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Can I ask about men who are always clean shaven?

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timelessf · 27/11/2024 22:48

Does anyone else have an adult DS who has always been clean shaven and never grown a beard, even if they have the ability to do so?

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mrlistersgelfbride · 28/11/2024 23:27

Can't answer your question but just realised my father has had a beard for as long as I've been alive, my brother often has one and my partner definitely doesn't shave everyday.
I much prefer clean shaven men myself.

PumpkinPie2016 · 28/11/2024 21:32

My husband is always clean shaven - at most, he would go a day without shaving.

My dad has a neat moustache, but is otherwise clean shaven.

My brother is always clean shaven but he is in the military, so not much choice 😂

I don't think it's particularly unusual?

LlynTegid · 28/11/2024 14:37

All the men in my family.

TwistedWonder · 28/11/2024 14:36

My adult DS doesn’t shave often enough but has never grown a beard. His hair is so dark it really shows if he doesn’t shave for a day or two.

Personally I’m not a fan of facial hair. I’ve never dated anyone with a beard

MereDintofPandiculation · 28/11/2024 14:14

I’m attracted to bearded men and have to remind myself even men with beards can be prats (though less often than clean shaven Grin)

GridlockonMain · 28/11/2024 14:08

Surely this isn’t unusual?

LimeYellow · 28/11/2024 13:44

I have a DH and a young adult DS, neither have ever had a beard.

Westfacing · 28/11/2024 13:44

I have two adult sons who've never had beards but did once briefly have moustaches for Movember - not a good look on either!

MagpiePi · 28/11/2024 13:40

I wonder what has happened to the OP?

JustinThyme · 28/11/2024 13:32

One always clean shaven, one usually bearded.

Auburngal · 28/11/2024 13:31

My DF is always clean shaven. Doesn't like the feel of stubble on his face.

One time he had to have skin graft on his face which was covered up for a 7-9 days and it drove him mad only allowing to shave the exposed part of face.. On the way home from hospital after having the bandages off, he went into a barbers and got a hot towel shave. Otherwise people would gave him odd looks to why he is bearded one side and not the other.

I don't mind beards if they are maintained. Unkempt beards are horrid.

SofandaCox · 28/11/2024 13:27

My husband is clean shave , he occasionally grows a moustache which I hate.

TheTecknician · 28/11/2024 13:23

I shave every day. I last had a beard thirty years ago and it lasted no more than a month. At my last workplace, beardless or stubble-less men were definitely in the minority and some of the beardy boys were barely out of school. It appears to be more fashionable among youngsters now than when I was a young man. I'm not a fan of facial hair but I'll keep that to myself, provided it looks tidy. On the other hand, stubble just looks plain scruffy.

housemaus · 28/11/2024 09:44

This just made me realise I only know one man who's routinely clean shaven! Not that it's my business but I think men just look better with some facial hair, even if it's very short.

KnigCnut · 28/11/2024 08:50

I have more beard than my H!

We are a military family, so most of the men I know are clean shaven. Only time I have known my H have a beard was when he was having a mental health crisis. I knew he was getting better when the beard went!

K0OLA1D · 28/11/2024 08:44

If I was a man who could grow a beard, I would 100% have a beard. I can't be arsed shave my legs there would be zero chance of me shaving my face everyday!

Mattins · 28/11/2024 08:36

MaggieBsBoat · 28/11/2024 08:31

Both mine and DH are bearded. I always think clean shaven men look like they are half-formed in a weird way and not manly enough! 🤢

I read that as a brave declaration of hirsuteness, that ‘Me and DH are both bearded’.😀

I’m not sure why you seem to be asking about clean-shaven men as though they’ve made some kind of unusual minority decision, OP.

MaggieBsBoat · 28/11/2024 08:31

Both mine and DH are bearded. I always think clean shaven men look like they are half-formed in a weird way and not manly enough! 🤢

Dotjones · 28/11/2024 08:29

Most men don't have beards, thankfully. This thread reminds me of the "men with beards" song

Men with beards, what are they hiding?
Could I handle the truth if they chose me to confide in?
Or would my dead body be found down a railway siding?
Where I'd been murdered by a man with a beard

Moglet4 · 28/11/2024 08:23

Pamosonic · 28/11/2024 08:14

My husband couldn't grow a beard even if he wanted to. He just doesn't get any stubble down the sideburns.

Lucky you! I can’t stand it- feels like you’re kissing a cheese grater!

Pamosonic · 28/11/2024 08:14

My husband couldn't grow a beard even if he wanted to. He just doesn't get any stubble down the sideburns.

AudiobookListener · 28/11/2024 08:13

Jc2001 · 28/11/2024 08:10

What about the ones with a bit of stubble. It's not just either a full beard or clean shaven.

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Clearly times have changed and I haven't noticed.

ShinyPrettyThings87 · 28/11/2024 08:12

If my DH ever shaved his, I wouldn't be able to look at him until it grew back. It's only about a cm growth but he turns into a boy without it! I like 'em rugged 😁 he was clean shaven when we met and handsome as hell but much prefer the beard. Wouldn't let him have a smelly beard though, got to keep on top of the hygiene to have one.

Both teens have hairy legs but nothing on their faces yet, not mentally prepared to see them with beards yet but would also be interested to see how it suits them.

Jc2001 · 28/11/2024 08:10

AudiobookListener · 28/11/2024 07:42

I thought this was most men. Men with beards etc. are the minority aren't they?

What about the ones with a bit of stubble. It's not just either a full beard or clean shaven.

AudiobookListener · 28/11/2024 08:08

Moglet4 · 28/11/2024 07:59

Not any more, unfortunately

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Oh, dear. I agree with your "unfortunately".

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