When you first start dating someone, most women pay close attention to the details: legs are always shaven, eyebrows are perfectly plucked, and the best outfits are in full rotation. But just like everything else, the initial excitement dwindles, and for some, so does the desire to appear perfect. Keeping the fire alive is crucial in all relationships so it's important not to let yourself slip, but ladies, do tell, what do you let fall by the wayside when you're comfortably committed to someone?
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to be honest, i try not to let anything slip
1however i do not mind hanging around in sweats with my main squeeze, but i try to at least keep them cute...ie: yoga pants and a cute hoodie versus hospital pants and a huge tshirt...
i try to keep my hair nice, makeup on, stray hairs at bay at all times...it's just common courtesy
yeah i don't think i let anything slip either, skigurl. actually, i think i've really grown into my personal style since i've been with my boyfriend. but we have been together since i was 15, so that might be part of it...but i do dress better now then i did back then!
2i'm not really one to wear super casual clothes like baggy tees and sweats...jeans and a cute top with flats is about as casual as i go. i always have makeup on, hair done, and pretty well groomed all around. i agree with skigurl...it is just common courtesy to look presentable for your boyfriend.
Haha, I hope Im not alone here... when Im with my bf, its sweats, a ponytail, junkfood, I let it all go unless were going somewhere!
3My husband and I have been together so long that we can truly be ourselves around each other. On my end, I probably don't tame the body hair as well as I should, but compared to my unrelenting acne, it doesn't seem so bad. And he's almost never in pants past ten o'clock.
4My relationship was long distance for so long that I never had to do all that primping in the first place. I dress up evey now and then because I really like to but as far as myhusband is concerned I look fabulous all the time so there's no pressure. It's actually kind of nice not to HAVE to do all that stuff because I know he loves me just the way I am all the time
5I try not to let anything slip but my boyfriend doesn't care either way. He LOVES me for ME.
6Ha ha, Rozenaut! My hubby also sheds the pants as soon as he's in the door! I like to call him "Captain Underpants"! I don't think I really let anything "slip" with him. I'm not in 100% makeup and perfect outfits all the time, but I like to look good for him, and for ME! He's great about it, too. Once a week for about 3 hours, I disappear into the bathroom for all the plucking, waxing, coloring etc. He knows what's going on, but it's my special "me" time. Since we've been married, most weekends at home are virtually makeup free and in cute, comfy yoga pants. He loves me equally "au naturel" as when I'm my stylin' self, but I prefer myself to be a little put-together.
7I usually like to keep my hair blow-dried because when I don't do it... it is BAD news. But other than that, I don't feel the need to be in make-up or dressed to the nines around my boyfriend. I actually rarely wear pants if I don't have to.
He loves when we're just
lounging around or when I'm wearing his clothes. I'm not embarassed about eating whenever and whatever I want around him (some girls are really weird about eating in front of their guys). I
love that we're so comfortable around each other that I don't have to keep up appearances and impress him.
8Waxing of the...you know.
9Hahaha, all this stuff about pants is hilarious. My bf and I have this running joke about never being truly happy when wearing pants. We're comfortable enough around each other that I can wander around in a tank and briefs, it's nice.
I have to admit, i let my leg-shaving slide. There's just so much ground to cover, I'd rather focus on the rest of the wayward hair that needs tending.
10I'm a really down to earth type person, it doesnt phase me. I'm often lazing around our house in my dressing gown or singlet tops, but I always make sure im super clean and eyebrows are plucked and my hair is done. I just think its gross if you have oily hair and things like that. And I like smelling like my perfume/body wash! LOL I think things change a bit when you live together...
11I don't shave as much as I use to.
Maybe once a week now.
He doesn't trim though!! IT looks so bushy. lol.
We have been together for a while though, so we don't care anymore.
12I do not shave my legs as much only because my legs get incredibly irritated by shavings (waxing hurts). So, that is about it.
13i think after about 4-5 years of being married, i finally began to relax a little. began to understand that he loved me no matter what i looked like, no matter if my legs were hairy that day, or if wore my jammies the entire day. he's seen me at my worse when having kids, trust me, anything at home is nothing to us. lol
14My hubby and I sometimes spend the whole day in PJ's, and I'll wear comfy tanks and short shorts around the house sometimes, but that's as far as I go. Hair is always done, always at least a little makeup, always smooth shaven.
15In the wintertime, I'll let me legs get SO hairy that it's kind of embarrassing. And I never do my hair or makeup unless I leave the house. So I could go a whole lazy Sunday looking like total crap. But he doesn't care, so neither do I.
16I'm all about being comfortable with my husband. I love comfy sweats and would be pretty content living in them 24/7. I don't do my hair as often and I definitely don't wear a bra at all times. However, I do have a line and that line is shaving. I don't do it for him, either. I do it for me. I HATE being hairy, so it flat out does not happen. I shave every day. And if I'm really letting it slide, every other day. I'm kind of OCD about it.
17I like to keep well maintained now that I'm married, lady parts well trimmed, shaving at least to the thigh unless its a special occasion.
I generally wear makeup when we go out and I dress nicely for him and when seeing friends and family.
18I always try to look good. So when we get cozy I throw on one of his work shirts or something like that.
19never quit shaving! i do get a little relaxed about putting on my pjs at home, even with whoever the he is at the time is there. but i never relax on looking nice.
20I got to know my guy at a county ultimate club, so he knows the no-makeup, sweat-covered (thank you MS humidity), shorts-and-baggy-t's side of me already, but I like to look nice when we go out.
21I don't let anything slip!
22Everything!
23Nah... I don't let anything slip. I start dressing more comfortably but that's fine since we live together. ;p
It's been a long time since I was single. I think the only real slips have been that I don't always put on makeup if we're staying in all day and I wear pajamas when watching tv at night. I still groom fastidiously and dress nicely.
24Since we live together, I've gotten used to stumbling around in the morning with bedhead and last night's smeared makeup. And he doesn't have to wear pants around the house. So we both win.
25Not combing my hair. But come to think of it, I usually never do anyway.
26I lived with my boyfriend since boarding school, and have never worn makeup or shaved (except armpits, for practical reasons), so I don't really let anything slip, because anything I do was for me initially. I don't really see the point in trying to attract others if they won't like me how I live normally.
27My boyfriend likes that I don't wear make-up, likes my hair down, and he prefers me naked, so any article of clothing is considered "too much," unless we go out. I think he gets embarrassed when I go out looking frumpy (but only to walk a block over and buy a sandwich from Subway), but I do dress decently for classes and going over to visit him or going to a restaurant more than a quarter of a mile from my apartment.
28i agree with browneyedgirl.
29NOTHING AT ALL , MUST STAY CLASSY AT ALL TIMES
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