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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Unicorn_in_disguse on 2026-05-28 01:55:35+00:00.

On mobile, English is really the only language I speak- if I make any mistakes I'm just stupid, and not a throw away because screw it.

So my wife is at the very start of her transition ( mtf ). It's been a learning curve and I'm doing what I can to be supportive because it's amazing to see her be more comfortable, confident, and relaxed. Part of that is doing whatever we can to make her more comfortable with her body. The biggest issue has been that she's very *very* hairy. I don't have a problem with her body hair but she does so therefore it has to go.

Another problem is that shaving takes forever, is a whole ordeal, and the hair grows back stupid fast. The next logical solution? An epilator. The epilator really hurts and you can't use it on sensitive areas. The next solution is wax. Do we go to a professional? No of course not. That'd be like $400. We do not have that kind of money to drop on a basically full body waxing. So we got a wax kit. Read the instruction manual. We're confident and ready.

We were not actually ready. So the waxing kit came with soft wax which I did not like using because to me it's very fussy and you can only do little strips at a time so it takes forever. Tried it, worked well enough until it didn't. I managed to wax her armpit closed. That was a whole thing to fix. I let the wax melter thing cool off and I just pop the machine's plastic lid on, put it in its box, and put it on a shelf to forget about until now.

That leads us to today. I did not put the lid on the wax tub. I did not think that the wax would be spillable after it hardened back up. My wife says I lack critical thinking skills and I honestly can't argue with that. We bought hard wax and were very excited to try it because it just seems so much easier to work with. We took the wax kit off the shelf and opened the box.

Wax *everywhere*.

Its on the cord, the outlet prongs, and more critically, the machine lid. It has completely coated the lid. Since taking it out of the box there is now wax on the coffee table, the cat, my hands, her hands, the kitchen faucet and handles, the bathroom sink, the dish soap, and chain mail scrubber. I thought an abrasive would be the answer. That only accomplished ruining the scrubber. My hands are completely coated in wax and so are my wedding rings because I didn't think to take them off. Threw out the offending wax and went through an entire tube of alcohol wipes cleaning the cord, prongs, and coffee table. My hands were fucked. The lid was fucked.

Upon some googling we learned that oil and dish soap will get wax off. So one bottle of oil, a couple hours later, and a very angry wife we got all of the wax off of everywhere. The cat was not amused that we had to trim the little spot of wax off of him. It probably would have been easier to do a lot of doordashing or something to be able to afford going to a professional.

Have we learned? Maybe. That remains to be seen. We're about to try using the hard wax. At least I now know how NOT to store it.

TL;DR: Don't do this. Go to a professional. Wax went everywhere and it sucked to fix