Were you shy when you first started growing armpit hair

I remember when I first started growing armpit hair, I was super shy about it hated when people look at it. At the same time, I was super curious about whether other people started growing armpit hair. I think I was 13 in middle school.

Did anyone have similar experiences?

How old were you when you first started growing armpit hair and how did you feel?

Early puberty here ... summer before 6th grade! Bush came in thick ... leg hair developed ... pit hair followed that! By 7th grade my stomach was fur covered and my nipples were surrounded by dark thick hairs.

I always volunteered my teams to be the designated "skins" in order to display my body hair distribution. I was especially proud of displaying my pit hair when we would play basketball. In the mornings, I would use my father's BAN aerosol. Back then my only thought was to look like a man ... pit stained shirts and all! 🤣

To this day, I love it when a man's axillary hair is visible!

Yes. It was a mixed thing for me. I had seen my older brother and his friends get armpit hair, and that made me want it myself, but then when it happened, it took me a little while to feel comfortable about it. I had started to get pubic hair between 12 and 13 and armpit hair started about 7 or 8 months later.

I started growing armpit hair at about 12 1/2 years. Was not embarrassing for me, as it seemed quite normal.

What really embarrassed me was my pubic hair I got at 11 1/2.

Only took some weeks to grow quite a big bush down there, thought I was too young for this.

By this time, I started not to want my parents or my sister see me naked.

I was about 11 or 12 when I first started growing armpit hair and I never really thought anything of it. I know I didn't like it but I hate body hair but other than that I was never like embarrassed by it.

I hated all my body hair when it started growing in. It probably didn't help that my best friend was unfortunate enough to have super super light skin with black hair, so she basically shaved her entire body (minus her head) as soon as it started becoming noticable.

My mom had a "rule" that I wasn't allowed to shave anywhere until I had my first period (weird rule in retrospect, I have no idea what the motivation was behind it) and by the time that happened... I felt like a Sasquatch compared to the rest of my peers.

There was also a "rule" (that I quickly threw out the window) that I wasn't allowed to shave "above my knees". Again. No clue what the reasoning was behind this. It's not like a had super conservative parents...

Kind of ironic now that I think about it because I really hate shaving my body hair now as an adult. I'm one of the few women I know who DOESN'T regularly shave her armpits or legs.

I did not like any of the hair I was suddenly growing on my body including armpit hair at around 11 years old. I was not really informed that well about puberty and what to expect so I learned much of it from friends, tv, and movies and much of the information was inaccurate of course.

I don’t remember what age I was when I first sprouted underarm hair, but I was sorta proud of it!

I don't remember the age, but I'm guessing around 11 or 12. I grew quite a bunch, and didn't really think much about it. My best friend, however, was super excited when he grew a few. He was in shock (and jealous) when he noticed all of mine. I was more jealous of his penis being about twice the size of mine.

I was an early bloomer in the pubic and pit department. Summer of my turning 10. I went to the doctor for my school physical in Aug and the doc said: You are just like your brothers with development. I had a large amount of pit hair and a small bush of pubic hair. I did not really mind as I like body hair. I have much more then my siblings.

I thought it was cool when I started reaching puberty, and sprouting hair in new places. I started to shave at around 13, and dated girls at the same time.