Poll: Facial Hair. Yay, Nay or damn that's just hay.

[L. Declis]

I'm clean shaven at the moment, but my fiancee prefers me with a bit of stubble or light beard. However, when it grows beyond that, I tend to shave it off as I worry constantly about food in my beard.

However, I must say that you shouldn't grow a beard and long hair. Either you're Canadian and can pull it off or you're going to look ridiculous. It's kinda like this generations neckbeard, complete with fedora and trenchcoat.

 

[Leonardo Huizar]

Of course i want facial hair on my women...


Those painted on eyebrows give me internal cringe

 

[BeeGeenie]

I have a manly beard. It's manly. I'm also horribly, horribly alone. I don't see any connection.

My beard is somewhat hard to deal with though, since it has the same stiff, curly texture as pubes. You could say it's high maintenance, but then again, so it shaving.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Currently a member of the bearded community. It's the way of the future. I have been told "But it makes you look older." which is just fine by me. Beards are very masculine. Men without beards...well this should explain that.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

I hate facial hair, I don't want it and I'd prefer I didn't grow it at all. I also dislike shaving but not as much as facial hair.

On other people? Generally speaking I dislike it but ultimately it's your face not mine so I can't really force you to.

 

[elvor0]

Generally speaking, it's a no.

Some guys can pull off the sexy trimmed beard look but they're usually ridiculously good-looking anyway.

It's so itchy too, like, beard rash is the worst.

That's just an initial thing, once you get past that, you have a portable cat strapped to your face.

On another note, I also prefer them to shave their balls as well or anywhere else they want kissed. A mouthful of hair is not appetizing or sexy.

I think this is actually an extremely fair point if you expect women to keep their garden trimmed.

However, on beards: I think perhaps "intentially trying to repulse a parter" is a little extreme of a discription and breaking up because it isn't exactly trying to make the relationship work either.

OT: Originally, I hated the fact that I could grow a beard, especially as I grow really thick hair and really quickly. All of my other mates wanted beards, but none of them could grow them, then I met my (now) wife and grew a beard when I was courting her as she loves facial hair, now I wouldn't do with out it, a well groomed beard looks fucking dapper, and keeps your face warm in the winter. So yeah, resouding yay from me. What does annoy me is when people say "Oh growing a beard is for lazy people", like buggery, I need to groom it almost every day and it takes care and attention, being clean shaven is fucking easy.

Strangely even as a straight guy, Chris Hemsworth as Thor is damn fine, but when he loses the beard, he's nowhere near as attractive...it's wierd.

 

[R.K. Meades]

Aesthetically, I prefer the clean-shaven look.

It is a tricky question to navigate. I usually sport a beard out of habit. (no moustache, and no sideburns) However, given the way my family were raised, it needs to be said that shaving the beard has always been frowned upon. Seeing a man at temple without his beard usually indicated that they had brought shame on the family. It could be anything-- gambling your savings away, doing drugs, turning down a partner that was hand-picked by your family, or cheating on your spouse.

 

[Phasmal]

Facial hair in that sense is itchy, painful and unpleasant.

Sounds like your boyfriend needs some conditioner on his beard.

My boyfriend could condition his beard with purified unicorn tears and it would still give me a rash.
My skin's ridiculously sensitive to the point where I can't even wear most make-up.

Sadly, his beard is an acceptable sacrifice in the never-ending relationship wars.

 

[Mahorfeus]

Why, yes. I like the way my beard looks on my face, and so does the ladyfriend. It has a slight blond streak running down the chin, that I suspect will turn gray when I get older. So I anticipate that I will look classy as fuck when I am an older gentleman.

And just the other day some random dude on the street told me I was starting to look like one of those dudes on Duck Dynasty. Clearly an exaggeration, and one I'd usually be mortified by, but I'll just tack it down as an indication that my BEARD has leveled up.

 

[WouldYouKindly]

I have a full beard now. I keep it neat, trim it every once in a while, particularly the mustache. I don't care for the soup catcher.

Once you get past the itchy phase, a lot of which can be mitigated by shaving off the neck beard, it's just way easier. If a girlfriend preferred me clean shaven I could tolerate shaving every day, but there are certain times when I would still forgo shaving, like hockey playoff season and November. She can deal with me being bearded for a few months out of the year... also winter. I shaved entirely once this winter and my face was fucking freezing.

 

[Recusant]

A few clarifications.
Firstly, facial hair is (biologically) supposed to cover pretty much the entire lower front half of your head. Calling a man "neckbeard" is like calling a woman "chestboobs"; they may well be offended, but it's not actually an insult, the thing in question is supposed to be there.
Secondly, having a beard doesn't itch- not having a beard (or, more to the point, hairs growing in those first few millimeters) itches. Once the hair comes in, the itching stops. Shaving is, by and large, for the impatient (or for those smooching the hairy ones; I claim no firsthand knowledge on that front); the genuine inability to grow facial hair is rather uncommon, most people just can't be bothered to wait. As Chesterton so eloquently put it, "you cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion", after all.

 

[Scars Unseen]

My beard doesn't grow in all that thick. Right now I'm clean shaven.

Spoiler: This is what it looked like when I last had facial hair

 

[Bizzaro Stormy]

In my mid 20's I had both a full beard and let my hair grow out like a lion's mane. After a few months combing it, shampooing it, and realizing that I would need to trim it soon I cut it off and cut my hair short again. On a good beard day I looked like a Civil War reenactor. On a bad beard day I looked like I was in Al Qaeda. I sometimes miss the beard. Sometimes.

Captcha Cary Grant. Damn it Captcha, can you name a single movie of his in which he wasn't clean shaven?

 

[Anja Bech]

Some people have magnificent beards! I love a beard that's full and neatly groomed. A beard a man takes pride in. I have a particular fondness for strawberry blonde fuck-off beards. If you can't grow something that doesn't make me think of premature male baldness, then I personally prefer a clean shaved chin or a 5-o'clock shadow. Spotty hair growth makes you look younger, not more mature. That's just my opinion though.

 

[EHKOS]

My beard is me, without my beard I am nothing. It also cloaks my double chin, and I have that ailment where if I shave it off I look twelve again. So...the beard stays.

 

[AnthrSolidSnake]

I've always wanted to try it on myself. The problem is I can't stand to get over the initial "patchy, itchy, oily" stage.

I have naturally oily skin as it is that requires a shower/washing daily or else I fall back into my teenage acne nightmare (which is still continuous to this day, but not as bad).

Adding facial hair just makes it worse and I break out all over again. I have no idea to this day what I look like with a reasonable amount of facial hair, and at this rate I probably won't. I just don't want to suffer through the beginning only to find out it wasn't worth it either because I don't like it, or my peers don't like it. Maybe later down the line.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

A few clarifications.
Firstly, facial hair is (biologically) supposed to cover pretty much the entire lower front half of your head. Calling a man "neckbeard" is like calling a woman "chestboobs"; they may well be offended, but it's not actually an insult, the thing in question is supposed to be there.
Secondly, having a beard doesn't itch- not having a beard (or, more to the point, hairs growing in those first few millimeters) itches. Once the hair comes in, the itching stops. Shaving is, by and large, for the impatient (or for those smooching the hairy ones; I claim no firsthand knowledge on that front); the genuine inability to grow facial hair is rather uncommon, most people just can't be bothered to wait. As Chesterton so eloquently put it, "you cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion", after all.

Claiming it is supposed to cover your face is silly, thankfully where I come from the men do not grow facial hair outside of eyebrows, and have no need to shave. Hopefully in the future men will stop having the ability to grow them at all. Just as we are happy now we are not walking around with tails sticking out, we will be happy when men do not have pubes on their face.

 

[Timeless Lavender]

If I have a boyfriend, I really do not care if he have a facial hair. It is not really important for me but I find men with or without facial hair looked equally attractive.

 

[jklinders]

I grow mine out every now and again. main problem with it is that is ages me a little too much. it adds about a decade to my looks and as I'm pushing 40 that is not an asset. Any mustache tends to really get on my nerves after a few months so off it goes. the shave grow cycle is usually about three months as I like how I look with the beard but cannot stand how it feels. Right now I have been barefaced for about 8 months.

My SO is pretty neutral on it. But she comments every now and again about whether or not I am going to grow it out again.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

I was in the Military for years so never had the opportunity, now that I'm out I love growing one, though it can be a pain. Some guys can pretty much look like the cast of Duck Dynasty within a month, other guys it takes much longer, and for the latter it's a pain because it takes a while for it to fill in completely, so you basically look like a kid trying to look like a man for a while.

Once it's in though, I like it. I also live in a cold area and it actually does keep your face warmer (much to my surprise).

As for whether it helps with attracting women: there seems to be about a 50/50 split between "beards are great" and "beards are gross", so I'm just going to go with the one that requires less effort on my part.