What does everybody look like?????

Sweet family photo!

 

Winter face:


But I just scraped it off yesterday to put on my summer face (Oh No, @Daria!):

 

The beard will return in the fall, but during the summer it's a nuisance.

 

Sure.

I've been saying it every spring since I was 16, lol. Summer is when I do most of my tinkering on old vehicles, and dirt, grease, etc. wash off of a bare face a LOT easier than they wash out of a beard. And a motorcycle chin strap itches less without a beard. And my face sweats like crazy if I'm working outside with a beard, and when I sweat it itches and drives me nuts. The list goes on.
Plus it's always fun when I shave it off and everybody is shocked by my baby face, and when I'm ready to grow it back it only takes about 2 weeks.

Harsh...
Look at it this way; I'm less dashing, so you won't be tempted to abandon the south and move to the godless North.

 

Mine grows in grey and my wife says it makes me look like a geezer which is why I usually mow it down before it gets over an inch long.

 

Mine's got a couple of white threads the last couple of years, but it's still 99% colored. I had ONE grey hair that appeared when I was probably 17 and scared the crap out of me, but it kept a lonely vigil for nearly 12 years or so. Then I hit 30 and it started inviting friends...

Between restoring/rebuilding antique trucks, growing my own food, and splitting my firewood by hand that I'm manly enough during the summer. Having a beard for all of it would be overkill.

Life is all about balance...

 

I'll have the gf scratch them.

 

I feel ya there. getting fish slime and scales out of a beard is hell when you have to take ship showers everyday during the season. I usually knock mine down before each season and let her grow back out when its less of a nuisance. comfort at work takes precedence over what the woman thinks looks best haha.

 

I was shaving in middle school and had a full beard by freshman year BUT I was maybe 25% gray headed by my senior year in high school. The salt & pepper hair with the really black beard really didn't look all that cool. By early 20s all gray. It's a family thing on my dads side & kinda blows.

 

The booze duty sounds right.

I no buzz mine off...& wish I was bald every Friday doing it.

 

Shave them like adult film stars do.

 

Damn Russel Brand really hit rock bottom...

 

I think they wax

 

I have grown beards all my life since I was 20. Grow them for 3-4 month's a year and then shave them off. A few times they lasted 6 month but never longer than that. 5 years ago I started growing another one when my mom passed away. 6 months later after that I was devoirced . So I said, what the hell, I'm letting it grow. My mom and ex always hated my beards. I haven't shave for closed to 5 1/2 years now and only trimmed the length once. It is now 18" below my chin.
When I started growing my beard again, I was the only one with a beard out of 50 guys at my work. Now there is 27 guys with facial hair. I'm shaving mine off April 1st. I see beards more as a fad or "lm growing it because I'm so cool" statement. I'm not part of that crowd.

On the other hand, I'm 53 years old and have to get a hair cut every 3 weeks. But it's all grey. I'm happy with that.