Since it’s Winter and it’s been pretty darn cold the last few weeks, my husband has decided he’s going to grow a beard to keep warm. I don’t mind the look of the beard so much, but what I don’t like is the texture of it. I don’t know if it’s just because it’s in the newish stage or what but every time his face gets anywhere near me, it’s like being stabbed with a thousand tiny little needles. In fact, I’ve actually started calling my husband “Needles”; you’d think this might be a deterrent so that he’d either (a) shave that thing off or (b) stop putting his face near me. But no, the opposite has occurred. He now tries to attack me with his needle beard every single chance he gets.
My Husband With His Needle Beard
And even worse? The other night we were watching the Golden Globes and practically every single actor was sporting a beard. So of course my husband says, “Hey, why are these guys copying me? I must have started a beard trend!” I think he actually believes it, too. Thanks a lot George Clooney, Jon Hamm, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges and most of all William Hurt (though his isn’t so much a beard as it is a winter blanket attached to his chin). Guess I’d better get used to needles.
My husband is doing the same exact thing! His is grown out a tiny bit more than yours (from the looks of the pic anyway) but it’s still a pain! He’ll hold me down and mash his face against mine til I’m threatening to beat him.
My husband has a goatee, and when he trims it, it’s very sharp, but we’ve found a solution. Tell your husband to use some conditioner or lotion on it, it should soften it up enough.
My fiance is growing a beard for the month of January. According to him, God has “blessed” him with the ability to grow a full, perfectly symmetrical beard, so it is his obligation as a man to do so. Thankfully it’s gotten past the “needles” stage and now it’s softer. Last year I hated it but this year I oddly find it super hot.
Once I told my husband I like the scruffy look so while he was on vacation he decided not to shave. Not only did it not show up it on his face it grew in patches. Poor guy he’s the only one in his family who can’t grow facial hair. But I’m more then ok with it b/c it really does feel like a bunch of needles…
My boyfriend has a beard in the winter, and it will eventually be less needle-y. Tell him to use a little (tiny tiny bit) of conditioner on it when/if he showers.
My parents were military and one time when my dad was in England my mom found out he had a mustache (that’s all they’re allowed to grow in the military) and told him that if he had a mustache not to get off the plane when he got home, so theres always threatening something like that, it worked for her. hehe. My husband and I have the same rule, he can grow a mustache when he’s deployed… when hes home no facial hair, I hate it.
yep. we have each other at a mexican stand off. He can grow a beard the day I get a tatoo.
Beards smell weird if they don’t shower often. Need I explain more ?
Anyone else have a boyfriend who plays or watches hockey? Mine insists on growing a “playoff beard” every year. Sometimes he seems to forget when playoffs are and just keeps it all year. I guess it’s manly and rugged-looking or something.
If I’m not mistaken, he’s doing that for luck. I think I would prefer dirty “lucky underwear” instead.
My husband needle beards (my/his words for it too!) me all the time! After losing his job as a pilot (no facial hair allowed, except mustache) he has been on this beard kick! I am actually starting to like it, but the thing is still sharp!
My husband has the goatee that is pretty soft now, but it’s the shaved head that get prickly!!!
My husband grows his out every year for hunting season. Camo? Luck? Who the heck knows! When I asked him to use a little conditioner on it he said “I’m not going to sissy up my hunting beard”.
Wife,
This could be the best collection of comments to date. I was a bit worried I’d get a bunch of “but you’re no George Clooney” comments. (Which is true, admittedly. Now Downey? I can take him and his beard.)
Instead, the worst it got was that maybe just slightly sissying up the hunting beard with some conditioner might help, and at best, as Stacy Marie so nicely put it: “super hot!”
Husband (Annoying)
I like the beard!
i think the beard doesnt look bad at all. yes it WILL soften as the hairs get longer, i promise. TheEngineer has a full beard at the moment, and i happen to love facial hair on men, so its a win-win for me.
and if you REALLY cannot stand the beard, remind your darling hubby that babies have VERY sensitive skin and he cant pull the needle beard trick on him/her.
Oh goodness. My husband, a well-groomed, suit-wearing, coorporate, business-man, senior-staff-of-a-big-hotel, wants…a mullet. Yeah. REALLY? Really. God help me.
yep.. i get needled all of the time! i find it pretty endearing though and pretty attractive. *shrug* oh well.
I love it when my husband grows his beard. I think it makes him look rugged and manly! I agree with the needles though, but I am willing to look past it whenever he grows it out. The other thing I love is when he shaves his beard off after keeping it for a while. Nothing sexier I must say!
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Rachel’s dad should have taken mom at her word, stayed on the plane, and given her a week or so to contemplate the appropriateness of issuing ultimatums in a marriage.
Beards do get softer, once they’re a half inch or so. On the other hand, even when I shave religiously, by the end of the day my face is like 80-grit sandpaper. Somehow, I can’t quite imagine that you wouldn’t find _that_ annoying, too.
I say chase him around with scissors or shave him as he sleeps. who knows he may wake up and not like the sliced cheese look and then decide to get rid of the whole thing. I don’t like facial hair and prefer my men clean shaven. That’s why I adore the “I Love Lucy” episode when she got back at Ricky by gluing a full beard of her own. Too bad it took a while to remove after he agreed to shave his.
I can relate to this post. I hate, hate his beard. nothing good about it, and he just plays dumb about it. selfish is the word. it is also a bacteria catcher and breedng ground as well. nasty, always hated it. wish i had one so i could make him suffer. sorry i sound mad, but have had it.