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I think one person described it as the youthful look being the initial cause of attraction to a smooth male cheek. Dunno if it's true or not.
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quote:Still, I don't see it as a laziness issue considering that the hair belongs there. It is the natural way of things. Shaving it, when I choose to do so, is the affectation.
Thank you! About time somebody said something sensible. You know, there was a time when a man without a beard would get no respect. It's such an obviously masculine feature, the vast majority of women being unable to grow one, that it was a sign of manhood. A man with a beard was a man; a man with a naked face was a girly man.
I keep a beard, not because I'm lazy, but because I bleeding well want one. I like the way it looks on me. (I'd like it better if I could get my mustache and beard to connect. Darn my Cherokee blood!)
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It's nice to have light-colored hair so I don't have to shave every morning. Maybe it's my tender flesh, but shaving hurts like nothing else I do on a regular basis. It's not exactly positive reenforcement to continue the practice.
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When I reach my 60s, I'm going to abandon the beard and get me some of these. Man, talk about cool. Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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rivka, I always wonder about pictures like that: What do they do when they decide it's time to get the bees off?Posts: 13680 | Registered: Mar 2002
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I am indifferent both ways about beards, but my favorite is a four-day stubble. If they could keep it at that, I'd be happy.
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Hey, this is based on experience. I had someone who only shaved on Sunday, and Thursday was my favorite day.
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I admit, though, that I like a bit o' beard better when the whiskers are of the blondish variety. I don't know why, unless it's that it is the same color as the skin underneath. Same reason I never wear my hair in cornrows (even thouiugh it WOULD match after a few weeks of being out and about - but that would risk the whole burning/peeling thing. Not good.)
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My plan is to grow a beard so amazing that I'll be elected president of the United States, this is coming from someone who isn't a citizen. Yup, it'll be that incredible.
But seriously if someone bases their respect on how much hair you have on your face then they have a problem.
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I haven't shaved in about 7 months, the only thing I've trimmed is the mustache because it gets in my mouth. I do wash and comb it though. Here are some pictures of me with the beard and without. Also I cut my hair fairly short and the only reason I get it cut again is because it starts bothering me, I do the same with my fingernails, they get to be about a half inch long before I cut them usually. Right now I dont have that much of a reason to make my self look neat because I'm just going to college. Some of my professors have beards and I haven't noticed that they treat me differnt when I have the beard then when I don't. Also one of my professors complimented me on my beard.
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quote:My plan is to grow a beard so amazing that I'll be elected president of the United States,
Odd that you'd say that, considering it's been quite some time since we've had a bearded president at all.
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Did you listen to this recording, of the first president to have something completely unintelligible/incoherent recorded?
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What gets respect is neatness, not hairlessness.
Frisco: I looked over details for being faculty at BYU once. Beards are forbidden. Can you believe it?
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bmeaker -- you look quite nice in the top photo, with the medium-length, trimmed beard. I don't like the longer beard as much on your face. But I definately like the beard to the clean-shaven option. (but then again, that is my vote on most men).
edit: oh -- and your brother Jonathan should NOT have a beard! oh my.
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quote:Originally posted by Will B: What gets respect is neatness, not hairlessness.
Frisco: I looked over details for being faculty at BYU once. Beards are forbidden. Can you believe it?
Well, students can't have them, either, so it's not much of a surprise. I seem to remember hearing that they make an exception for non-member professors, but I'm not sure about that.
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I can believe it, and always found it curious that facial hair was forbidden at a school named after a man with such a ginormous beard. Posts: 5264 | Registered: Jul 2002
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Farmgirl - Thanks, right now its a little bit longer than that first picture but its still fairly neat. I haven't cut or trimmed it since that first picture was taken. My brother has a goatee right now, it looks ok, and he has short hair.
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This thread has also made me a bit more aware of facial hair on men.
Maybe it comes from being an Army Brat(where every man I came in contact with as a child was clean-shaven), but I have always felt threatened by men with beards. The longer/shaggier the scarrier. My mom used to refer to them as woolly-boogers. When our pastor started growing a beard, she asked him if he'd mind coming over to our house, because our kitchen sink needed a good scrubbing. *snerk*
My mother was te only woman I have ever known who could get away with saying something like that.
And I love the word 'ginormous.'
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