My old man wasn't around (actually, I chose for him not to be around, tbh), so I just fell into the whole 'whatever Gillette released next' thing. Never cared much for shaving, and I certainly never enjoyed it. Got really bored of that shaving cycle, and switched to the latest Wilkinson Sword thing (not the new one; the one before that one). Hated using that, so I started just not bothering shaving at all, which made things worse – I'd done this before over the years with no success.
Decided that – once the third nipper was born (Aug 13th of this year) – I ought not to look like a tramp quite so much, and I knew that key to this would be finding a way of enjoying shaving. I started thinking about it and started trawling the web. I found this place (amongst others that weren't based in the UK), and started to read and learn. I was also impressed by the 'properness' of it and the fact that it would involve 'me-time', which is something I wasn't getting very much of...
Self-taught (still learning), with a bit of osmosis thrown in for good measure. I also hope to pass it on to my boys when they are old enough, obviously.
Lipsy