# Seriously ladies(and fellas) aren't mustaches ridiculous? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325 "2015-09-15T04:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/41 "2015-09-15T18:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Flyer** > Do you REALLY want to get on the bad side of these guys? Ha, those guys look like the biggest fucking goofballs I’ve ever seen! ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/42 "2015-09-15T19:04:01Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Back in the 1970s and '80s mustaches were all the rage. In the '90s they died out, thank goodness, and unless you’re sporting a full beard and mustache it looks as ridiculous as a woman wearing a petticoat non-ironically. I recall thinking how stupid goatees looked when they started to come into style. I think saggy pants are ridiculous but kids are still wearing them after and it’s been what, almost 20 years now. I recall seeing young men wearing them in 1997. As Endorra from “Bewitched” said: “What is normal to you, is asinine to us.” ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/43 "2015-09-15T19:21:09Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Ok I’m a guy and I want to know what women think, but guys can comment as well. Don’t men with mustaches just look ridiculous and lame to women and really to other guys too? I can’t say, but I’m trying to find out. I just started letting my face grow out (which means I stopped shaving about 4 weeks ago and finally someone might notice). Sadly, it’s a lot whiter than my head. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/44 "2015-09-15T19:59:42Z")
I think Alex Trebek looked a lot better with a mustache . It really depend on the guy wearing it to me . Some guys can pull it off and some can’t . Now mustaches on women look ridiculous ! I seen some women that could shaved their mustaches or waxed it off. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/45 "2015-09-15T20:05:51Z")
> [@Carryon](#): > > I recall thinking how stupid goatees looked when they started to come into style. I think saggy pants are ridiculous but kids are still wearing them after and it’s been what, almost 20 years now. I recall seeing young men wearing them in 1997. > > As Endorra from “Bewitched” said: “What is normal to you, is asinine to us.” Longer than that. Kids were sagging their pants in middle school back in 1988. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/46 "2015-09-15T20:36:32Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Almost forgot: > [Coolest 'stache ever.](http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Movie-Mustaches-Big-Lebowski-Sam-Elliott.jpg) He might single-handedly bring back the vest for men too. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/47 "2015-09-15T21:12:25Z")
I don’t think by definition they are ridiculous. Many are, but mostly because people exaggerate them or don’t properly care for them. I so agree with the previous poster who mentioned Alex Trebek. He rocked his 'stache for years and doesn’t look right without it. I came of age in the era of the porn 'stache, when everyone had them and most of them just looked silly, but a reasonably-sized well-groomed mustache does look good on many men. There’s a gentleman I work with who recently surrendered the comb-over fight against baldness and shaved his head. He also began growing a mustache, which is making him look less like a kewpie doll and more, dare I say it?, manly. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/48 "2015-09-15T21:46:21Z")
Back in the 80’s my husband actually looked a lot like Tom Selleck, moustache and all. He’s had it as long as I’ve known him…doesn’t look ridiculous in the least. He shaved it off only once but he looks like a baby face without it and he has a big scar from a childhood accident so it stays. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/49 "2015-09-15T21:46:57Z")
Well, they do provide a very economical form of transportation ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/50 "2015-09-15T21:50:31Z")
And at only five cents, such a bargain! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/51 "2015-09-16T02:18:33Z")
You just get used to people wearing a mustache. When you say Alex Trebec or Tom Selleck look better with one, isn’t it just that we’re all used to seeing them that way? Imagine Groucho Marx without his mustache. Now _that’s_ weird. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/52 "2015-09-16T02:28:22Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You just get used to people wearing a mustache. When you say Alex Trebec or Tom Selleck look better with one, isn’t it just that we’re all used to seeing them that way? > > Imagine Groucho Marx without his mustache. Now _that’s_ weird. No , I really think Alex Trebec looks better with a mustache it covered his lips which I don’t think look that good. My ex husband wore a mustache and he had very thin lips , he looked much better with a mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/53 "2015-09-16T02:35:20Z")
I’m sure you do. But what if Alex Trebec’s fame had preceded his mustache instead of vice versa? You’d think he looked odd is my wager. ---
**Author:** ![Oops\_I\_Went\_Poopies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Oops\_I\_Went\_Poopies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oops_I_Went_Poopies)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/54 "2015-09-16T18:09:17Z")
Mustaches always look ridiculous. They are the furthest thing from appealing. I completely support one’s decision to have a mustache, but I certainly won’t take such persons seriously. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/55 "2015-09-16T19:50:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You just get used to people wearing a mustache. When you say Alex Trebec or Tom Selleck look better with one, isn’t it just that we’re all used to seeing them that way? > > Imagine Groucho Marx without his mustache. Now _that’s_ weird. [https://waldinadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/groucho-marx-2.jpg](https://waldinadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/groucho-marx-2.jpg) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a1/67/a9/a167a90024c4c5cfb83a0515fb92578f.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a1/67/a9/a167a90024c4c5cfb83a0515fb92578f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/56 "2015-09-16T20:02:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Imagine Groucho Marx without his mustache. Now _that’s_ weird. Interestingly, a picture of Groucho’s mustache on its own is more recognizable as Groucho than the other way around. Especially if you add a cigar. I’ve heard that when Groucho walked around without his Groucho get-up, no one would recognize him. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/57 "2015-09-16T20:47:14Z")
My wife has never seen me without my moustache, but she’s seen pictures from the last time I’d shaved it before we met. She told me to never shave it again. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/58 "2015-09-16T20:56:33Z")
No. The OP is wrong on every count. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/59 "2015-09-16T21:03:22Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Yep. My moustache has been shaved exactly once in my life. I’ve offered to shave it again, but the wife says “Nope”. The beard comes and goes, but the moustache is permanent! I had to check the name to be sure I hadn’t written this. I shaved the upper lip once a few months ago. Got a general ‘meh’ from everybody, including the wife, so after a week I didn’t see any need to keep scraping the moustache off in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325/60 "2015-09-16T21:13:39Z")
I wear the Prince/Vincent Price mustache and it is dead sexy! OP is wrong, wrong, wrong!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325.md?page=4)