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Its started.

Last night Grace asked me to remove the hair between her eyebrows. I asked her why and she said it made her look different.

She said no one had teased her, she had just noticed. I told her how beautiful she is and she said she knows. We talked some more, snuggled up in bed and then I agreed to do it. 

So I used a tiny bit of hair removal cream to just remove onlt a tiny bit of hair in the middle. She was thrilled.

Not really sure what the parenting rules say on this. I always said to myself that if something was bothering her that we would talk and deal with it. With girls, the subject of hair removal was always going to come up and she has asked me before about what I do. 

I don't have plans to maintain it regularly unless she asks. Certainly not going to shape them further.

Man, just when I thought my anxiety about Dad was subsiding, now I've got anxiety about my beautiful girl. Look at that sleeping face. Still a baby but already facing thoughts about her appearance.

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