I am wondering whether men will start shaving off their facial hair.

[rzemanfl]

So that they will not look like a certain weird nutcase or begin to wear eyeliner so they will.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Beards with eyeliner is a werewolf

[John1956PA]

2. I already did last week.

The beard and stash went because I got a job where they would not fit in. However, the timing was excellent, since I want to avoid the Vance look as much as possible.

[rzemanfl]

6. I am seventy-seven and have never gone more than a week without shaving. n/t

[John1956PA]

7. That is fantastic. I wish I had been clean shaven more over the years. n/t

[rzemanfl]

12. It is harder to get a clean shave when you're old. n/t

[rzemanfl]

38. I use an electric a lot of the time, but still prefer a blade.

I think we both have been shaving a long time. Remember styptic pencils?

[maxsolomon]

3. Well, my beard is getting patchy, so pretty soon.

There are a couple women in my family that will be very unhappy to see my weak chin.

[John1956PA]

14. I have the same type of chin. I think it is fine.

I feel that my clean-shaven appearance is appropriate in my food-service job.

[maxsolomon]

24. I might keep a classic no-moustache goatee

even though plenty of MAGAts favor that look...

[John1956PA]

25. That style is perfect for chins like ours. n/t

[tavernier]

30. That's OK, just don't do that no mustache with a beard look.

That’s really creepy, like those children of the corn people.

[GreenWave]

4. Beards mask our shaving blunders when teens. I beseech thee!

[walkingman]

5. No way will I let that weirdo dictate my facial hair. He is a nobody.

[rzemanfl]

8. We agree he is a weirdo. I don't think he's somebody, but he's something.

[PeaceWave]

9. My Mom has always said that men wear facial hair to hide from themselves.

[AkFemDem]

20. Nah

They do it because a lot of women find it hot as hell 🔥

Okay probably the real reason is because it’s easier not to shave every day :-D but in general give me a dude with facial hair any day over baby smooth skin.

[Zoomie1986]

40. How very rude your mother is

Because that is an outright lie.

My husband has super-coarse facial hair but very--very--delicate skin. Getting the blade to cut the hair without cutting his skin--it just wasn't happening, no matter how sharp the blades. He could never get through a shave without blood everywhere, and he was in constant pain from having so many cuts and raw spots on his face.

I got tired of the mess and his agony, and finally recommended that he grow a beard. He did, and he's been much happier ever since. Plus I'm happy that I don't have a bunch of blood-stained towels to replace.

It's presumptuous, judgmental and hateful to think people don't have legitimate reasons to forego shaving.

[PeaceWave]

42. She's 90. Feel free to try to change her opinion on anything. Please, be my guest.

[JoseBalow]

43. Now, now. No need to take offense,

just because someone is insulting your mother.

[PeaceWave]

44. Did I express offense? Not at all. It's like that old Rodney Dangerfield joke...

What did Rodney say about his wife? - "Take my wife - Please." The same thing can occasionally be said about your own Mom.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Not Me

I have a goatee. I'm not shaving it because that tool wants to play Grizzly Adams.

[BluesRunTheGame]

11. For fuck sake!

We’re attacking men with beards?

[rzemanfl]

13. No.

[Zoomie1986]

41. Apparently we are

Because people right here in this thread have been bashing the wearing of beards.

[magicarpet]

15. No,.. but I recently started shaving my arm pits and my legs.

All in honor of JD Vance.

[rzemanfl]

33. Do you vacuum the couch in his honor as well?

[magicarpet]

36. Ah,.. wet vac the couch,...

... after Vance gets done with it there are puddles all over the cushions. But if you use a black light the puddles are so much easier to locate.

Just a tip, should Vance ever stop by your house and ask to fornicate, oops I meant sleep on the sofa.

[PeaceWave]

16. What woman wouldn't find an unshaven face like this absolutely adorable...

This is James Harden. He has zero NBA championship rings despite playing in the League for 15 seasons and scoring nearly 26,000 points. It's quite an accomplishment. But, I digress. When a man looks like this, a woman can confidently play that game where you throw popcorn at each other and see if you can get it in the other person's mouth. How can you miss? Whatever doesn't go in just gets caught in the beard.

[Srkdqltr]

17. There are many who really should, but if they like it whatever.

[AkFemDem]

19. OTOH I think many men

Would benefit with a little cover 😅

[Srkdqltr]

22. There is that. Those beards that look like broom straw and stick straight out crack me up

[AkFemDem]

18. I hope not

I’m a fan of a certain type of man with a certain type of facial hair 😍 The Mr pulls it off perfectly.

[TheProle]

21. This one won't

[Shermann]

23. Hitler ruined the badass toothbrush moustache for everybody for all time.

Now the badass Jeremiah Johnson look is threatened. Mountain men, rise up and defend this territory!

[Ilsa]

27. I read that Adolf shaved the sides off his

mustache because of a bad experience in WW1: A regular or stylish handlebar mustache interrupted the seal around the face on gas masks that protected soldiers from mustard gas.

Maybe it's an urban legend.

[Bucky]

37. The Toothbrush moustache was popular in the US before WW1. It was a working man's stash.

I doubt Hitler was copying Chaplin, but just adopting the fashion like many German men did after the war. It was easier to maintain than the handlebar stash popularized by the Kaiser and many German officers. Contrasting the pre-war style as well as convenience of grooming made it popular after the war added to the moustache's popularity

Here's a picture of Fred Trump sporting one

[Bitbit]

26. My man is growing his out more. It's white so no chance

of him looking like the idjit. 😺

[Dulcinea]

29. My husband looks good with his salt & pepper facial hair.

He does not & never will look like JV Dance.

[TheKentuckian]

31. Nope.

If I don't look like I bring presents to all the good boys and girls or even better that I am trusted to bring stone tablets down from Mt. Sinai then I'm not happy and don't care what some young couch humper does or doesn't do.

[former9thward]

32. You must not get out much.

Beards among young men are pretty universal.

[NickB79]

34. Hell no

I shaved my beard during COVID once, and my wife was PISSED. Said it made me look like a 15 yr old boy again.

I'm blessed to be able to grow a nice, full beard that I keep well groomed. I like it, and my wife likes it. That's all that matters to me.

[Bucky]

35. Just like I started showering to avoid looking like Steve Bannon

[Jack Valentino]

45. At least we didn't all start wearing orange make-up....

not even the magats.

I wouldn't want to look like many of them, but I don't base my personal style decisions on them, either.
I've mostly been clean-shaven my whole life, except for a mustache for a few years