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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:51:00 +0000

Yes, I do! I shave daily and wear a moustache, just as my wife desires. For her part, she has grown her hair, and has kept it below her waist for the past six years. It would be a super dooper downer for me to have her choose short hair now. She is 53, and I think that married people should support the other’s desires if feasible. LGH

By: techwiz

techwiz — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:43:00 +0000

Your story about Capt. Tamaraz is pretty good.

My chin is white, so if I don't keep it trimmed very short, I come across as Col. Sanders!

By: Ransom Place

Ransom Place — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:03:00 +0000

Nah! Hairy women turn me off. Why? Because I was brougt up amongst women who shaved their leg and armpits.

I like the idea of how a beard keeps you warm during the winter. That was my experience, too. Some women find men's facial hair sexy.

In business, as I said before, hair is out. Bald is in. Beards, on men in business, give others the impression that Harry is trying to come across as a profesor.

When I was in the Army, Capt. Tamaraz was ordered by the Commanding General at Fort Dix to shave his handlebar mustache (which was waxed at both ends). The Captain's boss stuck up for him. "Why that mustache is part of this offilcer's personality. He can't shave that."

When facial hair is part of your personality, you have no choice but to keep it -- no matter what your wife thinks.

By: techwiz

techwiz — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:12:00 +0000

What an interesting topic. You all are obviously not from Montana(no surprise there, since there are only 900k of us.) But facial hair is quite common here. I usually grow a full beard in the winter and have a goatee sort of arrangement in the summer. I keep my beard trimmed. I don't like it when it starts to get woolly. Though in the winter, the thicker it gets the warmer my face is.

I also hate shaving. No matter what shaving cream or razor I try, it is very uncomfortable. I bleed. I get ingrown hairs. Electric razors dry out the skin on my face and abrade it, like using a floor buffer on my face.

I guess if you women want to kiss us guys you have to choose between sandpaper and fuzz. My woman likes my beard; she prefers it to my scratchy face.

I went to Chicago last Christmas and I was struck by how few men had any hair on their face. I must have looked out of place to them. I was also struck by how many people wore black (on black).

I've wondered sometimes what life would be like, living in a city. How would I do, socially speaking. I guess I'd have to shave or be treated like a street person.

The comments some women here have made about not shaving if their hubby didn't shave. Go ahead, I don't care. I realize I am in the huge minority on this, but I don't care if a woman shaves or not. I see them just the same, one way or the other. I guess it's because i went to Europe when I was 18 and saw a lot of natural women there, and also my early college days were during the era of 'granolas'. Eco hippys, I guess we would call em now. God made us with hair, Who are we to go changing the plan?

I also agree with Baldemort, above.

I also would like to hear about how men feel about their women shaving...you know...down below. I definitely don't like that. I don't want to be with a woman who resembles a little girl. I want a full grown woman. Always thought that habit/style was really strange.

By: Ransom Place

Ransom Place — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:21:00 +0000

A wife needs to have everything to do with the decision. I resented having to relent to her wish — no, it was a command — that I shave my full beard. “You look like a derelict,” she said while refusing to kiss me until the beard was off.So husbands with wives of my persuasion — shave it off. in todays world of work, hair is out, clean is in. If you’re bearded and into a job search, shave for interviews. Grow it back after your hired — providing your wife won’t object.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:14:00 +0000

If my husband had facial hair I didn’t like, I’d just let my own bodily hair grow and see what he thought of that.Overall, it should be a joint decision, like both partner’s haircuts etc.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:47:00 +0000

1 – Someone gave me this idea before I got married and so I told my husband it was a pretty good plan. If my husband doesn’t shave his face, I don’t shave my legs. It gets the point across…I mean, I don’t care if he doesn’t shave if I don’t have to… Although really, the lack of leg shaving bothers me more before it gets to my husband2 – I agree that I want my husband to love me the way I am and I want to love my husband the way he is. That being said, I like to look attractive for my husband, so if he says that he likes my hair a certain way, I tend to do it that way because I know he likes it (not because he forces me to or tells me I am ugly if I don’t.)

By: Caitlin @ Clutter Cubed

Caitlin @ Clutter Cubed — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:35:00 +0000

Wow, I can't believe this is such a huge issue with some people!

I love my husband. He could dye his hair blue or shave it all off, and I wouldn't stop loving him. I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't let it stop me from kissing him! I married him, not his hair.

I'm certainly allowed to have an opinion about his hair, just as he is about mine. We are free to tell each other what we like, and what we don't like, but at the end of the day it's his hair (or my hair).

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:44:00 +0000

Let’s put it this way– if hubby wants some action, his face better not have stubble.