# The teenager mustache. I fucking hate it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517 "2014-07-31T19:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/41 "2014-08-03T16:34:36Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > As I told my niece when she was 15 “Do anything you want with your hair - cut it, dye it, tie it into knots, shave it off. Same thing with clothing and make-up, wear anything you want. The hair will grow out, the make-up washes off the clothes will wind up at Goodwill. Just don’t get any tattoos because that is a mistake that can’t be un-made.” > > So far, it’s held. She’s 24 now and un-inked. Great advice! My parents told my brother the same thing about his hair. For a few years, he wore it long. It was beautiful, thick and wavy golden honey blonde and he kept it immacutely clean. Over time, tho, he discovered that it was a huge time sink and cut it off when he was about 21. I have a couple of photos of him that I plan to drag out to show his grandkids when they’re old enough. 😃 My folks were more conservative with me, especially about clothes. I, unfortunately, develop quite a bit of bosom at a relatively early age. My father was especially uncomfortable if I dressed in anything to tight. He said he’d been a young man once and knew how they were about “some things.” The unintended consequence is that I’ve been self-conscious about the size of my chest ever since. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/42 "2014-08-03T16:52:23Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > I agree about the “soul patch,” which is just about the stupidist facial hair trend in a long time. That stupid chin diamond is called a “soul patch”? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard today, and I’m sure will turn out to be the dumbest thing I hear this week, maybe this month. My brother-in-law calls them “douche tags.” “Soul patch.” Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/43 "2014-08-03T17:19:32Z")
I haven’t seen this too often, yet (Thank Frith): Young man (in his 20s), shaved head, Abe Lincoln beard coming to a point at the earlobe base. Ick! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/44 "2014-08-03T17:24:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I haven’t seen this too often, yet (Thank Frith): Young man (in his 20s), shaved head, Abe Lincoln beard coming to a point at the earlobe base. Ick! You mean an Amish-type beard with no moustache? Did the guy smell like weed? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/45 "2014-08-03T17:27:21Z")
Yes, but not as fluffy; and wasn’t close enough to tell, as this was in a mall. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/46 "2014-08-03T17:28:12Z")
I pretend to take offense to my children’s hair choices. Not because I actually care much, but because I specifically want to give them something to rebel against that is safe and impermanent. My step mother discovered that if you ignore the hairstyle you don’t care about and draw the line at hygiene, then hygiene is the battle you will fight over and over and lose. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/47 "2014-08-03T17:33:23Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I pretend to take offense to my children’s hair choices. Not because I actually care much, but because I specifically want to give them something to rebel against that is safe and impermanent. My step mother discovered that if you ignore the hairstyle you don’t care about and draw the line at hygiene, then hygiene is the battle you will fight over and over and lose. Yeah. Someday when he’s twelve, my son will eat a slice of pepperoni pizza, and get to feel like a badass little rebel. My work is done. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/48 "2014-08-04T02:15:49Z")
Just remember: we all made terrible fashion faux pas in our youth. My mother let me make mine, and said no matter how much she wanted to criticize some of the stuff I wore, she kept her mouth shut. It’s kind of a rite of passage. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/49 "2014-08-04T23:23:37Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Just remember: we all made terrible fashion faux pas in our youth. My mother let me make mine, and said no matter how much she wanted to criticize some of the stuff I wore, she kept her mouth shut. It’s kind of a rite of passage. Really, I didn’t - for a lot of the reasons stated above: I saw pics of my older relatives and decided that wasn’t a road I wanted to go down. The family hates how smug I am that there are no pictures of me with a afro or jeri curl (both styles pushed heavily by family in my teens). My biggest sin was glasses frames and that wasn’t my fault - my grandmother went for whatever was cheapest, so plain black nerd glasses for me. And now that they’re “in” I seem ahead of my time. A friend of mine had the worst teen 'stache, and still has it in his 50s. He’s never been able to get more than a dusting of hair over his lip but damned if he doesn’t insist on keeping it. My job as a teen and 20-something didn’t allow facial hair so I was in my 30s before I tried any and I quickly learned I need a full goatee - a moustache simply doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/50 "2014-08-06T14:19:32Z")
I think they’re funny in a "awww he’s trying so hard to be a grown-up sort of way.) In high school a friend of mine grew a full-face peach-fuzz mustache/beard combo. Whenever the wind blew, hilarity ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/51 "2014-08-06T14:51:21Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > What I hate is the currently popular scruffy look, i.e. 5 day whisker growth. Sheesh, Don Johnson started that fad in the 80s… let it go, fer’ crissakes! Either grow it in or shave it off. One of my brothers does that several days a week; on one hand he doesn’t want to grow a beard, on the other he’s got sensitive skin and prefers to shave relatively little. I found it strange at first but it’s true his skin is better, so it’s a case where I consider it justified. He normally shaves on Mondays and Thursdays. Where it kills me is in ads. Saw one last Monday where the two black-haired male models (probably Spaniards given the brand and the magazine; many men here get 5’o clock shadows by mid-morning) had the kind of leg and forearm hair which leads to questions about ursine parentage, midnight o’clock beards… and no torso hair. OK, so you’ve waxed or lasered your torso, but the periphery still has more hair than skin - you look like a mismatched action figure, man. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/52 "2014-08-06T14:53:29Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > One of my brothers does that several days a week; on one hand he doesn’t want to grow a beard, on the other he’s got sensitive skin and prefers to shave relatively little. I found it strange at first but it’s true his skin is better, so it’s a case where I consider it justified. He normally shaves on Mondays and Thursdays. > > Where it kills me is in ads. Saw one last Monday where the two black-haired male models (probably Spaniards given the brand and the magazine; many men here get 5’o clock shadows by mid-morning) had the kind of leg and forearm hair which leads to questions about ursine parentage, midnight o’clock beards… and no torso hair. OK, so you’ve waxed or lasered your torso, but the periphery still has more hair than skin - you look like a mismatched action figure, man. Or Yasir Arafat. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/53 "2014-08-06T15:22:49Z")
You want the kid to get rid of it? Just show him the picture you showed us. When I was a teenager I stayed as far away as I could from any kind of boy band looking crap. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/54 "2014-08-06T16:07:21Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I am grude We are groot! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/55 "2014-08-06T16:16:44Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > We are groot! Luann? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/56 "2014-08-06T23:04:10Z")
It’s wrong to make someone shave any of their hairs, at any time, at any age. And, aside from coercion, it’s rude and mean-spirited to harass anyone for not shaving any of their hairs. They grow there naturally. Refraining from removing them is not a “behavior”. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517/57 "2014-08-10T21:03:01Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Hi, > > I am grude, a 31 year old male from Texas. > > I can STILL grow no better of a moustache than my 13 year old self, if I let m,y beard go for 6 months it reaches…2-3 inches IF I am lucky, and it is sparse. > > I have no explanation for this, aside from my father claiming native american ancestry. Which could be true I have jet black hair that needs three applications of peroxide to turn light orange. Also often mistaken for hispanic or middle eastern. > > I have been pissed about my lack of facial hair for a long time. I don’t think it is related to testosterone because I do have a sex drive and have fathered a child. > > :mad: Hell, I’m 48 with all-European ancestry, and I still can’t grow a decent beard. I can stop shaving for two weeks, and end up looking simply “unshaven”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teenager-mustache-i-fucking-hate-it/694517.md?page=2)