Soyboys, nu-males, whatever, they utterly ruined the masculinity of beards. And their signature smile, ugh. Not even a sliver of dignity. No one looks flattering with those eyes and a gaping mouth like that.
Funny story. I thought beards and other facial hair was cool as fuck up until my mid-twenties. Had either a short beard or goatee during that time, never clean shaven.
One day I did a complete 180, because reasons. Clean shaven, short, well groomed hair (but long on top.) Immediately looked younger, cleaner, and more 'kempt' than I'd ever done.
Years later, I find beards as a whole to be dirty as fuck. Unless you can grow a thick ass beard with full coverage, don't bother. And even then, if you have a good face, why hide it? The nu-male association is just one more nail in the coffin.
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Marriage. I know from ample experience that if one girl gives you trouble, you can just up sticks, go nuclear, and move onto the next. I cannot imagine how existentially difficult it must be to be trapped in a shitty marriage (which appears to be 99% of them) with no capacity to leave without getting turbo-fucked every way possible.
Then again, I imagine the dudes who commit to such an arrangement weren't exactly being headhunted when single.
