Men with beards

Shave yourself away

Of course, there had to be a response to the metro man. It was fun for a while, but from the moment he had more products on the vanity than we did (and was taking much longer to get his ‘toilet’ ready), we all knew we had evolutionarily ended up in the wrong stage.

Fortunately, there is always a counter-reaction. The stubble beard came. Fine. Really sexy. A stubble beard tells that the man had indeed shaved neatly yesterday (or the day before for that matter) but today had other priorities. We don't mind at all. Masculine in a post-metrosexual man-child way.

This movement also had a sequel. The beard became a bit more intense, the hair grew longer. We had to get used to it, but as soon as the longer hair was tied up in a bun, we were sold. Read here just why we find men with buns so attractive. This look gave strength and softness. Exactly how we prefer to see men.

 A stubble beard tells that the man had indeed shaved neatly yesterday (or the day before for that matter) but today had other priorities. We don't mind at all. Masculine in a post-metrosexual man-child way.

But now, dear men, you have gone a bit overboard. I see some undefined, messy hair on your heads and huge beards under your chins. Beards that would even be too intense for Captain Iglo and Efraïm Langkous (that's the father of Pippi).

We girls don't find that attractive, it doesn't kiss well, and that, um, other thing you like to do becomes a lot less pleasant. We do know that you once went bear hunting, built houses, and made fire with stones. Really. We will never forget that. But we don't need that beard for that.

I would say, shave (or wax or laser) yourselves away. Then you can come back smooth-shaven or, fine, with a two-day stubble.