I can’t believe this actually happened. Out of all things, my silly amazing girlfriend, Polly, surprised me out of nowhere with a session for intimate Brazilian waxing… For me… On “Chinese Valentine’s Day”! Haha. It was a weird and painful experience to put it mildly – and not something I’d expect many to have as a goal on their bucket list!
However, for better or worse, I’m a weird fellah who seeks to try more or less everything in life at least once – and so there was no exemption in regards to trying a wax treatment.
How the Day Unfolded
Polly had prepared some surprises for me on February 15th – in large part as we did not have that much time to see each other for February 14th (original Valentine’s Day). I did surprise her during the night of February 14th though, with flowers, and some nice candles, rose petals etc. (Here is video of the Valentines surprise)
Anyways, on February 15th, I knew that Polly was going to take me to Chaat, a pretty fancy 1-star Michelin Indian restaurant here in Hong Kong. The place is pretty hard to book, but Polly had fixed it many weeks in advance. Coincidentally, February 15th is one of the so-called Chinese Valentine’s Day this year – as it lands on the 15th day of the lunar new year. So, for us, it essentially meant that we had two days of Valentines in a row!
The food experience at Chaat was great, but Polly had been mysterious the whole day as she said there would be an additional surprise after our dining experience. Little did I know what was in store… She had hinted at it being something bucket list-related, and also said that it would involve food…
That was a lie, which didn’t dawn on me until we were walking down a small alley in Central and taking the elevator up to a place that couldn’t possibly host a restaurant or something food-related. When I realized it was a small studio that did various treatment, peeling etc., I still didn’t think it was going to be an intimate brazilian wax though, but maybe something like a foot massage or whatever. Boy was I wrong…
The Brazilian Waxing time…
I’ll spare some of the more vivid details, but: first off… strip down completely nude. Doing this in front of another lady – with my girlfriend next to me – was weird by itself, but it was going to get weirder, and more painful…
At first I could feel the pretty warm wax, which wasn’t that bad. I then thought to myself that this session was going to be a breeze. Weird, but easy. However, out of nowhere, she suddenly pulled the wax off, and OH MY GOD was it painful. I wouldn’t wish for this type of pain to my worst enemy (if I had one).
Polly on the other hand, couldn’t stop laughing the whole time. She was in tears from laughing so hard while I was wrestling my body around in pain. She hold my hand through it all though – which was kinda sweet (though it was her fault all along that I was in this situation!). I was squeezing her hand so hard, and got so sweaty from the whole experience.
BUT, I completed it – and I did survive – and I got video evidence that proves it…
Final note to myself: maybe it’s time to reevaluate silly items you have on your bucket list, considering that you got a girlfriend who will make them happen…
TLDR;
If you got brazilian wax on your bucket list for some reason, please reconsider. There are other, much less painful ways, to remove any unwanted hair.
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