A LITTLE HELP, LADIES!

Okay, ladies, I need some help here. Will someone please tell me how you shave your legs in the shower? I am a bath person – always have been & always will be. I love settling into a hot bath tub & relaxing into the soothing warmth. There is no way that I can ease into a steaming bath without a smile on my face & letting a satisfied “Ahhhhh” escape from my lips.

I literally only shower when there isn't a bath tub available. That was the case on our recent Caribbean cruise. If you've been on a cruise, you know that you have a really small shower & that's it, unless, of course, you can afford a suite which certainly isn't in our budget. The thing that I cannot figure out is how to easily shave my legs while standing up in the shower.

If I try to bend over to lather up & shave them, I get my hair wet. If it's not a hair wash day, I don't want to do that. More importantly I can't wear my glasses in the shower without them steaming up so I couldn't shave my legs anyway when I can't see what the hell I'm doing. If I try to lift a leg to lather up & shave, I run the risk of slipping or losing my balance which could be disastrous. This ship had a bar in the corner about a foot off the ground which I'm sure was there to rest your foot while shaving.

But I still have the problem of fogged up glasses or not being able to see what I'm doing if my glasses get wet. For these reasons, I tend to cut myself every time I try to shave my legs in the shower. With the water running down my body it can easily resemble that famous shower scene from the movie, Psycho.

It is so civilized to lay back in the tub, lift one leg a few inches out of the water, lather up, leisurely shave & then do the other. That is most definitely my favorite way to tend to the task of keeping my legs semi-smooth. Plus I can never stay warm once I turn off the shower even in tropical climates. It seems that the hot bath water permeates my whole body keeping me all toasty long after I've stepped out & dried off. In the shower I’m shaking & shivering before I can dry off.

Trying to be creative, I've put a towel on the floor, sat down & used the hand-held shower to shave & rinse, but that still isn't easy & looks pretty silly. I figured there must be a better way. As an alternative, I've tried putting my foot into the sink then using the faucet to rinse the razor & my leg. It sort of works but at 64 years old, this body isn't nearly as flexible as it once was (or maybe it never really was all that flexible) which makes it pretty tough.

On this cruise, I tried that one evening & almost couldn't get my foot out of the sink. I had to raise it a few inches higher to get it over the edge of the sink. After several minutes of being stretched while I shaved, my hip was NOT ready to move that leg higher still. Fortunately, I managed to grab my foot & tug on it enough to get it back down on the floor.

So, that brings me back to my first question. How in the world do you all do it? What am I missing when it comes to leg shaving in the shower? I know that the majority of women do it that way & I figure there must be a trick. Please, share with me what it is. I am awaiting your words of wisdom & expert tutelage.