Being a female, I will say this.
Trends and times aside, I think facial hair on men is pretty sweet and/or awesome.
I don't really have any particular reason, to be honest, I just think it's a nice thing to look at. I never had any complaints about the scratchiness of said beard when with my ex, either- it was, as someone else put it- fuzzy.
Think along the lines of a
Carth Onasi-ish beard. Hell, even Dante fromClerks- that goatee makes it.
...I guess this is just my roundabout way of saying that I think facial hair on guys is pretty sexy.
As an aside: She's doing to dump you over facial hair? She can't be serious. That's inane.