Only time you catch me sportin' a beard is when I got my face buried between some broad's stems.
Only time you catch me sportin' a beard is when I got my face buried between some broad's stems.
Well apparently clean-shaven stud is a man… as evidenced by his ability to take care of his family, be respectful in society, blah blah. A man he may be, but still a baby face. Its ok buddy, a lot of grown men have yet to go through puberty. Don’t worry, one day you’ll notice hair growing in places you didn’t know it could grow… one of them being your face.To offer another piece of evidence that growing a beard is the manly thing to do: jesus (and probably God) BOTH had (have) beards. Are they missing some personality traits and therefore need to grow a beard to make up for that? Or are YOU just not manly enough to grow a beard and therefore regularly shave your face to hide your shame from society?FYI, I was in a fraternity and had a full beard for about 70% of my time in college. And I can probably beat you in a race= more manly (hey, I have a 50% chance of being right on that last one, which means on an anonymous message board that statement is FACT).
I considered starting a new thread, but I'll try to bring this one back on topic (can we please stop the arguments about which is better?). Previously, someone mentioned how a beard is less attractive to women, but actually might attract a different subset of women. I find this to be true.
I am 34 and work in Private Wealth Management for Deutsche Bank. I am not in NYC, but in a smaller market. We handle a good amount of money and I consider myself to have a very good job. We have a business casual office, meaning that I pretty much always wear slacks and a sport coat, but rarely pull out the full suit. I mention this because for all intents and purposes, I appear to be a very conservative, formal dresser. I find myself wearing "nicer" clothing most of the time I am out of the house. By nature, I would probably be more of a jeans and t-shirt guy. I have somewhat longer hair, but it is not out of control. It has been described as shaggy, but I wear it well. I run quite a bit, play piano and listen to a lot of music. I go to shows a lot and my wife in I participate in the thriving local arts scene.
I never attracted much interest from a lot of the women in this demographic. Many of them are "artsy" types, almost hipsterish. I am hesitant to call them hipsters because most are very well educated, driven, etc. I'll call them artsy and/or academic. Before I grew out my beard, they just didn't pay much attention to me. Honestly, I was probably considered the token douchebag in the room most of the time. After I grew my beard out to near homeless-looking glory, I found myself getting approached more often by these types of women. Now my wife and most of her friends absolutely hate it and tell me I look dirty and sleazy, so there's that.
If I had to sum it up nicely, i would say that most women do not like beards on men, but a select few actually prefer them. These are the women that you will have little success with as a clean shaven business man.
I grew out the beard with my entire office for cancer research, so I plan to shave this evening, but I wanted to share my experience.
Casual Friday wrote:
I grew out the beard with my entire office for cancer research, so I plan to shave this evening, but I wanted to share my experience.
Thank you so much for your helpful input. Now go shave that peach fuzz.
My initial response to the beard question was that women hate them, as my wife and female friends have universally and emphatically said. I remembered, though, that the 2 times that I have been openly propositioned by women who knew I was married were during a very short time period when I did have a beard. Conclusion: women think they hate beards, but they don't.
110% agree wrote:
Thank you so much for your helpful input. Now go shave that peach fuzz.
Hahahaha. Manly me has fully bearded face!
Reconsidering wrote:
My initial response to the beard question was that women hate them, as my wife and female friends have universally and emphatically said. I remembered, though, that the 2 times that I have been openly propositioned by women who knew I was married were during a very short time period when I did have a beard. Conclusion: women think they hate beards, but they don't.
Wow, it's almost like women are different people with different preferences.
Casual Friday wrote:
110% agree wrote:Thank you so much for your helpful input. Now go shave that peach fuzz.
Hahahaha. Manly me has fully bearded face!
Casual Friday, perhaps women in that circle approached you when you had the scraggly beard because they thought you were an artist-type.
I grew a huge beard before a 3 week vacation in Alaska. I was glad I did, because the locals seemed to assume I was also a local, which was pretty cool. Commercial fisherman would attempt to small-talk me with insider fisherman lingo. I tried to fake it like I understood, but I'm sure once I opened my mouth they realized I was a fake.
Carney watcher wrote:
I grew a huge beard before a 3 week vacation in Alaska. I was glad I did, because the locals seemed to assume I was also a local, which was pretty cool. Commercial fisherman would attempt to small-talk me with insider fisherman lingo. I tried to fake it like I understood, but I'm sure once I opened my mouth they realized I was a fake.
Why were you hanging around the docs pretending to be a fisherman? Weirdo.
codger wrote:
Casual Friday, perhaps women in that circle approached you when you had the scraggly beard because they thought you were an artist-type.
I think that is totally why they approached me. They obviously felt more comfortable around me due to the beard, as my other features had not changed. I am not claiming they propositioned me, hell, half the time my wife was with me. It was just that they seemed to be more comfortable around me. I get ignored at a lot of these things if I come from work due to my outfit, but when I added the beard things changed.
Obviously all women are different and have their personal preferences, I don't think anyone is claiming otherwise. That being said, men like women with tight bodies and perky boobs. Sure, their are outliers who like BBW and stuff, but you know the game...
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I'd say don't shave it. I got compliments on mine and now that I shaved it people are back to being rude as heck. I've noticed a huge difference positively when having a beard. I'm growing mine back ASAP.
We're getting toward the end of beard season. Anyone have any updates on their beard experiences?
That's crazy talk mate. Beard season doesn't end. I'll be rocking a fierce beard right through the summer.
Lets he homest, the number one reason to grow a beard is to attract men.
31 years old. For the past 3 years, I'll grow the beard for a few months, shave and repeat. This last time, I haven't shaved since March. Everyone keeps calling me Sir with the beard. I've gotten used to it and don't notice any difference anymore. Personal opinion with the ladies is that are less interested in you on the first impression. As the other poster said. They claim to not like it, but I'm pretty sure they actually do.
bump for Movember
3434 wrote:
bump for Movember
November isn't til Friday. A more appropriate bump would be for the Red Sox victory.
I recall this thread, but don't feel like going back and reading the whole thing. Can anyone explain how growing hair raises money? Am I supposed to donate money based on the dollars saved on shaving cream and razors i didn't use while not shaving or only shaving part of my face?