The first time I shaved was when I entered premature puberty. I didn't know what was happening to me, and as I had all that hair, when none of my friends did I felt like a freak, so I shaved it off until I noticed the hairs appearing on a few of them as well. Then, some years later, a few years after leaving school I had to undergo emergency surgery for appendicitis, and had to be shaved by a male nurse, who had previously been a classmate of mine. As part of the hormonal imbalance that brought about the premature puberty, I also started going grey very early in life (13), and by the time I reached my 20s much of my pubic hair was also becoming a very pronounced level of grey - something I hated the look of, so it wasn't long after that that I resorted to shaving on a regular basis. As well as not being bothered by the aesthetically displeasing appearance of the grey hairs, I find it feels so much more comfortable, as well as being cleaner, cooler, and as a bonus I have found that nearly every one of my sexual partners has preferred it that way (and those that didn't prefer it had no preference one way or the other), as they didn't have to undergo the hassle of getting hairs in the mouth, as well as it providing a much closer sensation on penetration - especially if the partner is also shaved. However, I also make it a rule to remind myself of the reasons I shave by allowing it to grow back for the 6 weeks from Valentine's Day to my birthday, on 28th March. Thankfully I am now back to that lovely original smooth feeling. It's strange how fashions change regarding personal grooming - probably due, in no small amount, to the internet. I have watched quite a few vintage porn clips, and it is extremely rare to see any shaven pubic regions on the women, and even rarer still to see it on the men - in fact, any that are shaved I suspect have been faked 'vintage' clips, but these days it seems that an extremely high proportion of men are shaved. This isn't just among the professional porn stars, as some might believe, but also among the amateur ones as well, so something that was once, not so long ago, considered as being totally taboo, is not only accepted, but seems to have become the norm.
Yea, or a mushy pillow of pubes when you're going at it. And shortening your underarm hairs saves on deodorant, too.