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That's probably one of the reasons women are so fascinated with gay men. All of the sudden, someone notices what they notice and then it becomes like the impossible mission to try to find a straight man who acts like their gay friends except who likes girls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suile
My wife often tells me how I should be more like her gay friends. She says, "you would dress nicer, be nicer, appreciate other people more") :p
That's crap! I know a lot of blokes who take care of the way they dress, the way they act and the appreciation they show and not all of them are homosexual. Some might be, but they haven't made it known to me if they are. :) And now I can't believe I'm buying into this line of conversation...
Mick
How about we leave sexual preference out of this. This thread is about reactions to straight shaving and or funny stories please.
We straight men here in the states are a bit of an unrefined sort of group. There's some tidy dressers among us, nobody would confuse us for europeans. We're fatter and as my wife says "you men dress frumpy".Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
That's her favorite word...frumpy. Which may be why she thinks I'm such an idiot for the shaving thing - she wants me to crack open more magazines and care more about clothes and stuff, and not care about the simple pleasure of maintaining an edge wiping hair off with it.
I don't get out much, been off work and kinda trapped at home for the last year. But the people I have mentioned my straight razor shaving to, seem to look at it with bemusement. Nothing really positive, but nothing negative either. The only person that shows enough interest to actually listen is my daughter, but she's my little girl, so anything Daddy is doing is OK with her. The only comment I've gotten from someone who didn't know was a guy asked me if I just came from getting my hair cut, I had shaved and used Pinuad Clubman.
I gave up on talking to people about my hobbies long before I picked up a straight razor. Here int the States, if you know everything in the world about football or college basketball, you're an interesting person. If you choose to learn and obsess about anything else, you're eccentric. My other hobbies are cooking/food and wine. I learned not to discuss those either. When the average person you encounter finds making toast too much trouble, they can't wrap their heads around making Demi glacé from scratch. And I inevitably leads to the most obvious question of why. And that always leads to the inevitable discussion about the superiority of the results. And that leads to the inevitable conclusion that I'm a snob. The more unsolicited information you offer up the more you're looked at as crazy. Best to let the results speak for themselves and say nothing. If someone asks, I tell them in the most general terms. If they want to know more, I tell them more.
The guys where I work had a few standard comments when they found out I use a straight. The "gents" where my wife works went bonkers when my wife told 'em I used a straight. Understand that she works for a VERY high zoot floral design studio and two thirds of the people there are gay. I work there part time when they need help. It's fun and I enjoy it. They're good people and they treat my wife wonderfully. My step son works there occasionally as well and there have never been any problems of any kind that some people would associate with the life style of the owners and young people. Like I said, they're good people.
One the remarks that was made when the subject came up was " Willie, you''re so STRAIGHT, that it's not surprising that you even shave with a straight."
Due to the arthritis in my wrists, it HURTS to use a plastic razor. I used to HATE shaving and would only shave every third or fourth day. The wife put up with my scratchy face but she is now a happy girl since I usually shave every day. I'll skip a couple of days when I'm honing up new ones to give a good test and she tells me to hurry up and test those damn things. LOL
My brother in law was over for thanksgiving and saw my razors. Now I only have 4. But I showed him my razors and told him the benefits of shaving with them. His response was “well, some people collect stamps “now on the other wand my wife loves my hobby I always smell good and look squared away. And she actually brags about me using a straight razor.
Gents,
I mentioned shaving with a straight at work once, a couple of the young blokes were sufficiently impressed to take up straights as well. My Minister of War and Finance who is a tight as a fishes arse, is really impressed as I almost never buy razor blades. Iffen I do its for my late fathers' DE. People who know me don't find it surprising at all, goes with shooting front stuffers and disturbin cows for fun, !! Mick is right down under shaving habits are not generally a subject of conversation, and you are tolerated mildly like some eccentric old Uncle !! or someone just mildly potty.
Merry Christmas to you all too by the way !!
People always make an exaggerated stropping motion and ask if I have "the leather thing that barbers use"
Michael