Goatee. For quite a few years now. I like it. Sometimes I let the beard really grow in thick and long, though I own an excellent Wahl clipper with trimming attachments and- if so motivated- could keep it the same length all the time. I like the look. Ever since HS I’ve at least had a moustache.
When the kids were little toddlers, I shaved it all off one day in a fit of pique. They were both completely freaked out at what they saw- which made me guilty AND amused me greatly at the same time. I am debating really letting the beard grow in longer, but keeping it shaped. Sort of like this manly handsome visage, but without the wrath of God behind him.
What facial hair do you sport? What do you avoid? What do you enjoy? Is it cause you like it that way, or a S.O. encourages the look?
Ladies and Gents who live with a man with facial hair, same queries.
Right now, just sideburns. I used to rotate between just sideburns to beard to goatee to sideburns, but my current job says no facial hair other than a mustauche. Kinda silly, but thems the rules. I’ve been sideburn-only for a year and a half now, to my disappointment and my girlfriend’s pleasure.
I’m sporting the Amish Chinstrap connecting short hair to a goatee. The beard itself is about a quarter to half an inch wide. I occasionally go a few days without shaving the rest of my face.
My SO loves it. She’ll just lay there rubbing my beard and giggling sometimes.
I’ve had a goatee since I was about 17, and I’ve had the same, pretty standard type (it actually goes around my chin, since I can’t grow much hair there) for about five years. My last girlfriend liked it.
Slowly growing back the full beard now, getting ready for winter.
Until recently I had long hair and a moderately long beard (say 3" below the actual end of my chin) but I got really hot and frustrated this summer and cut everything off.
First went the beard, but as soon as I saw myself in the mirror I said to myself “Oh no, not a chance” to which my lovely wife added “you look like a toucher”.
So I hied myself down to the nearest salon and told them to cut it all off, which resulted in my looking like a frat boy turned mortgage broker.
The wife was not pleased. She had never really seen me without facial hair or with hair shorter than 4 or 5 inches.
After a week or so I was pretty unhappy with it myself.
It’s gonna take a while for the hair, but I’ve got the beard coming back in pretty hard - I should be back to a respectable level of warmth by the first frost, and to a good start on a real dwarf style beard by the holidays.
I am a lady who digs her men with facial hair. The goatee is my favorite, possibly with a small mustache combination (no handlebars, please). But I can also enjoy more than that as long as it’s neatly groomed… The only facial hair I really dislike is the Amish-type beard, and the full beard-and-mustache combo craziness. My 19-year-old little brother is currently rocking an odd combination of Amish beard and gi-normous white-boy afro that seems to work alright for him, though…
Anything as long as it’s neat and clean. I really dislike shaggy facial hair. Not that I have much to complain about - Mr. SCL is part Cherokee and doesn’t have a lot of facial hair.
I love facial hair but I loathe just mustaches, I think they look ridiculous. Now as for style, I love them all but its really sexy when a man can pull off the wicked pointy goatee.
I am currently sporting very luxurious sideboards, one on each side of my face. My theory is that the bigger the 'boards, the less skin I have to lacerate while shaving.
I first grew them when I moved to South Wales in 1990 as a protest against the then newly-fashionable goatees everyone seemed to be growing. I still loathe and dispise goatees (especially on blokes), particularly those which seem to have involved hours of sculpting with the tiniest razors imagineable - such as sported by this bloke Craig David, a British singer. I also hate those which consist of a tiny bit of bum fluff either under the bottom lip or clinging precariously to the point of the chin. I have to try very hard not to go up to people and say “Oy, mate: you’ve missed a bit”.
Back when I was foolish, I occasionally grew the odd moustache; in fact, my latest was in February this year when I was laid up for 3 weeks with the 'flu. And I have had 2 three-week beards which made me look like a complete twat (make that more of a complete twat than usual…).
Goatee. First time in years I have worn one since I didn’t like how it looked on me when I was overweight. I am easily annoyed with facial hair though and so it will probably be shaved before XMas.
Had a pretty good beard going with hair past my shoulders up to a couple of years ago. Then I shaved the whole beard away to please the Lady Mung. It was the first time since high school I’d been without any kind of facial hair, and it was winter, too. I felt naked and grew that sucker back fast. Lady Mung has accepted my mustache/goatee but nags the ever livin’ fuck out of me if I don’t shave the rest. I miss my beard and my hair. I don’t feel like me without 'em.
My sweetie (as you well know, 'Toons) has a full beard that is mostly gray. For most of the 22 years we’ve been married, he’s sported a full beard. For one job, he could only have a mustache - lucky for me, it wasn’t a good job and he left after a few weeks and grew the beard back. He’s also done a goatee a few times - not my favorite, but it’s his face and he can fuzz it as he wishes, as long as there’s fuzz. I saw a picture of him clean shaven. No. That’s not the man I married.
My dad tried to grow a mustache once but it absolutely didn’t work on him. We laughed mercilessly, and he shaved. That was that.
My very first boyfriend had a full beard, as did a later one. I also dated a guy who had a blond curly beard that just outlined his jawline and chin - that and his blue eyes made my knees weak. I had a coworker who was soooooo babyfaced, when he tried to grow any facial hair, he looked half-shaven. It was sad.
On me, it’s more like a three day shadow. My facial hair is even (not patchy) and normally dense but it grows slowly. At best, I have to shave every other day to keep a smooth face.
Recently, I’ve discovered that work standards have relaxed and as long as I keep the edges (upper cheek and neck) touched up, I can wear 3-4 day growth through the week and only shave twice a week at most.
So ladies… does semi permanent weekend two day shadow work for you?
That’s me. Full white beard and moustache. Beard is 8" below my chin. Has been longer (see ZZ Top) but I cut it shorter (5-6") in the summer. I start growing it longer in the fall for being a wizard to give out candy at Halloween (and I’m talkin’ FULL-SIZED bars) and then shaping it to tickle the kiddies at Christmas (pun intended).
Oh yeah, Ms.Nic would probably leave me forthwith should I ever shave it off. I have pictures of me at 17 with the full beard but it was quite a bit darker then.
I’m not at all fond of that “I’m growing it out” or “I didn’t feel like shaving” look. To me it’s not sexy, just scruffy. Guess it’s a good think that my opinion isn’t law, huh?
