Beards; yea or nay?

I have had a full set since I was nineteen, with three interruptions. The first two were for theatrical performances when I was a student, and the third was last year when I suffered a disastrous beard trimmer malfunction and was reduced to stubble. Interestingly, neither DW nor the DSs noticed.

It used to be black, but now! like so many beard-sporters of my generation, I look depressingly like Jeremy Corbyn.

My husband had a full beard when we first met. Then he shaved it off when it started to get too grey. When he later shaved off the moustache as well, I completely fell out of love with him. It was not the man I married.

I have absolutely no opinion on beards as such - 2 of my 3 DS have them - but if someone has a bears, they shouldn't keep shaving it off and growing it. It's part and parcel of who they are.

Depends on how much face they want to cover up! Generally, I'm not keen especially if they are scruffy or look a bit grimy.

My grannie had a beard and moustache. I don't remember thinking that it improved her looks. But I never saw her without them

I’m such a fan of Dick Strawbridge but cannot imagine how any woman could let that hairy face near her.

Beards (not long ones though!) I don't mind....it's baldies I can't stand!

MIL hated beards. She was apoplectic when DH returned from honeymoon with a neatly grown one. He has kept it throughout our 50+ years together, except for one accident when he absentmindedly cut a swath through one side, causing the wee DDs to cry and run away from him.

2 of my DGC have 2xGranpas, Dad, 2x Uncles, a teacher and most of the family friends all bearded. DGS can't wait until he can grow one of his own. I have noticed a few seniors at the local secondary school sporting beards so GS may not have to wait too long.

DH had long wavy dark hair with a full beard and moustache when I met him.....lovely. He is now white haired with just a short back and sides!
I do like a well kept beard but it just doesn't suit some.

Both my father and his father had moustaches and DH has one too, so I have always liked men with moustaches.

Beards? Yes, on the men they suit and who keep them nicely trimmed and clean, but I prefer a man's moustache and beard to be the same colour.

I can't abide so-called designer stubble, either be clean shaven, dear men, or grow a proper beard.

In my experience all boys as soon as they are old enough experiment with facial hair, and the older I get the more charming I find that phase of growing up in young men.

I try to keep my own moustache under control, but it is a losing battle, which I always knew would be the case, as both my grandmothers and my mother fought the same battle!

I was watching 'Put your money where your mouth is' a while back and for a period the lovely Scottish expert Paul Laidlaw was sporting a beard. He looked so handsome but it as a lovely shape and colour .

Beards /moustaches suit some men but others can look very unattractive . ZZ Top for example are a definite no no.

On a plus note the 'Movember' charity campaign for prostate cancer is a great way of getting funds.

My son at times has a beard. I hate it. I told him so. Its like having pubic hair on his face.

I hate beards.My lovely son grows one at times. I hate it and I tell too. I think they look like facial pubic hair. Horrible....

I have often thought that it is a mercy that Women do not have beards, moustaches, sideburns, etc. Imagine the changes in fashion with every season, the extra expense at the hairdressers, time spent trimming and shaving. The choices to be made e.g. beard with moustache or without? sideburns? Head hair to be coloured the same as facial hair or contrast? stripes/streaks, pleats? ribbons, beads, clips and other accessories? long or short? expensive razors, trimmers, shampoos, conditioners, oils - the list is endless. Would it not be very awkward applying Lipstick?

So there is a reason to be cheerful. My beard routine consists of occasionally tweezing the odd, random hair - job done.

W

My DH grows one every winter and I really dislike it. The children never like it. The only person who does is his oldest friend. This year I withheld all conjugal rights while the beard was in situ. One night, he made his moves on me at about 11pm and as I had done several times since the beard appeared, I rejected his amorous advances. He got out of bed at 11pm and shaved the bloody thing right off. I am still tickled that my resolve was stronger than his.

I’ve just been casually glancing at Roald Dahl’s book The Twits, recently read by my grandson, and found that it is basically a diatribe against facial hair and beards! I immediately thought of this thread. Dahl said that he had never understood why men want to cover up their faces.

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Imagine if men started expressing opinions about their women's grooming preferences!^
Well, I thought they did. Isn't that why young women have extreme waxing of their nether regions?

DH has a beard, by popular request. He grew it for a theatrical performance on the condition he shaved it off afterwards, but we (me and DC) thought he looked so good with it he was persuaded to keep it. He is one of those stocky Captain Birdseye types, with a Captain Birdseye beard, who I think look good with it

None of the problems you mention Granny70s. The style has never changed nor has he bothered to make beard match the hair on his head, at one point his beard was greyer, but no longer. Nor does he use any unguents on it. He does have a beard trimmer, they last for years, but he can also get away with not shaving at all for several days. Just a visit to the hairdresser every six weeks for a hair and beard trim.

DS has always had a beard because shaving brings him up in a rash. He has tried all kinds of razors and all kinds of unguents - and none at all, but without success.

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