Beards; yea or nay?

I have to say I don’t like beards or moustaches! Two of my SIL have beards of the hipster variety so popular these days, I don’t like either beard but of course I have never said so as it’s none of my business! It’s definately a personal choice.

Always nay. I hate bodily hair on both men & Women

2 of my sons have them and suit them. I don't like beards but my husband has gone grey and now sports a designer grandad beard it suits him!

DH has had a beard since I’ve known him. He shaved it off just once and that was only last year when he was working as a film extra. I was so shocked -it wasn’t my dh at all! It’s obviously grown back, but he’s changed from a very precise German professor look to a much more modern short style which really suits him. Ds is currently sporting a full bushy beard which I’m not that keen on but it won’t stay. He’ll be back to designer stubble before too long.

Loathe facial hair. Had a boyfriend at uni who sported a moustache (which did suit him, says she, grudgingly) and every time we kissed I could tell what he'd last been eating. Yuck. Spotted him at a 40 years on reunion last summer; he's still got one! Current squeeze is sufficiently unhairy - except on his head, lucky chap - that he can't grow much more than a bit of fuzz. And that suits me fine.

My handsome, open and honest husband has a beard and a moustache. He looks very sexy. Without it he looks too much like his now departed mother!
All of our sons sport beard and moustache most of the time, they too look good either way and surely it beats having to shave every day.
I'm the only one that keeps mine under strict control.

I loathe beards. Was really chuffed when DH was persuaded to get rid of his, but both he and DS have decided to grow them again, much to my disgust and DS's is really scruffy.

DH grew a moustache a couple of years ago for Movember and grew a goatee beard at the same time. It really suited him and he kept it for about a year before deciding to shave it off. He is silver haired and it looked very distinguished (imho)!

I like a hairy bloke. Both husbands and both significant others have had beards but they must be neat and well groomed.

I too hate beards and moustaches. Theory make young men look old. Also I think about bits of food , crumbs etc could be hiding in they're. Ugh!

Ok until they get food trapped! Also sometimes as men age they don’t trim them very well and they look jacked about? whatever makes you happy ??

Just wonder why its become so fashionable. My brother was in the RN and had a beard most of the time but it wasn't generally fashionable then for civilian's.

I think it depends on the face which goes with it, some men look great with beards and it's hard to imagine them without them, such as Noel Edmonds or Richard Branson.
A handsome chap like Rick Edwards looks great and would no doubt be equally handsome if he were clean shaven - lucky man.
However, I'm not keen on goatee beards* as I don't think they're at all flattering and moustaches can look rather suspect. A ZZ Top type beard which is really long isn't too flattering either IMO - I can imagine bits of food in it. *Makes me chuckle if it's long enough to be plaited.

I can immediately think of 2 people who certainly looked better with a beard. Jimmy Hill, the football pundit and Paul Laidlaw, antique expert.

Grandma70 I think I don't like beards because my father always said that men who have them have something to hide - so it isn't just your feeling - perhaps your parents said the same thing to you! I don't actually believe that but what we are told by our parents does colour our opinions. One of my BiLs has a beard which comes and goes - usually a little goatee which I really dislike but I forgive him because he is such a lovely person!

Don’t like them. Much prefer clean shaven. Don’t like kissing men with beards. Don’t the huge number of men wearing beards realise they’re following fashion like sheep? I’ve heard of people shaving them off because there are so many men with beards now and they want to look different. Same with tattoos which I hate. Hardly any men without them nowadays and not easy to remove if they get fed up with them. I blame David Beckham! He is responsible for the explosion of tattoos by football fans and others, and for the strange craze of men wearing diamond earrings. I’ve even seen boys of about 10 with them in. UGH ? on all counts.

Not for me thank you. No matter how inaccurate, I have this constant image of creepy crawlies foraging around for all the food therein. I've heard the argument about shaving skin rash but, to me, it smacks of laziness. As for the 'designer' stubble. Neither one thing or the other in my opinion but certainly engenders a thought of scruffy or dirty. Again, no thanks.

To Grandma70s, my own grandma, who passed away in her eighties in 1966 always reckoned that kissing a man without a moustache was like eating an egg without salt = tasteless. Mind you she was rather partial to soldiers.

I guess you have been missing out for a very long time. I have a short goatee and two sons with beards so if you want to try the difference sometime..........! ;)

I find beards extremely sexy. Much prefer my men with facial hair!
(I mean beards that are cared for, not the wild unkempt look of blokes who just can't be bothered looking for the razor!)

Me too. I have to stop myself from doing a 'double take' if I spot a particularly lovely beard.

My husband has a beard (since long before I met him). I never liked them before I met him, but have since associated them with him ? Also, I can’t be the only woman on here growing my own ?

I read somewhere years ago that 80% of women are not keen on beards. I was one of them, and when my husband grew a beard in his thirties I was really not keen because a) I thought it hid his good looks! b) it was extremely scratchy when he kissed me.

Now my son has a beard. It is soft, not scratchy, and he keeps it well trimmed. I can put up with it. And it doesn't appear to have put off his girlfriend. Which is probably the main thing.

I’m not generally a fan of beards, but last night on TV I saw a policeman who had the most divine set of facial furniture!
He was a tall, good looking lad, and his hair was that luscious light chestnut with hints of red. His beard was very full, but immaculately trimmed and neat, and he looked totally grabbable!
(Is that a word? It is now, and it’s MINE!)

How shallow some can be it’s not the beard you talk to it’s the person behind it. My GP who has a very nice beard told me he thinks pubic hair is unhealthy.

my OH has had a beard since he was 17 ..he's early 60's now.I love it he looks fab even with a hint of grey through it now.My son grew one about 5 years ago and has kept it he has a very young face without it and was always being asked for ID ,no problems now though .I always liked beards its not a fashion here its just how my men are .