Ok, ok, I HATE THAT SCRUFFY BEARD A LOT OF MEN ARE WEARING......

[a kennedy]

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most older men look terrible in them. Who suggested that’s hip???? Ugh, or is it me??

[PJMcK]

1. I've grown beards

I prefer to be clean shaven. It feels better and it's cleaner.

To each their own.

By the way, I'm a man.

[Dave in VA]

26. Thanks for the clarification!

Hehehehehe

[BeyondGeography]

28. Hate shaving

Always feel better for it.

[Walleye]

2. I'm with you on this. Three-day stubble, not appealing

[SharonAnn]

15. Me, too. Not attractive.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. And it feels awful

A well groomed beard or goatee can be very attractive, but I hate the 3 day stubble and when they let it grow way down on their neck. How David Letterman's wife puts up with this I'll never know.

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[rownesheck]

3. I've tried growing a beard.

It never looks good. It's all spotty and thin, like I ain't even hit puberty yet!

[a kennedy]

4. Saw Ty Burrell on Stephen Colbert last night, and ugh, his was just awful.

[leftieNanner]

5. I don't like the look either

And kissing that face is awful! My husband doesn't shave every day now that he's retired, and I think he looks like a 112 year old wino when he goes more than a couple of days. Needless to say, the smooches are less frequent.

[hlthe2b]

6. While I don't have a real issue with well groomed close cropped bears, I'd surely not

think men would want to wear facial hair right now--at least if COVID-19 continues spreading... To much facial "space" for nasty viral droplets to land and remain-- not to mention temptation for stroking/touching.

[Major Nikon]

20. How is hair on the top of someone's head any different in that respect?

[Enter Username Here]

7. People tell me that

anything that covers my face is a good thing. I tend to agree with them. So I have a beard.

[a kennedy]

11. Welcome to DU.....

ha ha........I’ve been told that myself, “can’t you cover up??” and I’m female.

[dweller]

8. i'm growing mine for the 1st time long

had to keep it short due to work forever, but i'm 'retired' now ...
i want to go out with that John Muir flow
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/69594756711663457/

✌🏼

[Arkansas Granny]

9. My youngest son has a luxuriant beard that he keeps well trimmed. My other two sons

don't have enough whiskers and don't even bother trying. They can go without shaving for a couple of days before you would notice. My son-in-law has a beard that looks like shredded wheat. I hate it.

[beaglelover]

14. Just curious, do your other 2 sons have different fathers than your youngest son?

I would have thought with the same set of parents, all 3 boys would be equally hairy.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. The youngest has a different father. The older boys father could grow a beard

in a matter of days. My dad hardly had any whiskers at all. I guess those are the genes they wound up with.

[CanonRay]

10. My wife likes me better with a beard,

even after it turned gray.

[lunatica]

19. I like full beards, especially if they're trimmed and shaped

but the look of a weeks growth looks just sad, unkempt, prickly, shapeless.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. I got a goatee

Transgendered ,they. I got a goatee
It's about 2 1/2 inches long red with dual points.
I have been growing it for over 5 years. The rest of my face is smooth.
I will be really bummed if I have to shave it off. It took over five years to grow it, I love it and it will be missed terribly.

[lunasun]

13. A beard is better than razor bumps if one is prone to that . Just keep it neat. No scruff

[lunatica]

18. It's gone too far

I agree that it doesn’t look good when it has gray in it. It just looks unkempt, messy. But on younger men it looks good if it isn’t too much. A two or three day growth is enough.

[Orangepeel]

21. my husband hates to shave

so he usually has a scruffy beard.

[a kennedy]

22. and how do YOU like it???

[Orangepeel]

23. His body, his choice

[hunter]

24. Hey! That's been my fashion all my adult life.

Those other guys copied me.

But my motives were pretty basic. The rashes I get from shaving look worse than a scruffy beard.

My pattern used to be this:

Shave. Interview for job. Get job. Continue shaving until someone says, "OMG! What happened to your face!"

It's probably related to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatographic_urticaria

When my wife says I'm looking too much like Grizzly Adams I set the buzz cutter anywhere from three to seven and trim it back.

[elleng]

25. WITH you!

[brokephibroke]

27. I sport the bald head big beard look

Seems to be popular here in CO. LOL.

[VarryOn]

29. It's a thing...

That is all I can say. Even young boys in my office do it. I struggle to understand, but certainly don't lose sleep over it.

[customerserviceguy]

30. Yep

either grow a real beard, or shave.

[Harker]

31. As one whose 5 o'clock shadow shows up before noon...

I view Don Johnson as a liberator from the tyranny of daily shaving.

The more options the better.

[maxrandb]

32. I didn't get that gene

Tried on a couple of occasions and the best I could generate was a George Michael.

Of course, it does have it's benefits. My chest is hairless.

My brother in-law looks like a Brillo Pad when he takes his shirt off.

[OriginalGeek]

33. I'm tryna get mine long enough to braid

maybe put some little silver skulls in it. I think it would be fun at the concerts I go to.

[a kennedy]

34. Haha......love the skull addition.....

Cool idea.