I work a 9-5, Monday-to-Friday job. For me, shaving is an activity that goes with the workweek – characterizes it, even. In consequence, I never shave on the weekends unless I darn well have to.
How typical is this behavior, at least among Dopeniks?
My SO shaves his face every Saturday, but only some Sundays.
I sometimes wish that he’d shave his head more often: he tends to only shave it once a week, usually on Mondays, so by the weekend there’s hair again. But for some reason this week he shaved it on Thursday, and I got to rub a still-mostly-smooth head last night.
I work Tuesday-Saturday and only shave on Tuesdays. (I’m still working on the whole puberty thing.) Yeah, I’m pretty stubbly by Saturday, but it’s a skeleton crew at work and no one cares. And my wife likes my stubble by the weekend.
A lot of times, I shave more completely on weekends. During the week, I’m often in a race to get out the door on time, so I do a quick blind shave in the shower and do a quick touch-up at the sink to make myself presentable.
On weekeneds when I can linger at home, though, I’ll spend the time to shave properly. I love being completely clean-shaven, without a touch of scruffiness on my face, and weekends are the only time I can currently indulge in the luxury.
I miss being younger; I could get away with shaving once a week until I was in my early 20s. Now, it’s an everyday thing.
My husband never shaves on weekends, holidays, or vacations. He had about two weeks off at Christmas, and very nearly qualified as beard-having by the end.
Ditto for me (except I’m the guy, not the wife of the guy. And I didn’t get two weeks off at Christmas, although I was ragged after 4 days of facial hair).
I shave about half the time on weekends. I’d rather not shave at all, but I’ve gotten to the age where the stubble is gray & that doesn’t look nearly as cool as Don Johnson did.
I usually only shave Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Oh I have lots of facial hair alright. I just hate shaving, and if I shave every day I get hamburger face. I use an electric razor (it’s easier on my skin) and it can take 15 minutes. Three times a week is plenty. I have to plan shave days in advance if I have meetings, etc.
I give my razor one day off a week. If I have to get up really early after working a late night I’ll probably skip shaving too.
About once every other week I go for the big shave. I’ll let you imagine what that entails.
I rarely shave on Saturdays. For that matter my Friday ritual is to not shave and wear a T-shirt to work. The exception to both is if I need to look nice for some reason or other.
I just did the weekend shave for the first time in a long while. And of course, when I was attending church on Sundays I’d shave for that. Beyond the “shave for work” ethic, there’s also the “not wanting to look like a slob/freak” ethic at work.