Thread: What do your wives think of this hobby?

For the still married guys, what do your wives think of you using a straight razor? Do they think you have lost your mind or are they supportive?
Do they ever watch you shave?

1. she thinks i am sick
2. she thinks i have more stuff and take more pains than a woman
3. she thinks i have watched queer eye for the straight guy too much (which i can't because our cable channel messes up bravo).
4. she is so beyond it, she asked me not to bring her shave cream samples to smell and she does not even wanna see any packages anymore unless they have shoes in there for her

sam

OK so I am not alone.
Actually since I don't cut myself up too much she is getting used to it.
My kids now rate my shaves everyday. They also point out where I didn't get close enough.
However my wife still refers to it as "Your shaving thing!!" :lol:

Thankfully I'm not married. But my lady friend thinks it's:
1. to dangerous
2. takes to much time
3. just another of my screwy hobbies that will pass (she's wrong)
4. to expensive ( I keep telling her it will even out over time because I'm not buying disposables, then I buy another str8 razor)

She doesn't say much about it any more because she likes the close shaves (stuble hurts her thighs).

At first my wife thought I was crazy and worried every time I shaved. She has accepted it now and likes the baby butt smooth feel it leaves on my cheeks.

She does refuse to sniff any of the aftershaves I buy too.

She is also wondefully supportive despite her initial aversion to all this. She poits out razors when we are out antique shopping and asks me ocsionally about my newest favorites and eBay finds.

I have been very lucky to have someone who has supported my on every hair brained scheme and endevour I have undertaken. Razors, motorcycles, sports cars, etc....

Tony

I find it funny that women who will rip the hair off their face and private parts with hot wax will shudder at the use of a straight razor. Man the thought of ripping hair out gives me the willies. :lol:

My wife thinks it's cool and actually is a huge supporter. She still overall thinks I'm nuts!!!! Taking her out to dinner, diamonds and keeping her shoe habit alive helps though.....lmao. Lynn

Lynn,

A wife will always think her husbands nuts. I think that just goes with the teritory. But you say she supports you, that's great. My wife just looks at me and shakes her head. However she has at least stopped the kids from bursting in while I am shaving. I guess she is afraid if I really slit my throat she will have to get a better paying job to make up for me. :lol:
and cover the extra pairs of shoes.

My wife has supported it more than I hoped. She purchased a bunch of eShave products (brush, soap, pre-shave oil, moisturizer) at her salon. It's been a vehicle to show me that quality products do make a difference, which is why I'll be sneaking to the Clinique counter for moisturizer in the future. She still questions my sanity, especially on days like today; I made a couple of extra passes on a problem area on my neck in search of the perfect shave, and it left my neck quite red and nasty looking.

My wife is pretty supportive of whatever I choose to do. But I can tell she is scratching her head a bit over this one. I have offered to shave her legs for her with one of my str8s to get her more involved, but you can tell from her answer that she would just as soon sit down and watch "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" 3 times in a row rather than allow that to happen.