Our favorite he-man women hater’s club, Brobible, popped the question.

Not that question.

The more important question: should a guy shave his chest until it’s nothing but a gleaming six-pack or should he go all natural and hairy like a man’s man? And tell ya what, we don’t know the answer! So we’re throwing the question out to you, our boy-crazy readers, what do you prefer?

After yet another such ordeal this past weekend, I came up with a brilliant idea – shaving my head.  It’s perfect.  There are literally hundreds of reasons why I should (and a couple why I shouldn’t, but I say my boyfriend can take a chill pill and worry about his own hair).  Here are just a few of the wonderful benefits of shaving your head:

Fabulous Hat Opportunities -  I have come to adore hats.  Never before I have I seen so many fabulous hats just wandering the streets.  We have fedoras, cloches, berets, slouchy knits, and even pork-pie hats.  They are the perfect accessory and also do a wonderful job of keeping your head warm…which is only useful if you have no hair.  Plus, if you shave your head, you don’t have to worry about an awkward hat hair situation when you remove said fabulousness.

Wig Potential – Kind of like a hat made out of hair, the wig is an awesome way to accessorize yourself.  Just grab and go!  Make sure to go the natural hair route, unless you’re specifically going for that cheap-anonymous-bachelor-party-stripper look.  Which, since Samantha Jones rocked it in Sex and the City, I fully condone.

Temperature Control - At this very moment, I am sitting indoors near an air conditioner and I’m still sweating balls.  Would that be the case if I had a neatly shaved head? No.  No it would not, my friends.  Also, when I am working out (hypothetical situation, of course), I won’t have that sweaty, frizzy thing going on.  I will be cool as a cucumber.  I think I could even rock a sweat band if needed on my shaved head and look halfway decent.  Win.

You’ll Look Fierce – I hate to pull a Christian Siriano (okay, actually, I love it) on you, but you seriously will look fierce with a shaved head.  Example? Natalie Portman.  When she had her beautiful hair cut off in V for Vendetta, I about cried…before I realized that she looked possibly even better without hair.  It’s a powerful, intense look that I’m thinking everyone should try at least once (mostly so I don’t look like such a loner when I end up trying it).

Less Stress – I may have hinted at this above, but hair can cause a lot of stress (at least, my hair causes a lot of stress).  If you have no hair, then you have no use for shampoo, conditioner, gel, mousse, styling weapons (damn you, curling iron!) and other devices designed to eventually destroy your hair and mental health.  Your morning ritual has now been cut down to 5 minutes or less.  You’re welcome.

You’ll Save Money – As stated above, since you won’t have any hair, you’ll be giving up a lot of products that will be pretty useless to you.  Aside from extra free time (soo much extra free time), you’ll have extra moolah, too.  I can’t even think of how many pairs of shoes and accessories I could own right now if only I  didn’t have to shell out for the massive amounts of hair cream necessary to tame the frizz ball on my head.

It’ll Accentuate Your Features – No hair? No problem.  Without hair, your cheekbones, lips, and eyes suddenly pop and look incredible (not that they didn’t before, but you get my point).  The make-up opportunities are endless!  Suddenly, instead of taking a backseat to my curly mess, I imagine my eyes will be the center of attention.  Yay for imagined body pride! (j/k, I love my body, but you get my point, no?)

It’ll Grow Back – If you try shaving your head for any of the above reasons and end up hating it, just remember that it’ll grow back.  Maybe it’ll grow back even healthier, since it will be free of all dye and hair product and whatnot.  Consider it a fresh start!

There are few things more awkward than having a strange woman apply hot wax to your happy place as you sit spread eagle before her holding your undies out of the way. Except, maybe, hoisting your leg up on your bathroom counter and doin’ it yourself.

Maintaining a nice coif (or lack thereof) downtown takes a lot: of patience, of work, or pain, and of self esteem. I mean, you don’t lay on a table with your legs wide open for just anyone (sober, at least). And being that it’s such a sensitive situation, there are bound to be some awkward experiences along the way.

After opting for a cheap wax in the back of a Korean nail shop in Midtown Manhattan, where the room was so small I had to rest my legs against the wall and use my pants as a pillow while the teeny lady did her work, I wanted to see if anyone else had similar experiences. Here is what the rest of the CollegeCandy team had to share – well, the ones who didn’t block the experiences from their memories. Share your own stories in the comments!

Beata – Notre Dame: I tried to do it myself once, with some warm-up aloe vera “waxing” gel.  Ended up with sticky green goo all in my lady parts. It took a very long time to get out.

Caitlin – University of Alabama: All of my bikini wax experiences have been normal, but one time I was getting my eyebrows done and my usual lady was out of town so I got stuck with the new girl.  She wanted to try the trimmer instead of wax, and she “trimmed” off half of my eyebrow.  “Oops” is never something you want to hear from your eyebrow lady.

Sara C-Fordham: When I was about nine, I went over to a friend’s house for a pool party and we were at that age where we still weren’t bashful about our bodies and changed in front of one another. Well, one of my girlfriends was maturing much faster than the rest of us, and when I caught glimpse of her bush I shrieked. “What?” she said. “Yours is coming. Just you wait.” The way she said it, it sounded like a threat, and I feared I would one day wake up entangled in a jungle. Fortunately, I eventually realized change comes slowly.

Liza M – Minnesota: I was in the bathroom with three other girls at a frat party when one of them decided she was going to hook up with one of the brothers there, but discovered that she wasn’t as…freshly groomed as she would like for this event. To deal with it, she grabbed one of the guy’s nasty old razors and shaved. Dry. Right there. In front of us. It was horrific.

Lauren – University of Michigan: I once tried to Nair the entire thing off in the shower, then spent the next 20 minutes splashing cold water on myself to stop the burning. I was red and swollen for a week. NEVER AGAIN.

Sara – NYU: I don’t do any of that. If shaving isn’t enough, he can, frankly, suck it.

Kayla – California State University, Sacramento: While shaving my cookie in the shower one day, I felt a sneeze coming on. I stopped shaving when the sneeze came, but kept the razor against my skin. Thus, a jerk of my hand in response to the sneeze caused a vicious slicing of my tender parts. Lesson learned.

Sarabeth – University of Texas: One time after a wax, I’m not entirely sure what happened, but when the hair started growing back I had a bald patch for almost 3 months. It looked sooooo awkward.

Lauren H – New School: I haven’t always been known for reading instructions well, so the first (and last) time I attempted to wax my own bikini zone… well, I figure that since the cloth strips were long, you were supposed to put a long on line of wax to take up the whole thing. So I covered about 5 inches of my groin in molten wax, patted my little cloth strip on and then ripped it off. And I then cried. A lot. I was bruised for a week.

Charlsie – Hollins: Recently, I was at a water park and to my surprise, I left a few stray hairs. Mortified, I was obsessed with fixing my bathing suit non-stop the rest of the day, even though I’m sure no one would have noticed but me.

Mechelle – Florida State: I have only waxed once. The guy I was dating told me I looked like “a naked mole rat” and I vowed never again. In his defense, I was trying to distract him from his zoology final.

Kari- Florida State: My very first Brazlian, the woman told me I was “beautiful” while looking pointedly at my hoo-ha. Not sure if she was referencing my or my vadge, but it made the rest of the appointment WAY awk.

Mandy – Hofstra: I’ve never gotten my netherareas waxed and here’s why: In highschool, one of my good friends wanted to do it and asked me to go with her….as in IN the room and everything. So I did, to be supportive. I held her hand as they dripped the wax on her sensitive bikini line and, despite the fact that she had taking a couple Advils before, she screamed bloody murder when they ripped the first strip off. I turned my head and saw blood coming from the area her hair used to be and decided this might not be a good option for me.  No thanks, I’ll stick to shaving…

I’ve been single (and loving it) for a long, looong time. So long, in fact, that I’ve fallen into a rut. I go to class, I come home, I eat, I hang out, I go to the gym, I watch TV, etc. It’s the same stuff all the time, and for a long time I was OK with that – I was doing what I wanted to, when I wanted to. No one was telling me what parties to go to, where to celebrate my holidays, or who I could or could not sleep with.

But lately I have begun to re-evaluate things a bit (read: weigh myself) and I now realize that I went from being in a single-girl rut to hitting single-girl rock bottom.

What does rock bottom look like? I’ll show you:

1. Last week while my roommates were snuggling with their boyfriends and watching scary movies, I was sitting on my bed with a box of graham crackers and a bowl of cake batter. (Mix some cake mix with a bit of water, stir and you have yourself the ultimate single girl snack.)

2. After eating said grahams and cake batter, I woke up the next morning and was nearly halfway out the door before I realized I had chocolate cake batter smeared across my left cheek.

3. I haven’t shaved my legs in 3 weeks. I can’t remember the last time I did anything for my bikini line. Wait; yes I can. It was for Memorial Day.

4. I wore jeans (or non-sweat pants) yesterday for the first time in 3 weeks. And, naturally, they were very tight.

5. The only person who has called me “babe,” “honey,” or “sweetie” in the past six months is the old man who takes my pizza order (nightly) and the younger, burly man who delivers it.

Are you single? Fear that you, too, have hit rock bottom? Join other fabulously single ladies in CollegeCandy’s Facebook group!

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I have a secret: King of Shaves Woman’’s Shave & Smooth Shaving Spritz. It’s a bit of a tongue-twister, but it dramatically reduces shaving time with a spray-on application. It costs only $6 and smells like grapefruit. It also leaves my legs, bikini area and pits, smooth, smooth, smooth. And most important, no razor burn! I don’t think there is anything worse then razor burn on my bikini area.

I can also always rely on Skintimate shave gels to rid my bod from unwanted hair. Just out in stores this month are two new scents-Strawberry Tangerine and Kissably Sweet and theycost only $2.50. With a price like that, I’ll shave everyday.