Why don’t men shave any more?

My window cleaner has a beard and a man bun.
Not that I extensively snog him.

I don't bother with the extensive snogging lot either

Galaxy

Oh God I hate a beard.
I agree Valdali, it is like a uniform for young men these days.

But once not having one was like a uniform for young men.

Beards have been going in and out of fashion for hundreds of years. Look at the way they change shape ans style through the 19th century.

I love a man with a beard. DH has had one for over 50 years. His is good naval style, Captain Pugwash beard. it is smooth and silky .DS has more than designer stubble but less than his father. DGS is just starting to reach the whisker growing age, so we wait to see what the fashion will be in this cohort.

Shaven men can really rough your skin up when there is any extensive snogging.

One of my sons has ‘designer stubble’, and he can just about get away with it. I don’t like it, but it’s not as bad as a beard. I would never, ever go out with a man with a beard, let alone marry one. I always wonder why they are trying to hide.

This reminds me of when I was teaching in a primary school in a rough area.
The mum of a girl came to parents' evening and one male teacher asked, "Does she take after you or is she clean shaven?"

( That's the story I heard anyway!)

I’m not a fan of beards. DH was a soldier for 22 years and was not allowed to grow one (they can now), but for quite a long time he did cultivate quite a sexy moustache. The day he retired from the Army, he said he was going to grow a beard. I hated it so it didn’t last long, then the moustache went too. DS has a beard. He looked much younger without it.

I watched a local game of baseball in the park recently. One team were decked out in white and purple kit, most had beards and they all sported purple wigs!

I’m not a beard lover at all. I can’t think of anything worse than a scratchy one and I do wonder how much wildlife lives in them. The guardian had a piece this week about a female partner who was fed up of all the food lodged in his beard. Yuck.
I feel the same about Rasta type dreadlocks.
Possibly one of the reasons that I’m happy being a lesbian !

I really don’t mind. My Dh had a beard on and off all our married life. It got so I could never bring to mind whether he had a beard on any given day or not, unless I could see him. In later years, he had a more designer stubble look.

My husband has had a beard since he was 17 and he’s gorgeous,he shaved it off for charity once about 25 years ago but it had grown back within the week…just as well.I didn,t like him barefaced and our daughter walked past him in a supermarket and didn,t recognise him.
When I worked in Glasgow over 50 years ago over half the photographers had beards so it’s not a new fashion.
I love beards .

The only time I've seen OH without a beard he was wearing a dress. It was a vice versa fancy dress party in 1977 - I wore a suit.
He grew it again immediately,. Now he, our son and son-in-law all have beards. I'm all in favour.

I’ve always liked men with beards, going back to when they were popular in my student days (late 60’s). My DH of nearly 11 years sports a neatly groomed beard which suits him well (IMHO!)

Neat ... not nest!

My late OH had designer stubble and very nice it was too!
What I hate are the fussy nest sculpted beards ... what a turn- off .....

I'm not keen on beards; they seem unkempt for most who sport them, including my son 35. His is very thick; his wife trained as a hairdresser so will keep him trimmed up, but it seems he is always getting crumbs stuck in it.

I'm not saying they don't look attractive on some, but it's just not my fav look.

It’s just the fashion, it will pass. I hope.
To me stubble looks scruffy and the beards worn by so many men are identical and make them all look alike.
Worst of all are the little moustaches, apparently back after 75 years. Old films were full of them and my father grew one, briefly.

I think men and women, should go for whatever look they feel happiest with. My cousin wanted to grow a beard but his wife didn't like them so he was not allowed to.

Not sure the look suits everyone. Roy Keane for one.

A ggood beard takes quite a bit of maintenance.

I like a beard. It has to be in good order though! Apparently Peter Green (late Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer) had pieces of cheese in his beard for weeks.

I disagree that not shaving is laziness. Surely looking after a beard, trimming it, grooming it etc., must take far longer than a quick shave?

stubble ok.beards are awful,staches ok

Im with your taste Miss Aventure👍

Maybe because some spend so much time shaving their heads as soon as they start balding? No time for their chins...

My son is 50 next week and he looks great with his ‘designer stubble’ he’s worn it like that for years his partner likes it too.