My Wife Called Me "The M Word"
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My dad never looked like that a day in his life and all he ever used was a razor and a can of goo. I think the "metrosexual" comes in when you're using pre/post shave products with a bunch of stuff in between.
I'm liking "retrosexual", (even though spell check sure doesn't). It could gain a foothold if we worked on it. 
This thread made me laugh out loud. 
It also reminded me of a recent comment SWMBO made:
"You spend more on "shaving" (air quotes used) stuff than I have ever spent on make-up"
For the record, the correct response to her comment is not "...and you spend more on wine than I spend on shaving stuff"
Good thing we're both good sports! Haha
It also reminded me of a recent comment SWMBO made:
"You spend more on "shaving" (air quotes used) stuff than I have ever spent on make-up"
For the record, the correct response to her comment is not "...and you spend more on wine than I spend on shaving stuff"
Good thing we're both good sports! Haha
I use 3 towels around the sink. The one in the front is a cut down bathmat (thick, absorbent but only 1/3 of the old mat). I use the cut bathmat to wipe down the mirror, walls, counter AND the sink. My shave den is always operating room spotless after I finish shaving.
The sad fact of the matter is that the guys in those pictures probably expend 3 to 4 times the amount of time, money, effort and products to look unkempt than anyone here at B&B does to look neat and clean.
Ah! the Hollywood "grunge is cool" look. The M word is a bit tacky in my opinion, but did think your post was well written and funny. The skin on my face just feels good after shaving and I use a number of after-shave balms and such. I don't carry a purse or wear skinny jeans, and I am likely to be seen in boot cut jeans, a button down collar shirt worn un-tucked, my well worn Texas Tech cap, and a pair of old Bass boots that are like old friends. My wife calls it the sporty look. We were in Paris last year and I did get a few looks from well dressed Parisians. I think they felt sorry for me (did dress up for dinners) ;^)
The sad fact of the matter is that the guys in those pictures probably expend 3 to 4 times the amount of time, money, effort and products to look unkempt than anyone here at B&B does to look neat and clean.
Ain't that the truth!
Agree 100% There is something wrong that society views masculinity as being haphazard in look or dress. There is nothing wrong with a man looking sharp and making sure of it. It used to be the norm.
In fact, the most masculine man I can think of is James Bond(Sean Connery ftw) There was NEVER anything haphazard or sloppy about the way he was groomed, looked or dressed. Immaculate is the word that comes to mind for me.
Does Bond use a pre-shave or AS balm? Don't know, don't care. None of my business.
For the record, my preshave is hot towels. I occassionally use AS balm, sometimes not. If I felt like using any of that, or anything else, I would. And don't care who knows it. Most people's perception of things is skewed anyway. Doesn't surprise me that they have come up with fancy descriptive terms to describe their own perception of things masculine. Everybody's a legend in their own mind.Doesn't mean their fancy little labels have any accuracy at all when it comes to describing who I, or anyone else, actually is.
There's something negative about metrosexual?
And the interesting part here - I'm sure it took about 45min to an hour to get this "rolled out of bed" look, LOL.
NO it took a full makup and wardrobe crew hours to put that "look" together
you just had to go David Tennant, huh?
The sad fact of the matter is that the guys in those pictures probably expend 3 to 4 times the amount of time, money, effort and products to look unkempt than anyone here at B&B does to look neat and clean.
I think we're on the same page, and those guys aren't fooling anyone.
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I would ask my wife if she was looking to trade me in for a NON-Hollywood guy that looked like those two if she said something to me. I feel there is a time. And place for looking like that, and it is typically a Saturday evening after cutting down trees, stacking hay in the barn, and splitting wood for the fireplace. Of course the shower and shave come right after that so I can cuddle up with said wife in front of the fireplace and watch my hard work go up in smoke.
If you break out mud masks, eye cream, and schedule mani/pedis with POLISH, then she should be concerned.
Nick
If you break out mud masks, eye cream, and schedule mani/pedis with POLISH, then she should be concerned.
Nick
I now what you mean. Go for it! (Married 15 years with children)She likes to watch me shave. She thinks it's kind of hot. I've been married for 20 years. I'll take what I can get.
+1. Exactly my experience and opinion.
Oh yeah.
Great post! I chuckled all the way through because my wife and I have had similar conversations.... Enjoy your shaves, forget everything else!
She likes to watch me shave. She thinks it's kind of hot. I've been married for 20 years. I'll take what I can get.
Post of the day!! It's fantastic the two of you have a relationship like that. Me and mine do as well, it makes life grand!
