When my wife met me 18 years ago I had a beard. I had one for the first 16 years of our marriage.
I decided to shake things up. I shaved it off and have gone clean shaven for the past few years. My wife seems really bothered by it. She keeps asking me to grow it back. I refuse.
I'm wondering if I'm making a stand about something stupid and if I should just give in and grow it back? In my mind the whole beard shaving thing was to make me appear more professional (and younger). But maybe the beard did contribute to my attractiveness and is more a part of me.
So do I grow it back and cave to her request or do I stick to my guns and do it my way?
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"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher." -Socrates
Ahhh... I see what you are saying now.
Yeah, I agree. If you expect your wife to have long hair "for you" when she might prefer short, it's just fair play to grow a beard "for her" when you might prefer a clean shave.
Some wives just don't care. I grew this funky cowboy handlebar mustache a few years ago and looking back on pictures of that ugly thing, I wish my wife would have told me how ridiculous I looked.
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher." -Socrates
Professional accountants are usually as conservative as you can find in terms of style, and the corporate accounting team our hospital board uses *all* wear beards and look sharp as hell.
"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher." -Socrates
I agree, if your wife likes it, you should grow it out. It the same as me wanting my to have long hair and her not cutting it all off.
So, I have decided to grow a goatee. Right now. Just watch me.
Maybe I should cut my below shoulder length hair into a chin length or shorter more professional looking hair cut...? I mean, I know Beau met and fell in love with me with my longer hair and I know that he loves it this way but ....
)Clean shaven was OK when I had hair. Now, my face just looks weird and featureless without any facial hair. Hair all over my face drives me nuts with the itchiness ... and just looks unkempt. So: well-trimmed goatee FTW.
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Beards are awesome.
Clean shaven is.......I don't know if I've ever seen my husband clean shaven actually. I just know he grew his goatee out into a full beard one time while he out of town. When he turned up my doorstep I think the first words out of my mouth where "You are never allowed to shave ever again."
The day he retires he can start growing a beard again and it will probably be totally grey (he's blond and his beard was reddish - it was awesome!) so we may not like it, but I am looking forward to finding out.
B:Three-day-beard or scrub: Hot
C:Long beard: Grandfather or wood gnome: So not sexy
D:Beard as form of art: Affected.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C
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If you want us to be unapologetically feminine, be unapologetically masculine.
That's a good thing for me, because the men in my family don't really grow facial hair well.
Triage and MAP, August 2013
Divorce proceedings, from April 2015