Maybe try different stages of growth, start with a landing strip, then move up to a very short triangle...maybe he will see that he likes it when you keep it very short trimmed, and it will be a compromise for the two of you.

muffins Nick?

I agree with with both Nick and Natalie, but I would try Nat's suggestions and start with a little strip.

BUT, like Nick said, I've never heard anyone leave his girl cause she like it smooth.

Hey Nick, did you know that the vagina is actually internal? What you see on the outside is called a vulva. The vulva is comprised mainly of the labia majora, labia minora and the vaginal opening (there are other structures, but are not needed to explain my point.) The hairy part of the female anatomy is the labia majora. Those are the big lip-looking (I'm fairly sure that labia comes from the word labium, which means lip in Latin) things on the outside.
I know that I am being a snarky smartass troll, but seriously. How hard is it to know that a vagina is internal and that hairy does not grow in it?
And it's not just Nick that is guilty;
http://www.guyspeak.com/answers/are-guys-disgusted-with-armlegunder-arm-hair-3/
It's Cary as well, and I don't feel like checking out every single post by every single guy, but there is a high chance that most of them don't know either.
Come on guys, it's not that hard. Really. If I (and a lot of other women) can identify and name the largest and most important anatomical structures of the male anatomy, I think you can reciprocate with ours. So, could you maybe please educate yourselves and familiarize yourself with the proper names for female anatomy, when you're going to try and use the proper names?

I might add that, since you refer only to shaving, you might try waxing. I know, if you've never done it, it sounds like a Medieval torture tactic... BUT, the difference between growing hair that's been shaved off and hair that has been waxed off is astronomically different!! It's softer, there is almost NO razor burn or ingrown hair... and that horribly itchy uncomfortableness that comes with shaving.

So, if you haven't already, I say take a couple extra-strength Tylenol and go for it!!

I decided that I would do it for a few weeks and then never again. I'm hoping it doesn't backfire and make him want it more since I'm doing it this one time.
I don't like shapes either, they're just weird to me.
Also, I don't get razor burn and I rarely get ingrown hairs so I don't think waxing would make much of a difference. Shaving doesnt make me itchy either, what does make me itchy is not shaving for a week and then shaving. Or just not shaving in general, my body isnt used to it and can't handle it.

Oh, for goodness sake! If YOU feel that it feels "wrong" to have hair there, then you are the one with the problem. By all means, have a preference, but this is a natural bodily occurance. You only feel wrong about it because of an outside media driven influence.

If I told you I felt "wrong" to have both of my hands, you'd tell me I needed medical help. I am utterly sick of this completely stupid idea that women have to conform to some abstract concept of what a woman should be. It's out-dated and ridiculous.

Try growing it. Let it grow out properly, so you get to the soft stage. Sex won't be make that slapping noise so much, you get an entirely new sensation, your ladybits are able to keep themselves cleaner (it's there for a reason!) and best of all, your cooch won't look like a 12 year old girl's.

OK I MUST speak up. Shaving is MUCH cleaner than not. The last post was probably from a MAN!

oh my god!!!! are all young girls shaving their pubic hair off?....how uncomfortable?? if it isnt not it will be as it gets thicker and more abundant through your 20s. soap and water was good enough for us and guys loved hair!!!!...it traps your own personal musk which it the scent that attracts your partner to you and it was a sign that you were a woman....sure we shaved our armpits as these were on show a lot - are there now clothes that flash your mons pubis??? @None dont you wash daily??? that should be clean enough.....weird and it is a bit paedy.

I love the feeling of being bare, but the husband finally convinced me that it's all the same to him, so why bother?

I vote for hair- bare has a whole slew of issues: the "prickley pear" (don't shave often enough, ingrown hairs etc), the not fully matured look (or what I call the mannequin or Barbie doll look), the slapping sound, the lost scent... The list goes on. My opinion: put on your panties- shave what shows. Anything else stays.

Shaving isn't more hygienic than having hair there. I have a feeling that this myth was created and perpetuated so people could give a more scientific-sounding reason for why they shave. In our society, female shaving wasn't popularized until razor companies started putting out ads (to sell more razors) that told us having body hair is gross. And it's working, isn't it? Aren't many people convinced that body hair is disgusting and unhygienic? Aren't these companies selling more razors?

I have to say that for the last few of hours i have been hooked by the impressive posts on this site. Keep up the good work.