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Serendipity22 Thu 18-Aug-22 18:57:56

Just watching the news on TV and a hideous beard appeared. What is it about this latest trend?

I seriously can'too stand looking at them and I ALWAYS end up sitting on the opposite table in a restaurant to one, ughh i see soup dripped upon this ugly mound of hair, I see spaghetti caught up on the bristles as its been sucked up, ohhh my life there is absolutely ziltch attractive about them.

Get this, last christmas I even saw a chap decorating his beard with miniature baubles.... no need for words as my expression said it all hahaha.

Yes, each to their own, Im all for each to their own BUT beards are excluded hahahahaha.

Merryweather Sat 20-Aug-22 13:15:45

I like a goatee, a bit of stubble, but a full uncle Albert is just too much for me. Balding and beards to me looks like a head upside down.

Bilboben Sat 20-Aug-22 13:16:02

A kiss from a bearded man in a certain area can provide a soft and gentle stimulus which can become quite ******.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 20-Aug-22 13:24:28

Yuk! Glad I’ve already eaten.

rowyn Sat 20-Aug-22 13:27:25

On behalf of all females of a certain age, who have begun to grow unexpected and unwelcome hairs in certain places I would like to protest at this blatant ageism.

TanaMa Sat 20-Aug-22 13:30:29

I don't like beards, personal choice, and would not date a bearded chap.
My pet hates are bearded men on t.v. cooking shows without nets on their beards - ugh!!

Harris27 Sat 20-Aug-22 13:36:18

Hubby has goatee as he has a little skin tag in chin and dr said it was cosmetic and couldn’t be taken off. Never mind he looks ok with it. Son 2 has a beard clean and suits him son three has stubble suits him too. Up to the individual I’m nit that keen though.

Happysexagenarian Sat 20-Aug-22 13:42:38

Mr H has had a beard for the last 30 years, it suits him. It's always neat and tidy because I trim it for him, and always clean.
Our sons alternate between clean shaven and designer stubble.

I don't mind beards at all and quite like a Santa/Uncle Albert beard on the right face. But I don't like goatee beards, they just look ridiculous like a half-hearted effort.

4allweknow Sat 20-Aug-22 13:43:54

I don't mind beards but they have to be well groomed, not long like Nanook of the North. Males in family usually grow beards for the winter. The long, half way down the chest beards make me squirm.

micmc47 Sat 20-Aug-22 13:47:02

And which aspect of an individual's personal appearance are the self-appointed Hanging Judges going to pontificate about next? Baldness? Weight? Red hair? Height? Spectacles? ... I'd better stop there..
Shallow and unpleasant.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 20-Aug-22 13:49:43

A man chooses whether or not to have a beard. Women aren’t obliged to find their choice attractive.

pat9 Sat 20-Aug-22 14:16:47

My husband had a beard and he looked very good with it - better than without and it wasn't scratchy at all. Both my sons and my grandson all have beards of some description all neatly trimmed and I have never seen any of them with food in their beards. What company are these people keeping? The Twits?

Mapleleaf Sat 20-Aug-22 14:18:19

This notion that beards are unclean is a generalisation, and in most cases just not true - the majority of men with one wash their faces at least once each day, which is probably more frequent than a lot of people wash the hair on their head.
I think a neatly trimmed beard looks nice, and actually suits some men really well, better than when they shave it off.

I’m not a fan of big, bushy beards - to me they look rather ridiculous, but, hey, each to their own. It’s a good thing that we don’t all like exactly the same things.

undines Sat 20-Aug-22 14:30:36

Hey, hang on! I don't think your average Viking would agree with that! Let's not forget that having a beard is totally natural. It's shaving that's the contrived approach.

Norah Sat 20-Aug-22 14:33:12

I don't care for facial hair, I have delicate skin, dislike being scratched.

I do find it not kind to say "disgusting" to choice of others.

To each their own.

Gwenisgreat1 Sat 20-Aug-22 14:45:26

I don't mind a tidy goatee beard, but the untamed fuzz - I think is just lazy!

TiggyW Sat 20-Aug-22 15:02:53

My husband first grew a beard in his twenties, before we met - to make him look older at work, where he was in charge.
I’ve never known him without one! I find well-groomed beards very attractive. (Think Sean Connery in Red October! ??) I do have to remind my OH to trim it - at Christmas he likes to do a Santa look-alike! ? Last time we went on a cruise, the crew thought he looked like Kenny Rogers. ?

GrammaH Sat 20-Aug-22 15:03:03

I quite like small, neat beards if they suit the wearer. Our son has had one for about 18 years and I really can't imagine him without one. I don't like really thick beards - even Aidan Turner looks revolting with one. He's definitely off my pin up list now!

Jenh66 Sat 20-Aug-22 15:20:09

I don't mind a beard. My son and sin in law both sport tidy, well groomed and maintained bears. I do think a bushy unkempt beard looks untidy though.
As for comments on soup, spaghetti and the like being lodged in beards, I think that says more about the eating manners of the person with the beard rather than anything else

Jenh66 Sat 20-Aug-22 15:20:37

Son in law not sin ? sorry

Bluecat Sat 20-Aug-22 15:26:54

I once read the opinion that "kissing a man with a beard is like eating a peach through a hole in a blanket." In a good way.

Taichinan Sat 20-Aug-22 15:32:30

My eldest son and both his sons have beards. The elder grandson's one is bushy and I suppose could be described as unkempt - but I love it. It suits him! He also has longish curly hair to go with it (his Dad says he's going through his Jesus phase!). I can't abide goatees or any other 'fiddled about with' growths though - but each to their own. I have to say I keep my own well trimmed winkwinkblush

GrauntyHelen Sat 20-Aug-22 15:41:01

I like a beard on a man not keen on my own though

AshleysGran Sat 20-Aug-22 15:49:01

I quite like beards. What I DO hate is the compulsion of some men to shave off their head hair. Fair enough for men who go naturally bald, but to choose to lose it! Bring back the 1960's!!!

My DS (no beard) has long hair, halfway down his back which he keeps in perfect condition and always ties back for work. (proud mum here!)

AshleysGran Sat 20-Aug-22 15:49:48

(Hmm... maybe there's another thread about baldness? If so, sorry!!)

suelld Sat 20-Aug-22 15:55:49

I quite like small goatees, but proper beards - yuck! No thanks, I’m with you Serendipity22.
One son has a small one the other is clean shaven - but I prefer NO Beards!
Laughed at your comment Ailidh