Someone asked for us gals to chime in. OK.
Hairy vs smooth is a personal aesthetic preference for either gender.
Most of we women choose to remove much of our body hair. The hair removal techniques are the same regardless of gender.
1) Shaving. 'Nuff said.
2) Waxing. This has been used since the days of the ancient Egyptians and Romans. There is "hot" wax method (not really "hot"... just melted.) And there is "cold wax" method. Actually cold wax isn't a wax, it is some gluey syrupey stuff that acts about like honey and is very messy.
Either of the waxing methods are somewhat messy, The actual "ripping out" of the hair from the skin feels about like scraping your skin with about 180 to 100 grit sandpaper. Or somewhat worse. But it is not "bad" or what I would call painful. Really. There is no blood although the skin will feel tender like a mild sunburn for several hours. "If" (and this is an unlikely "if") the skin welts up, apply hydrocortisone ointment , and perhaps take a diphenhydramine (do not take with alchohol).
3) Depilatory creams. This is a much more satisfactory choice, and I am surprised our gentleman's wife is not familiar with it. I believe there actually are one or more products marketted for men like this. These creams are used by bodybuilders to remove hair.
I would suggest asking a local pharmacist at a well-stocked pharmacy for an "hair removal depilatory cream for men". There are such things. If they do not have one specifically for men, then the pharmacist will understand enough about the active ingredients to tell you "Their all the same" (which they are, except for smell... bad, worse and gag a maggot.) Yes, depilatory creams smell horrible and can irritated the skin seriously if not washed off in time, or if not entirely washed out from folds of the skin (armpit for example).
I would not think of requiring a man to do something to his body he didn't wnat to do, but this is a simple, reversible aesthetic practice that may improve the intimacy of your respective lives. Good luck and please lay off the whining, gentlemen.