interest in the male Brazilian wax began when my girlfriend’s Russian wax technician told her not to buy me boots for Christmas. “You buy a man boots, he will walk away from you,” Irena said, while applying hot pine wax to Anna’s bikini line. This is apparently a well-known Russian proverb, and Russian women will not buy their men boots on its account. “But if you insist on buying him the boots,” Irena continued, “ask him for some money in return, even one penny, so it is not a gift, but a trade.” Anna takes Irena’s advice seriously. “She’s like my therapist,” she says. My brother wound up buying me the boots. Curious to meet Irena, I tagged along to Anna’s next wax appointment. Irena had once told Anna to break up with me if I didn’t propose to her “within two months,” but she greeted me like an old friend, holding my hand and staring deep into my eyes. “You must come see me sometime,” she said, meaning for a wax. I said it sounded pretty painful. “It’s not so bad,” she said. “Here
