The standard or the extended goatee? Or one of the other myriad styles that may be mistaken for goatees, such as the Anchor, Balbo, Van Dyke or Imperial?
Last summer, I stopped shaving for about 5 weeks while I could hide under a mask. I could maybe get away with a scraggly thin moustache but any other facial hair is out of the question.
My employer is not hard-over on shaving. I alternate between a winter Santa Clause beard and a summer goatee (with connected 'stache) because winter is cold but summer is hot.
It’s still mostly about shaving as little as I can while still tolerating the seasonal climate. I don’t personally care at all about how it looks. I’m kinda old. There’s nothing I can do to change that.
I haven’t seen my upper lip since 1963, having various beards, 'staches, goatees, etc. For the last few years I’ve had a full gray beard, totally eliminating the need for a razor. I trim it with a #3 trimmer, and the area under the jawline closer.
The hair on top of my head is still dark brown, so the gray beard makes me look my age. Who cares?
One strange thing: For the past few years I haven’t had to trim my 'stache. It just doesn’t grow any longer.
When the pandemic hit, I let my beard grow unchecked for about five months. It’s pretty much solid grey at this point. It wasn’t really intentional, I was just lazy and didn’t have any better ideas.
Then I decided to try copying Kenneth Branagh’s epic 'stache from the Murder on the Orient Express remake, because, dammit, if I can’t steal the look of a fictional Belgian detective during a pandemic, when can I do it? http://dailynewsgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/murder-on-the-orient-express-2017.jpg
Mine isn’t quite as neat and tidy as that, but I think I’ll stick with it a little longer.
I’ve never been a fan of goatees for myself, but I keep a short-trimmed beard and recently I’ve been experimenting more with trimming the sides much shorter. I would feel naked with bald sideburns/sides (when clean-shaven I’ve never had sideburns shorter than mid-ear) but trimming shorter on the sides and under the chin seems to suit my face. Take your example picture of the goatee guy and add maybe 1/4 inch everywhere.
My husband did this. He enjoys using mustache wax and twirling his extravagant facial hair. Eh, whatever makes him happy. I do need a picture though. For blackmail, er, posterity.
About 15 years ago I decided I was tired of shaving every day so I decided to just grow a beard. Didn’t work out too well as I discovered I like neatly trimmed facial hair so I end up trimming it every day anyway. Can’t win.