November is my favorite time of year. The temperature is dropping, Halloween candy is on sale and I finally get to break out my huge cardigan collection. But my absolute favorite part about it? Movember: a movement that encourages men not to shave during November to promote prostate cancer awareness. Not only is it for a good cause (and plenty of Movember charity events are organized each year), but it also means that I get to ogle my most favorite thing in the world: dudes with facial hair.
I don’t know why guys with scruff (or a beard, or even a mustache) are more appealing to me than clean-shaven ones. Maybe it’s the hint of “rugged mountain man” that the look conveys, or maybe I’m just a flaming hipster. (Add glasses to the mix? HELL YES. Which means I’m probably definitely a flaming hipster.) I’ve never happened to seriously date a guy who doesn’t have at least a little aversion to his razor, and even the douchiest of dudes will at least catch my eye with some scruff. (Example.) If only it could be Movember all year long.
And if there’s anything I like almost as much as facial hair, it’s Ron Swanson/Nick Offerman. And he’s here to tell your boyfriend/brother/friend/dad/possibly you how to properly cultivate a manly mustache:
So hop to it, and get the men in your life to sport some scruff this month! If not for me, then do it for charity, people. (But I will certainly enjoy looking at all the beards coming my way.)
Facial hair: yea or nay, Lovelies? Do you know anyone participating in Movember?
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I love my boyfriend’s facial hair. It gives me something to hang onto or pull to get him to kiss me. =)
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Whether or not he has facial hair, it is up to him. But, if he insists on having some, it should be neatly trimmed/groomed. No straggly long beards, please.
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I am severely weirded out by facial hair beyond a very short, well groomed beard. Luckily my boyfriend agrees with me.
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I think it looks good, but feels tickly.
Raising awareness seems less effective than raising money.
hydrangea / 77 posts
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - They have money-raising events, too! I went to a couple here in Austin last year
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It depends on the man. Some can pull it off, most can’t.
The guys my husband works with talked him into doing it. *SIGH*
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Personally, I like my men clean shaven, but it really does depend on the guy.
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Love facial hair on a guy, as long as he can pull it off well.
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At the end of the month the BCM at my university is having a beard auction. We can bid to shave any design we want into the guys’ beards and they have to leave it fro 24 hours. The money from our auction goes to summer missions.
On a side note, I’ve eaten a raw onion. It was for a game.
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I don’t mind a beard from like a weeks not shaving or something but can’t handle full beards or moustaches at all. I hate them
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Yay. I can’t stand a baby-faced man. More scruff, more love.
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facial hair for. the. win!
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mustaches look funny and cartoonish. I wouldn’t be able to take him seriously. they also make the guy look very old if he is already old and young guys with mustaches look the most humorous like he’s wearing a costume stache. I like the slight goatee/stache combo that johnny depp has. I hate the goatee/stache where they neatly shave it into a clean line, so it looks drawn on with stencils. plus it looks creepy and funny at the same time. it depends on the guy. some guys look sexy with facial hair, some look plain creepy, or silly/funny looking. it is similar to other features such as a bald head. some look hot bald, while others looks like douchebags and not appealing. jason momoa’s dreads and goatee = HOT. I don’t think most guys can pull off the dreads/goatee look. some people just rock any styles with ease. others, just don’t.
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I don’t like moustaches alone, but with a beard they look good as long as it’s well-maintained.
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All men should have facial hair anyway.
sunflower / 480 posts
Yay! But only because I’m biased by my partner’s facial hair =] I want to encourage him to keep his hair for all of November, but he works in financial services so he has to keep a clean, professional look about him often.
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I registered last week with my bf and one of his Co-workers. They’re Asian, so this will be really interested to see what results by November 30th.
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Definitely yay. I only date guys with beards.