# I just realized I don't think I know anyone with (just a) mustache. Do you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206 "2017-03-15T01:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/1 "2017-03-15T01:00:12Z")
It is weird how mustaches fell out of fashion. Just about any other format/combo of facial hair is acceptable these days, but a mustache (and nothing more) has become a rarity. I don’t think I know a single guy who I encounter in my daily life who sports a 'stach. Certainly no family members. No one at work that I can think of. I have to believe that soup strainers will re-emerge as fashionable one day. Maybe I’ll get it kick-started myself and then accept all the credit for being a trendsetter. How about you? Do you know anyone with a mustache, and no other facial hair? Triple Bonus points if it’s you. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/2 "2017-03-15T01:13:41Z")
Me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/3 "2017-03-15T01:18:07Z")
My dad. ETA: And two uncles. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/4 "2017-03-15T01:20:34Z")
Not just a mustache but a handlebar. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/5 "2017-03-15T01:22:35Z")
That was me from 1976(high school) to 2003 when I went full beard. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/6 "2017-03-15T01:26:44Z")
A few guys in the military, because the military allows them, but it’s the only facial hair the US military allows (except for some people who have religious exceptions-- I know a rabbi who is a reserve chaplain and has a full beard). Also, the actor who plays Bernadette’s father on TBBT has one. He’s the only actor I can think of off-hand on a non-costume drama with one. My father had one, and I know if he were still alive he’d still have it, fashionable or not. My son has the faintest beginnings of one. I hope early puberty means he will stop growing early, because he is 10, and already 5’1. If he keeps growing the way he’s growing, he’ll be 6’7. I’d rather he were a more manageable 6-even. His feet and hands are already bigger than mine. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/7 "2017-03-15T01:59:28Z")
Me too. I had a goatee (variation) for a while in my 20’s when my facial hair was still dark. My boyfriend at the time liked it because he said it made me look Mephistophelean (i.e. wicked). I shaved it off because I was tired of the upkeep. A mustache and shaving the rest is much easier. I don’t have sideburns either. So I have had just a mustache for something like 40 years. I keep it because I think my upper lip is too long, and also because I have a mole there that I don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/8 "2017-03-15T02:13:20Z")
Mine has morphed into a goatee, which in turn has morphed into a full beard, kept at #2 along with the rest of my head hair. That all can change back and forth, except for the 'stache, which is permanent. I haven’t seen my upper lip since 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/9 "2017-03-15T04:48:09Z")
My dad shaved his off a decade ago. Neil deGrass Tyson? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/10 "2017-03-15T05:22:59Z")
I tried one once, and my wife was horrified by it. I can do a goatee pretty well, or a full beard passably, but just the mustache is an awful look for me. The guy who owns the company I currently work for is probably in his late 60s. He has a mustache and no beard. He’s the only mustachioed person I can think of that I run into personally. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/11 "2017-03-15T05:25:42Z")
Me. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/12 "2017-03-15T11:29:59Z")
I’m in the Midwest, so yes. Before that, no. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/13 "2017-03-15T11:36:44Z")
I work with a lot of guys from India. Every single one of them has a mustache and no other facial hair. I also have a couple of friends in my demographic group (old white guys) who have mustaches. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/14 "2017-03-15T11:47:54Z")
Moustache and beard. Do I win something? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/15 "2017-03-15T12:03:31Z")
Me. More or less continually since 1983. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/16 "2017-03-15T12:05:30Z")
Mustache without beard makes me think pornstache. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/17 "2017-03-15T12:29:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Also, the actor who plays Bernadette’s father on TBBT has one. He’s the only actor I can think of off-hand on a non-costume drama with one. Tom Selleck still sports one. There was a brief time where he tried to go without one, but it was his signature and he went back to it. Still suits him, dyed though it may be. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/18 "2017-03-15T13:50:23Z")
I’ve still got mine. I tried to raise a goatee once, but six long hairs on your chin is not a look that works for me. I am also in the Midwest - is it different in other parts of the country? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/19 "2017-03-15T14:01:47Z")
My father-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206/20 "2017-03-15T14:06:30Z")
Mentioning men from India, doesn’t the guy who plays Raj’s father also have one? and I just remembered my friend Julie’s husband has one. They are pretty popular in the Midwest, but not the pornstache look, although you do see pedostaches sometimes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-i-dont-think-i-know-anyone-with-just-a-mustache-do-you/782206.md?page=2)