I have lactating fantasies, too, as well as wanting to make love to someone lactating, both male and female. (OK, I'm kinky. Really, that's news?)

I don't know if it's true of others, though I've read that it is, but when I was pregnant, I couldn't get enough sex. Hormones, increased blood volume, etc. But for all y'all who are looking forward to this event, just know it's quite likely to be a fun time if your relationship is good!

Well, as someone who gained 40 lbs in 3 months, then lost a little unintentionally, then has gotten fatter without gaining much, I'd say you can't predict so easily.

But I think people would be much more sympathetic to this idea--how to control a bit the gaining process, etc, than most posters have given credit. I haven't seen a complaint, unless I missed something.

junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-think-therefore-i-am-part-four.html

It's a good read. I'm curious to hear others' thoughts.

My one other thought on this is that it may be really different depending on the texture of your hair. I have a lot of body hair and it's thicker than on many other women. I can totally relate to FrieswiththatShake's experience of needle-y razor-y things.

I know lots of people like it, and that's cool, but I hated it.

And finally--I'm sure we've all heard of the pubic version of this ink, but here is a head version for you amusement:

I was a veg for some years in my twenties, though I can't imagine giving up dairy, ever. I *can* imagine insisting that things are free-range and organic, and when I can afford it, I do, and often just don't have it if the right stuff isn't available. I think you can eat animal products and still be thoughtful to animals.

I ended up believing that killing is killing, and it is in the very nature of life to require death. In other words, I don't feel less of an ethical question about killing plants than animals, just less of an emotional tie to them. I try, in a kind of personal, slightly-pagan-based, sort of way to be thoughtful about the lives that are given to my sustenance, and I try not to waste them in any way if I can help it. (And yes, that means I know how to cook with leftovers.)

I feel soooooo sorry for really big guys. I switched over to elastic waist jeans etc many pounds ago, and I am rarely uncomfortable in that way. Well, except when I eat a lot when I'm out...