My ONLY preference with a beard is that he doesn’t try to be lovey dovey during the initial grow out phase…there’s nothing worse than a scratchy beard!!! I’m of the opinion that a man’s beard is much like a woman’s hairdo…it’s what they feel comfortable wearing. IF having a beard makes him happy, I’m going to be happy with him. IF he doesn’t want to bother with growing one, I really don’t care. I voice my opinion on many things, but my man’s facial hair is NOT one of them!!!
It depends on the face it’s attached to.
My husband often grows one starting at the autumnal equinox and shaves at the vernal.
When it comes time to shave, he lets me cut it into different shapes and various styles of beard, goatee & mustache.Pencil-thin is usually the very last style.
That is when I say Danke Schoen
Like @lucillelucillelucille said, depends on the face, hair, etc.. but I like them in general, if they are kept clean. Maybe anywhere from stubble to a few inches, anything longer you really need to consider your style and job and things like that.
As long as its neat and he washes it with conditioner to cut out the coarseness that is scratchy.
However I don’t like the very long beards..looks like a throwback to the 1960’s Hippie era.
When growing out a beard for the first time men might want to use a conditioner after washing there beard which softens it and feels better to the partner in there life.
@Coolhandluke Just being honest, the ladies usually prefer them a little shorter in my experience.
They tend to add age, too, so just make sure your face can handle that much beard, as well as the color. Or ask your galpal’s if it works…hard to tell without a pic, although you could put one up for us if you’d like our opinions….haha!
@lucillelucillelucille We have a crazy friend that had chops for awhile, he pulled them off because he’s very manly…haha! But barely, if I’m being honest.
@lucillelucillelucille Ouch! He ‘really pulls off that loud jacket” -kind of pull off….haha!
A manual pull off because he’s manly would be quite hard to watch, I’d imagine!
@lucillelucillelucille If you saw him, he could probably manage, he’s a huge crazy man. He ate his own vomit on a dare at a party when we were teens. And frenched his pitty. Crazy I tell ya but very attractive if you don’t know him…haha!
With a well groomed beard. I can get into a long beard on the right guy, though. I tend to prefer crisp grooming in general, short hair, tidy facial hair, etc.