Every one of my ex’s has much preferred me to be clean shaved. Which often caused issues, cos I’m a lazy bugger, and hate shaving!
I’m far from the hairiest man in the world, and though I can grow a proper beard as opposed to bumfluff like some of you blondies (no names eh! 😉 ), it does take longer than most men. So I normally had 3/4 days of stubble, which was enough to be very irritating apparently. Anyway…
The biggest thing I find is that with facial hair, I look maybe in my mid-late 20’s (I’m actually 32), when I’m clean shaven I look about 21 tops! Which is cool in many respects, but has its drawbacks too.
Grew a beard for a while the other week, went out into town for a couple of hours to see a mate for his GF’s birthday, and got chatting to a couple of her (very young) friends. Both were immediately very complimentary on how a beard suited me! Obviously not all women are the same…
Oh, and have had a pair of bugger grips, sadly not as meaty as Bradley’s but they still provide a reasonable grabbing point, ever since I was able to grow them. For some reason I really can’t abide men not having some kind of burners, it looks wrong!