My husband had a beard and it suited him. I made sure he kept it trimmed and neat and it was shampooed, regularly. He shaved it off once, when the youngest child was about 3. She cried her eyes out, our eldest daughter wouldn't speak to him and our son just thought it was hilarious.
I don't like those little bits of half-shaved beards, it's either a proper one or nothing. I like moustaches too, neat clipped ones, probably because my dad had one from when I was a baby, but not bushy droopy ones.
And, girls, there's a world of difference between a full, silky beard and a chin full of stubble.
