Beards: Why? Why not?

[Cyril Haearn]

Some years ago Mariella Frostrup said that when a man grows a beard he's showing he's lost all interest in the opposite sex.

Surely it is the other way round
I do not shave because I do not want to resemble a woman

[simonineaston]

Some years ago Mariella Frostrup said that when a man grows a beard he's showing he's lost all interest in the opposite sex.

Conversely, I am still interested in Mariella Frostrup and especially the books she reads.
I'm lazy, so I use a beard trimmer a couple of times a week and shave the gaps daily. Full set has a long-standing association with the Senior Service.

"medium"? Lord alone knows wot the strong are like!

[pete75]

Some years ago Mariella Frostrup said that when a man grows a beard he's showing he's lost all interest in the opposite sex.

Surely it is the other way round
I do not shave because I do not want to resemble a woman

If not shaving is what stops you resembling a woman you've got major problems.

[Ben@Forest]

Bit of a long story but many years ago I and another work colleague were helping another female work colleague to run a national conference (she was the organiser, but we were helping with the name badges, coffee in next room admin on the actual days of the conference).

Being an environmental/ecological conference a lot of the men coming in were sporting beards, and this was a long time before hipster facial hair. I rubbed my beardless chin ruefully and said, ‘To get on in this industry I really need to grow a beard’. To which my female colleague said ‘I tried but it didn’t work’. To which my other colleague, a very quiet and unassuming but bearded man said, ‘Perhaps you should try growing one somewhere else’…. we were both more than a little surprised!

[pete75]

Bit of a long story but many years ago I and another work colleague were helping another female work colleague to run a national conference (she was the organiser, but we were helping with the name badges, coffee in next room admin on the actual days of the conference).

Being an environmental/ecological conference a lot of the men coming in were sporting beards, and this was a long time before hipster facial hair. I rubbed my beardless chin ruefully and said, ‘To get on in this industry I really need to grow a beard’. To which my female colleague said ‘I tried but it didn’t work’. To which my other colleague, a very quiet and unassuming but bearded man said, ‘Perhaps you should try growing one somewhere else’…. we were both more than a little surprised!

He obviously knew she shaved herself down there

[Cyril Haearn]

Fortunately I did not have a big brother or sister to teach me how to shave

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,

Why?

1) Don't need to shave so often
2) Face is warmer in winter
3) Handy accessory to catch soup, crumbs etc.

Don't forget the smell of that curry

[Cyril Haearn]

If one grows it out one might be exempt from wearing a mask during the next pandemic, the hairs catch the virii

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Beards are problematic when wearing a dust mask, they are meant to seal on the face, if not your health and laws will be broken.
https://www.dustmasksdirect.co.uk/respi ... or-beards/

"Protective Masks and Facial Hair in the UK

The compatibility of beards and dust masks is a question we get asked more often than anything else. And putting it bluntly, facial hair and tight fitting respirator masks just don’t mix. The simple fact is that no dust mask can work effectively unless it forms a seal against the skin. Facial hair (beards) can create gaps between the respirator and the skin, thus breaking the seal and leaving you unprotected from hazardous materials and breaking every health and safety law in the book."

I now suffer badly with bonfires and ANY type of dust, mouth goes sore very quickly, but drinking pure orange juice or too many oranges will too
To many years of grinding dust with inadequate masks and extraction.

[Ben@Forest]

...I rubbed my beardless chin ruefully and said, ‘To get on in this industry I really need to grow a beard’. To which my female colleague said ‘I tried but it didn’t work’. To which my other colleague, a very quiet and unassuming but bearded man said, ‘Perhaps you should try growing one somewhere else’…. we were both more than a little surprised!

He obviously knew she shaved herself down there

I can safely say that in the environmental/ecological sector women tend to be au naturel. When I did real work I used to have a loo roll in the back of the van in case I got caught short. Once I was working with a woman and she needed a pee and before she disappeared behind a tree I offered loo roll if she wanted it. She said, 'No, I just drip dry'.

[reohn2]

I'm a week in to growing a poncey goatee,I don't know if it'll remain but at the moment it just looks like I'm chewing a ferret

[Cyril Haearn]

I'm a week in to growing a poncey goatee,I don't know if it'll remain but at the moment it just looks like I'm chewing a ferret

But why?
I could get a poncey goatee just by trimming, but I am not as handy as you, getting it symmetrical is the things I fear
Clement Freud bleated that his goatee made far more work than wearing a proper beard

My moustache area is still brown, but the rest is grey, one wonders why

[reohn2]

I'm a week in to growing a poncey goatee,I don't know if it'll remain but at the moment it just looks like I'm chewing a ferret

But why?

Because the chin and top lip are harder to shave than the cheeks and under jaw area,I have no problem with symmetrical shaving of those parts,in the same way I have no problem with shaving my legs

The goatee's an experiment that might only last another week or another year,I'll see how the vanity side of my nature feels about it and goat from there