# Yer father's mustache? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848 "2018-01-17T19:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/1 "2018-01-17T19:20:27Z")
Does or did your father have a mustache? Mine started one for the first time shortly after his 90th birthday. Idle curiosity strikes. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/2 "2018-01-17T19:42:08Z")
My dad had a mustache when I was a kid. He started the clean shave look in his late 30s. I can remember it being kind of jarring. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/3 "2018-01-17T19:45:54Z")
No, but _his_ father did. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/4 "2018-01-17T19:46:56Z")
Mine didnā€™t, but Iā€™ve had one pretty regularly since college. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/5 "2018-01-17T19:50:14Z")
My paternal grandfather is the only person in my extended family that has ever had facial hair. (in his case, just a mustache). My other grandfather, as well as my father, brothers, uncle, and nephews are all (or were) clean shaven. Me too. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/6 "2018-01-17T19:56:52Z")
Not only no but _hell no_. Not even sideburns. Never saw him not shave every day. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/7 "2018-01-17T20:00:28Z")
My father had a full beard. I guess that technically included a moustache, given that he didnā€™t go for the Abe Lincoln approach, but youā€™d never call him ā€œthat guy with a moustacheā€. My own lack of a beard stems mostly from not wanting to look like my father, as I consider shaving to be an annoying nuisance. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/8 "2018-01-17T20:13:49Z")
My Dad had one for a year or two in his early forties, after he stopped sporting a flat top. The weird thing is that it grew in reddish even though his hair was black. I donā€™t think Mom cared for it much. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/9 "2018-01-17T20:14:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Not only no but _hell no_. Not even sideburns. Never saw him not shave every day. Same here. My dad was in the World War 2 generation. No beard, no mustache, no sideburns, and get your hair cut at least twice a month or you are a d\*\*\* dirty hippy. ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/10 "2018-01-17T20:43:21Z")
My Dad grew a mustache in the 70ā€™s when he was sporting Leisure Suits with intensely patterned shirts. No doubt channeling Burt Reynolds (although Dad was better looking.) On a completely unrelated note he got a Burmese cat around the same time he grew the mustache. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/11 "2018-01-17T20:51:45Z")
Yeah, he has one. I think at times he shaves it off, but his hair is kinda light so itā€™s not that striking when itā€™s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/12 "2018-01-17T21:00:56Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Same here. My dad was in the World War 2 generation. No beard, no mustache, no sideburns, and get your hair cut at least twice a month or you are a d\*\*\* dirty hippy. Me three. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/13 "2018-01-17T21:07:28Z")
I remember my dad (1920-98) telling me one time that in business he didnā€™t trust a man with facial hair! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/14 "2018-01-17T21:10:57Z")
Pops grew a moustache and beard in his late thirties. Rocked that look the rest of his life. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/15 "2018-01-17T21:34:49Z")
My dad was in the generation that was drafted for WW 2. He never had a moustache. The only time I ever saw him unshaven was when he was very sick for several days. His hair was cut short, but not crew-cut short. I let my hair grow long in the late 1960s, and I grew a moustache to keep people from calling me ā€œMiss.ā€ Iā€™ve had shorter hair since the early 70s, but I kept the cookie duster all these years. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/16 "2018-01-17T21:43:37Z")
Iā€™ve never seen my dadā€™s upper lip. My mom hasnā€™t either and theyā€™ve been married 40 years. He sported a beard until the mid-80ā€™s and then went with just a moustache and never looked back. It doesnā€™t hurt that he grows a good moustache. ETA: I never knew it had multiple spellings until this thread. Itā€™s not something I spell often. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/17 "2018-01-17T21:50:48Z")
I come from a long line of hairy men, but neither my father nor grandfathers sported facial hair. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/18 "2018-01-17T21:54:50Z")
My dad, whoā€™ll be 70 next month, had a thick, luxurious black mustache when we lived in Manhattan in the late Seventies. We call it his ā€œdisco mustacheā€. Dad was a real happeninā€™ dude. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/19 "2018-01-17T23:19:33Z")
My father was clean-shavenā€¦ then had a mustacheā€¦ and finally had a beard. At one point, he, my brother and I all had 'staches. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848/20 "2018-01-17T23:26:19Z")
My Daddy never had facial hair. He was a blond, with a flat top hair cut. He had a really bad reaction to a penicillin shot and was in ICU for 3 days and in the hospital for 9 days. So his beard grew in. Surprisingly it was bright red. He shaved as soon as he was able. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yer-fathers-mustache/806848.md?page=2)