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I had a similar experience, though from the opposite angle. I used to do a lot of travelling, so my electric razor was part of my standard kit. Whilst camping with a group of friends years ago one chap was moaning about his facial hair, and the fact he'd forgotten to bring a razor. I offered him mine, and he immediately recoiled as if I'd told him he was quite at liberty to borrow my spleen or something. I subsequently found out he'd moaned to others, been offered a variety of razors - some electric, some not - and reacted in a similar way.
Whilst I agree to an extent with Ganesh's point on the whole HIV/hepatitis thing, I'd like to expand on it by saying that I honestly think the situation - at least for some men - is a question of (largely irrational) fears about hygiene. I - absurdly - will passionately plunge the depths of my partner's mouth, but don't like the idea of using her toothbrush (even more irrational given my qualifications in Dentistry). The same exists, I think, to an extent in platonic relationships, where we might identify an item we use regularly - such as a razor - with being part of our personal routine, and so feel uncomfortable with others using said item. |
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