Men's ear and nose hair

I would love to hear what the rest of you think about men's ear and nose hair. It really makes me cringe. With my own husband I tried all sorts of hints, such as commenting about other men and saying I hated it and also suggested that he tried out our new Turkish barber who somehow burns it off! All my hints were ignored so I presented him with an ear and nose hair trimmer. I think he used it once and now we are back to square one. What can you do without being downright nasty. He asked me to do it for him but I just can't. Maybe ears at a push but not the nose. I make sure that I don't grow a beard and moustache so why can't some men be bothered with grooming!