I left school quite a while ago and have been cleanshaven twice since then (and a lot of this time certainly included wearing 'a shirt and tie').

The first time was sometime 'back then' after a big party when I awoke to find 1/2 my beard was shaved during the night (no...dont ask )

and the second time was about three weeks ago to give my dad something to comment on in hospital during his recovery from a series of strokes (it worked ).

Otherwise I trim it sometimes and grow it sometimes and would like to think I am on top of hygiene and 'social hygiene' too.

So... I simply dont care about 'the packaging' enough, I suppose......but I would ALWAYS be mindful of my wife's preference/opinion if it were otherwise. ...and, as I enter the Nomad era, I dont expect anything to change for me.

I didn't answer because there was no option for when it gets itchy and gives me the S***s.  That could from being clean shaven with a blade and soap to a week and a half and resembling a wanted poster in the Post Office.  Best advice is when the missus has a winge or it gives you the S***s.  The missus only winges on a blue moon and amorous intentions are in the air! so your right for when there is no blue moon, let it grow.  Can anyone remember the last blue moon?

I have also found that good face hair stops pesky bites frm bugs etc, especially sand flies up north when trying to catch fish.

rockylizard wrote:

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Gday...

I had "mutton-chop" sideburns until I was 19.

 

Except for a 6 week period back in 1992, I have had a full beard since.

I run a clipper with #2 over the beard every few weeks and tidy up the neck.

Cheers - John

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 Jeez at nineteen I was lucky to shave once a week and then probably only to make me feel better. Maybe a late bloomer.

From '76 until 2 years have always had a mo or beard or both. shaved it off two years ago when I got sick of it and also it seemed eveyr time I turned around there was a bloke around my age with a white mo/goatee.

Be a trend setter  not a follower.