Doesn't really matter to me, I can't stand a 3 day growth on my face.
I have a beard. And a girlfriend.
Congrats.We're together for 24 years next year. My wife likes a cleanly shaven face, and I do not care what is fashionable today.
A recent talk show did a program on beards and the 2 day growth so popular with todays younger men. The consensus was it was fine before they married, afterwhich they wanted their men clean shaven, well groomed and squeaky clean.
In most business environments, part of being professional is acting professional. Part of acting professional is appearing professional. Whether it's a beard, mustache, or clean shaven face, you should be neatly trimmed and well groomed. Regardless of social fads, political properness or social correctness, if you look like a dirtbag, people will think you're a dirtbag until proven otherwise. It's the old "if you look like a duck" axiom.
@onethinline wrote about wondering if he would still be attractive or "in the club" based on his shaving practice. I think that belies an insecurity about oneself that others will be turned off by more than any stubble or lack thereof. What ladies worth finding (and maybe gay men too, I have no idea) are attracted to is a man who is confident but not cocky, humble but not a doormat. Work on that and shave however the heck you want, just as long as it fits your face and the identity you want to portray to others.
That's what it's called! I have a Van Dyke, not just a goatee. Used to have a goatee, not just a soul patch.
Who the heck came up with this stuff, anyway. Let's just number them. I have a type 2-B Trim.