Beards... disgusting

I encouraged my previously beardless husband to grow his, when he was feeling very low after a bad bout of covid had made his hair much thinner, and many people have said it suits him and I agree. It is always clean and trimmed, and in answer to someone likening a beard to pubes, I can categorically say in this case they are nothing alike!
I too suffered a lot of hair loss after covid but his beard is doing much better than mine....

A dear friend sported a beard all his life. possibly as he had only shaved a few times his beard was silky and soft. He kept it short and tidy and looked great. I have no issue with tidy ones, just don’t like frizzy bush faces.

DH has a moustache and so did my father.

When I was young in the 1970s beards suddenly came into fashion and practically every young or youngish man had one.

I have literally never seen a bearded man with food stuck in his beard - or anything else for that matter.

You must really have been unlucky OP to meet so many unwashed men!

Most of the bearded men I have known, and those I still see about with a beard, although wearing one is not "in" here at present, have trimmed their beards regularly, and made sure they were and looked clean.

I have seen some straggly beards, but usually men who cannot grow a luxurious beard shave it off again quite quickly.

I quite like a man with a beard. Everyone I know with one keeps them clean. Actually I can't remember ever seeing one with food caught in it..

My eldest son grows a beard, which I hate, gets fed up and goes clean shaven, which I love, for a while before starting to sprout again. Despite people telling him he looks younger minus beard he insists going through the cycle. There is a glimmer of hope though as the latest beard is growing with a generous sprinkling of grey ?

My late husband had a beard that was well groomed and it really suited him . My son now has also grown a beard again suits him.
There are reason some men have beards. My husband grew his after an accident t left him with a damaged chin. So think before saying they are dirty as I can assure that was definitely not the case with my husband and many other men too

My husband has had a beard for maybe 35-40 years. I love it. He was "clean shaven" when we met. He is always clean - this is more than I can say about some other people - beard or no beard.

Beards always look like pubic hair to me yuck

GardenofEngland that made me weep. I am so sorry for your loss - and for others bereaved after their loved ones die.

My dear friend also lost a lot of his beard during cancer treatment. He shaved the stragglers eventually and it did grow back a little before he died. It was a part of him. He was a part of his self and part of the way he faced the world.

It was very moving to hear about your experience and brought back memories both sad and happy of a dear friend no longer with us. Thank you.

My husband has a beard. Not something he really wanted but after having a serious car accident at the age of 17 he was left with many scare on his face. He has a beard to cover those scares.

Some men really suit them, Jamie Dornan looks better with one than when he's clean shaven. I'm not a fan of them myself, I'd hate to think what some find in those really long, thick ones.
My ex didn't shave at the weekend because he was too lazy, he just looked unkempt by Monday morning as the hairs were sprouting out in patches. Sorry, clean shaven for me with lovely aftershave slapped on.

Mr Barmey has a neat short one and I have never ever seen food caught up in it. I love them if they are looked after. I do hate tattoos though.

I think that beards are very ageing and can make young men look old before their time.I prefer a clean shaven face as, like others, I feel those with a beard appear to have something to hide.

My husband has always had a well trimmed and kept goatee beard. I am so used to it l don’t notice it but l do recall when our three daughters were little, their dad had shaved off his beard and the youngest two had no idea who he was! Since when the beard has remained.

I like beards although admittedly some are better than others! My father had a beard, so too my father in law and my ex husband. My son and son in law both have beards. All were/are well kept, clean and neatly trimmed-and suit them! Can’t see the fuss about them tbh, a bit odd and somewhat prissy and judgemental! There are so many different looking people today, from the innocuous beard to hairstyles/colour, tattoos and piercings. Live and let live and look at the PERSON is what I have always said!

Apparently there are posters of different styles of beards in hipster barber shops. Here in Brighton they are very fashionable and fun to observe.... but in the past I always found them very off putting when it came to getting up close!

My son grew a beard because he looked so much younger than his wife and his eight year old sons friend came one day and asked if Mike could come out to play. He has always kept it he is now 73, and it is grey and well trimmed.

I love a beard on a man - sooo attractive!

I love a well kept beard .They can look very distinguished . Some men, especially younger men can look really handsome.

Actually I quite like beards! Twice in his life my husband grew one and kept it for months on end ( can’t remember how you snog though now ! ?). As long as they’re kept neat shortish and clean, what’s the problem ? These days though, think I prefer men with ‘ designer stubble’.!

I was once engaged to a lovely chap with a beard. I did enjoy kissing him! Wonder where he is now....

My lovely husband had a beard from his early 20's I never knew him without one and it was a nice salt and pepper colour when I met him. He lost it during chemo and was so upset as it was his 'armour' he was quite a shy man. It had started to grow back when he was in the hospice and I had to ask the nursing staff not to shave it. He died with his 5 'o clock shadow.

I hate beards ! Even my 37 year old elder son has one ! Yuk !

If it's good enough for Jesus...

My husband has always had a beard, I love him with a beard, without it he has no chin and a big nose! He’s always threatening to shave it off but I say Nooooooo!!!