I apologise- i know this thread is REALLY OLD, but i read the whole thing today, because i too have been traumatised by my husbands facial hair!
I don't mind beards on *some men.
Some men look better with them, but most don't!
Every guy seems to go through this "I have to grow all this horrid facial hair " thing when their wives are pregnant I have noticed.
I have ALWAYS LOATHED facial hair!
LOATHED!
I am not fussy on looks, but facial hair creeps me out- i can't explain it, it might be irrational, but it is what it is.
I wouldn't tell my husband what to wear, how to style his hair (although I cried when he shaved his head bald and felt weirded out by him until it grew back visibly (he has a sexy big spiral afro now that i like!)
But facial hair i do not do!
I find it creepy, off-putting, and find him totally unattractive with facial hair, plus it is so aging!
I am 15 weeks pregnant,had my head in a bucket, been in bed for the last 7 weeks with extreme morning sickness, so it was a given that there would be no action going on for a few months- and he grew some facial hair.
i didn't say anything, hoping he was just busy looking after everything and neglecting his shaving etc, but now i am well again and things will be resuming in that department, it has been panicking me the thought of that beard going anywhere near me!
I would rather completely miss out forever, than have a beard anywhere near my bits! -like seriously!
So i have dropped a few hints and it didn't seem to sink in, so we were chatting today about something and he stroked his beard, which made me nervously laugh- he said what, and i said it just gives me the creeps seeing him do that!
Then i said lightly "you will be shaving that off now we're going to get busy again won't you" to which he said he liked it, wasn't going to keep it forever, but didn't want to shave it off yet.
So that made me feel really panicked and i said, "well thats not going anywhere near me!"
He said its not fair that its his face and he doesn't tell me what to do or how to groom myself so i shouldn't tell him what to do either.
i expressed that he has ALWAYS known my massive aversion to facial hair, even before we got married so it shouldn't be a surprise, I find it really unattractive and offputting, and I am NOT telling him what to do at all but rather telling him what I don;t want to my own body, and that i absolutely will not be indulging in any fun under the covers with a beard near me, nor should i be forced to.
He thought I was being silly , at which point I burst into tears in a panic and said i am serious I WILL NOT! Ever.
And then i ran off in tears!
i have never had a panic attack but certainly felt like it then.
You can't judge someone for something like that, even if you find it irrational.
I am not at all demanding in any other way, but the thought of a beard any where near my intimate parts send me into a panic and that is just that. If you don't loathe beards and haven't felt it for yourself, then you just won't get it!
He later came up and said he felt i wasn't being fair, and would resent me for a bit for it, but would shave it off if it upsets me that much.
That still upset me, as I shouldn't be resented for feeling like that- its hardly a suprise to him!
We've been married 20 yrs and I have aways loathed beards and been vocal about it (not towards him as he's never had one) .I am not making him shave anything off, but i feel it is fair to set my boundaries for what i am happy with in an intimate relationship and that beard is not factoring! He can't complain in any other area as i am most accomodating.
I could have just shied away from sex forever, making excuses, some other woman said she hasn't kissed her man in over a year as she finds it so repulsive, and this is the thing, if you don't listen to your partner if they are really affected by something, it will put a massive distance btwn you eventually.
I would end up hating sex and freezing up as I found i so awful and then you get blamed...at least i told him straight out how it made me feel.
Hopefully that damn thing goes very quickly!
I think you either are a beard person or you're not, and theres nothing wrong with either.
The men that want to do whatever despite, make a choice in the end, as does the woman.
For me this was an absolute biggie.
Funnily enough i reacted so strongly he asked me if i had been abused by a bearded man as a kid! :0
Not in real life- maybe in a bad dream?
Who knows, but the reaction is that strong to beards and intimacy for me!