Wife Not Impressed

After what I thought was a great shave:

Razor = Gillette NEW Ball Handle
Blade = Merkur Super
Brush = Omega Boar
Soap = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood
A/S = Thayer's Super Hazel
Cologne = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood


I asked my wife to feel my BBS face. She did and said that it was not exactly BBS and more like my testicles had not dropped yet.

Dang.. brutally honest or miffed at the $$ you are spending on wet shaving???

Zonian said:

She did and said that it was not exactly BBS and more like my testicles had not dropped yet.

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...Guess she pulls no punches!!!

NEVER EVER mention testicles and punches in the same thread!! Gives me phantom pains!

See this classic post on Shave My Face:

[...] the BBS is for US. Women, on the whole, either don't care or actively don't like it. They like us being men. They don't want our faces to feel like a baby's bottom or any other part of a baby or a women. They want our faces to feel like MEN'S faces.

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That's rude.

BBS or it's nearest equivalent exists for one reason only. So we can marvel at how smooth we feel and faceturbate for a couple hours. And a couple hours is about all we get. Depending on the guy 4 to 8 hours later the stubble is marching back in full force. Most of our wives/girlfriends whatever won't even be around for the smoothy, smoothest part of the immediate post shave. She's never mentioned whether she enjoys my smooth face or not, but either way I'm not worried. By the time I see my wife most days it's gone anyway. Plus which I only shave every other day so she's getting one full day of manly stubble if that's her thing. Every other day for 4 hours it's my turn, and I ain't givin' it up!

My wife is never impressed by the Perfect Shave. She has always preferred the look of a bit of stubble anyway......

How unfortunate. I guess she does not realize you are making the supreme effort for her.

wtruitt said:

Dang.. brutally honest or miffed at the $$ you are spending on wet shaving???

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It couldn't be the money - that's a pretty economical set up he's got there (and a nice one, too!).

Fortunately for me, my wife likes my clean-shaven mug.

I stopped shaving before...my wife has NO problem with my various AD's as lot as I shave. DONE DEAL!

My girlfriend likes when my face is smooth because it doesn't scratch her when I kiss her. She much prefers the look of a days worth of stubble though. It seems like a lot of women like that.

Zonian said:

After what I thought was a great shave:

Razor = Gillette NEW Ball Handle
Blade = Merkur Super
Brush = Omega Boar
Soap = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood
A/S = Thayer's Super Hazel
Cologne = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood


I asked my wife to feel my BBS face. She did and said that it was not exactly BBS and more like my testicles had not dropped yet.

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Your wife needs to be more upfront with you, not sugar coat everything.

Jeez.

Just tell her along with the manly stubble comes no bathing, torn underwear, flatulence and scratching yourself in public. Of course, if you already do that now, you're on your own.

Zonian said:

After what I thought was a great shave:

Razor = Gillette NEW Ball Handle
Blade = Merkur Super
Brush = Omega Boar
Soap = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood
A/S = Thayer's Super Hazel
Cologne = Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood


I asked my wife to feel my BBS face. She did and said that it was not exactly BBS and more like my testicles had not dropped yet.

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That is way to funny right there

wtruitt said:

Dang.. brutally honest or miffed at the $$ you are spending on wet shaving???

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She is very honest. It is one of her charms. I think

thirdeye said:

...Guess she pulls no punches!!!

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wtruitt said:

NEVER EVER mention testicles and punches in the same thread!! Gives me phantom pains!

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Ouch! I have to agree with you. Testicles and punches - not a good combination

Bobtrumpet said:

It couldn't be the money - that's a pretty economical set up he's got there (and a nice one, too!).

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No, it is not the $$ - she is the one that got me started and encourages my SCAD and RAD. Yes and economical setup and she likes the smell However after the testicles dropping comment there may not be much love for a while. Wait - I think I am punishing myself. I may need to rethink this...

Aki said:

no bathing, torn underwear, flatulence and scratching yourself in public. Of course, if you already do that now, you're on your own.

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Torn underwear? Who needs underwear, let alone torn underwear? Flatulence is an art form that I perfected a long time ago. She does not care for it too much, but hey she takes the good with the smelly. I gave up public scratching when my baseball career ended.

My girlfriend loves a clean shaved look as do I and throughly enjoys feeling how smooth I can get my face.

I'll take BBS any day!
Kissing a stubble is like kissing a brillo pad.

soapbuddy said:

I'll take BBS any day!
Kissing a stubble is like kissing a brillo pad.

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My wife agrees.

I think a shave is incomplete if it isn't BBS. However, with BBS shaves also come irritation and its rare to get a BBS that passes my tests without getting irritation. Your wife is hilarious, I hope she said it in a joking way though! I couldn't stop laughing!

New2DEShaving_Montreal said:

Your wife is hilarious, I hope she said it in a joking way though! I couldn't stop laughing!

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Honestly I cannot tell you if she said it in a joking way or not. Once I heard her comment I was laughing too hard to realize if she was joking or not. She has a great sense of humor so I am going to think she was being funny.