Thread: A tale ended even before beginning

Not long ago,

A little feather fell on this forum. He viewed and read and read and read and became really interested. The he decided to take the plunge and ordered a number of ebay str8.

A blue steel special
a Gotta
A C.J. Heljestrand
and a clauss

Some of these little feather had started to reach it s destination. After receiving two feather, I got the wife tell me that she will refuse to sleep with me if I use a used razor...

LOL, if I had knew her thoughts before.

Oh, well, I guess these little feather will end up in the marketplace and that I'll have to choose a new razor instead.

Hmmm. That is wrong for so many reasons. Maybe you should ask the wife to do a little reading around this forum.

No offence-but....grow a pair

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

No offence-but....grow a pair

Haha, that cracked me up.

To me it is a question of remoteness. Being single I can only qualify my opinion in theory, but was it foreseeable at the time that you exchanged vows that a) your wife would have any control or wish to control your mode of shaving, a regular (for most) what is considered to be a 'mundane' (not here!) every day morning activity? Second, was it reasonable that she should threaten to deprive you of practical benefit if you do not conform to her wishes regarding such a personal male activity which arguably and in all likeliness imparts nothing into her life?

If the answer to the two is no, then your wife has become dominant throughout your marriage to the extent that she can threaten you with disbenefits if you do not conform to her every wish - I say this as shaving is pretty damn personal.

Unless there was a very strong reason for such, it is completely unreasonable.

As for her knowing better being a Dr - this is healthier for the skin, better for the environment, cheaper if you do not develop addictions and generally more enjoyable in my opinion. There are no real risks regarding the use of a SR provided you are not a moron and keep the SRs away from small hands.

Just my 2 pence.

Gee whiz what is it with spouses? My husband thinks I'm going to nick myself and bleed out. At least it makes him feel a little better when he sees me sterilize my razor. And no I'm not giving up. He's done his own share of dumb things in his lifetime. If he can do dumb things then it's only fair that I can shave.

Feather, is your wife a germaphobe by any chance? Paranoia about germs is understandable but a desire to eradicate them completely is unreasonable. More than likely there are more germs on her skin than on a clean vintage razor. Even brand new razors gather dust before they are sold and need to be cleaned before use.

Lori

Let me get this straight. Your wife wants you to buy and use only new straight razors. What's the problem again?

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Let me get this straight. Your wife wants you to buy and use only new straight razors. What's the problem again?

How quickly will your new razor be...... a used razor? A brand new razor sitting on a shelf or in a box has no use as "new" Only when applied with it's intended use does it become useful, and... used.

Oh, and by the way. TRUE story I kid you not! I've went to using a small plastic tub to put in hot water in the bathroom sink, and I rinse my razor in that while shaving. Before I used the sink.. SAME sink that my wife uses the rag mop to get wet and rinse out by cleaning up the linoleum floor where the dog's pee pads were. Oh, she'd rinse the sink but how much stuff was in the surface of the sink when I rinsed my razor? Keeps one from nicking oneself, doesn't it?

There's nothing wrong at all with new production razors, but it would be an absolute shame to be deprived of fine vintage razors because of unfounded fears. I have yet to see a member on a wetshaving forum announce, "Right fellas, I'm packin' 'er in! No more hepatitis from used razors for this old boy".....

Originally Posted by Ryan82

There's nothing wrong at all with new production razors, but it would be an absolute shame to be deprived of fine vintage razors because of unfounded fears. I have yet to see a member on a wetshaving forum announce, "Right fellas, I'm packin' 'er in! No more hepatitis from used razors for this old boy".....

Not that I've been doing this long but I have been doing a lot of reading in older threads. I don't remember reading that anyone got a bad infection from a straight razor. That might partly be due to the antibacterial properties in a lot of soaps, aftershaves and other skin products we use. I think wet shaving is a pretty clean endevor.

But most of us know not to use a rusty old razor with gunk on it though.

Yeah,

I looked at SRD and will probably be ordering from there in the near future. My wife, well its just unreasonable fear, but her being currently pregnant and potential mood swing... I will simply comply. She does know better (she is a doctor).