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Grow a Beard.....

Since growing a beard thirteen years ago I estimate I have saved at least £300 .. and thats if I'd used bics and palmolive sticks.. factor in gilette Mach whatevers, fancy creams, aftershave, moisturisers etc and it would be much more.... it keeps me warm in winter, saving on skin care products, and cool in summer, has an spf of about 15 which saves on sun lotion, and is kept neat for almost nothing with a pair of scissors.. its a natural thing, adn I've never understood this obsession with hairlessness.. unless it has something to do with our present day idolisation of youth.. which is slightly worrying to me anyway... on top of this, grow a decent one and you can have it cut off for charity, which means not only are you saving, but helping others... only a good tip for men, but ladies can stop shaving too.. won't save them as much...

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  • feelinggood_2
    feelinggood_2 Posts: 11,115 Forumite
    And you forgot to mention that men with beards are incredibly handsome :)
    Stay-at-home, attached Mummy to a 23lb 10oz, 11 month old baby boy.
  • cazac71
    cazac71 Posts: 425 Forumite
    Since growing a beard thirteen years ago I estimate I have saved at least £300 .. and thats if I'd used bics and palmolive sticks.. factor in gilette Mach whatevers, fancy creams, aftershave, moisturisers etc and it would be much more.... it keeps me warm in winter, saving on skin care products, and cool in summer, has an spf of about 15 which saves on sun lotion, and is kept neat for almost nothing with a pair of scissors.. its a natural thing, adn I've never understood this obsession with hairlessness.. unless it has something to do with our present day idolisation of youth.. which is slightly worrying to me anyway... on top of this, grow a decent one and you can have it cut off for charity, which means not only are you saving, but helping others... only a good tip for men, but ladies can stop shaving too.. won't save them as much...

    Yeh i cant get my head around this obsession to be hairless either, i mean its worring when people start to like hairless genitals, after all ADULTS are supposed to have hair! Ewww makes me shudder_pale_
    Caz
    Debt free after 12 years :T
  • Steve-o
    Steve-o Posts: 4,487 Forumite
    Going along the hairless genitals route.... I can understand if someone does it for the way it feels (I drunkenly shaved my head recently, and it definately felt....different :rotfl:), but I don't see the visual attraction of having zero genital hair.

    It seems very strange to me, because 10+ years ago it was 'kinky' to have no genital hair. Nowadays, it's almost classed as kinky to HAVE genital hair. :think:

    Of course (to get, slightly, back on track) to have genital hair that looks like a beard is also very niche. :rotfl:
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  • And you forgot to mention that men with beards are incredibly handsome :)

    Very true. I'd be hard pushed having a relationship with a man who didn't have a beard. Weird I know, but it's just how it is.
  • :eek: @ hairless genitals
  • feelinggood_2
    feelinggood_2 Posts: 11,115 Forumite
    Very true. I'd be hard pushed having a relationship with a man who didn't have a beard. Weird I know, but it's just how it is.

    I don't think I ever have. I think I just see beards as the norm - all the males in my family have them, and I see hairless chins as a bit naked!
    Stay-at-home, attached Mummy to a 23lb 10oz, 11 month old baby boy.
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'd rather be £300 out of pocket than have a beard! :rotfl:
  • reehsetin
    reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i'd rather be £300 out of pocket than for my fiance to have a beard, not nice kissing a cheese grater
    Yes Your Dukeiness :D
  • big_gay_kirk
    big_gay_kirk Posts: 285 Forumite
    But mines nice and soft... and no ones ever complained..
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