Posted on 08/14/2018 9:51:50 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
It's tempting to think of the beard as a kind of "return to our ancestral roots" (ironic), but it's not quite as simple as that. Don't kid yourself, hairy paleo diet dude who just can't squeeze a shave between CrossFit sessions. Cavemen plucked their beards with clam shells, Little Mermaid-style, exhibiting a degree of care and attention that so many men today seem happy to dismiss. Men throughout the ages have oscillated between beard-having and not-having, from Alexander the Great's shaven soldiers, to the bushy-chinned Victorians.
If the men in my life are anything to go by, there are several stages to a man's beard-having. The first is Beard Anticipation. "I think," he says, caressing his chin thoughtfully, "I might grow a beard." To be honest, I reckon this is actually the second stage. He's already decided to do it, and now he's canvassing opinion. In every instance, I respond with sensitivity (mine): "Please don't grow an effing beard."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
“Jesus had a beard, so no problem.”
So does Santa Claus
Beards look best on older men - many young men don’t pull them off well.
Sean Connery, Jonathan Goldsmith as ‘the most interesting man’, Gregory Peck as an older man; Sam Faddis - these are beard guys.
(And Santa, of course.)
But no stubble look and no soul patches.
Both just make you look like you don't know how to shave.
When Mr Bear grew one it came in sort of moth eaten. I did not say a word and soon he shaved it off.
In my experience (which is by no means extensive), some women like beards, and some women hate them. Some women like bodybuilders. Some women don’t like them. As a guy, trying to figure out what women like is an exercise in futility. It can change so much such that trying to ‘pin it down’ is like trying to nail jello to the wall.
Thus, you should just do what you like and let the chips fall where they may.
Soon CNN will claim taxpayers should pay for beard implants for the gender confused who were born female.
I say they should just get facial hair growing tips from my ex’s mother-in-law. :)
Beards,clams... I think there’s something Freudian about this piece.
I think the author doesn’t care for men altogether.
“Maybe she would prefer the alternative by being someones beard.”
Doesn’t like beard/mustache rides?
And beards should be trimmed and neat. Before my hair turned gray and white, I had curly hair, my beard was always a challenge--untrimmed, I looked like a caveman.
Yes, CNN should ask about women's grooming habits. But I figure they'd only out homosexuals and radical feminists that intentionally grow their armpit hair, leave their legs untrimmed, and even nurse that scrubbly beard. They probably don't need to go that far, but it sure helps to identify which women to avoid, even run from.
My wife hates my beard. But I keep it relatively short and well kept. Gave up shaving after having to shave twice a day while i was in the Marine Corps. I’d shave first thing in the morning and have a 5 o’clock shadow around noon.
Operator’s had great beards before Afcrapistan. They just “refined” them there.
I don’t like wearing beards myself (tried it a few times) but I think they look great on guys who can carry them.
Any real masculine guy...looks great.
But I hate seeing the pear-shaped, overweight leftists with beards who are in touch with their feminine side. That I find nauseating.
“Well, if she doesnt like her man having a beard and he says hes keeping it - she can always stop shaving her armpits and legs.”
I saw that phenomena in Europe. No thanks...I’m going to the barber shop.
Uh, no. They grew beards so they couldn’t be easily picked out of a crowd and for security back home.
Heh, good post...made me chuckle!
It would almost be a deal breaker for my wife if I were to grow a beard. Or any facial hair for that matter.
And why would one cover up a face like this?! LOL!
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