Do you wear a beard?

mackg · 23-08-2012 10:58PM

I'm just back from the barbers, went from a tramp style beard that had my friends calling me "the shoe bomber" to a tidier no. 2. I can't grow a full beard though there is always a little gap between the beard and moustache portions on both sides.

zcorpian88 · 23-08-2012 10:59PM

stelli wrote: »

Completely agree! Guys with beards hot!

That's it I'm growing mine back haha

stelli · 23-08-2012 11:06PM

zcorpian88 wrote: »

That's it I'm growing mine back haha

Good to hear

We did a poll in the office where i work (slow day!)...and majority of women prefer guys with beard/stubble..than the boyband look!:(

Katunga · 23-08-2012 11:09PM

started growing one a week ago for the first time, now I have one.

1ZRed · 23-08-2012 11:10PM

Can't grow a full beard because it's patchy but I do grow nice stubble

Have to shave every two days at least because it grows like a bitch

False Prophet · 23-08-2012 11:10PM

Tried different styles from about 18 through college but then i had to grow up and get a real job....
Now usually a bit of stubble but anytime i have a few weeks off i just let it grow away

Captain Chaos · 23-08-2012 11:17PM

stelli wrote: »

and majority of women prefer guys with beard/stubble..than the boyband look!:(

Good for me then. Even when I shave against the grain I have heavy 5o clock shadow all over. I can't look clean shaven even if I wanted to. Even went to one of those Turkish barbers for a hot towel, cut throat shave and the same thing, it was a waste of time.

zcorpian88 · 23-08-2012 11:20PM

When I had a beard (grew it for a 20 euro bet) and the night I won the bet and claimed the money, was walking home with a friend afterwards some boyband skinhead type looked like an under age fella, falls out of a pub and walks right into me and shouts "Get outta me way ya bearded bastard"

Boyband types despise beards I guess :P not my fault he was barely pubescent ha

starviewadams · 23-08-2012 11:24PM

Haven't shaved for a month and have cultivated the beginnings of a fine beard,just past that horrible slightly ginger tinged phase too.Thinking of not shaving for the rest of the year now.

starbelgrade · 23-08-2012 11:24PM

Men are supposed to have beards. Shaving is for ladies.

stelli · 23-08-2012 11:27PM

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Good for me then. Even when I shave against the grain I have heavy 5o clock shadow all over. I can't look clean shaven even if I wanted to. Even went to one of those Turkish barbers for a hot towel, cut throat shave and the same thing, it was a waste of time.

So general rules are...
beard/stubble..hot
Boyband look...not!!

Keep up the beards

Galwayguy35 · 23-08-2012 11:31PM

I do ofton think about growing a beard and sometimes don't shave for maybe 3 weeks but still wouldn't have a really thick beard.

how long does it take to grow a full beard?

starbelgrade · 23-08-2012 11:32PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I do ofton think about growing a beard and sometimes don't shave for maybe 3 weeks but still wouldn't have a really thick beard.

how long does it take to grow a full beard?

About twenty minutes.

Mint Sauce · 23-08-2012 11:34PM

Although I have to say with the effort it takes to keep a beard tidy and sculpted, its quicker to shave the thing off.

1ZRed · 23-08-2012 11:35PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I do ofton think about growing a beard and sometimes don't shave for maybe 3 weeks but still wouldn't have a really thick beard.

how long does it take to grow a full beard?

I've looked it up before when I foolishly tried to grow something substantial on my face at 17 but they said to leave it for 6 weeks and don't touch it and you'll be grand.

Cardex · 23-08-2012 11:36PM

Decided to grow a light beard about 2 years ago and have never looked back. Jesus the thoughts of shaving every day. Now I just do a bit of strim every week. It also has the added bonus of pissing my boss off no end. He's bald, has a kind of Monty Burns look going on. He finds it difficult to hide his resentment of any male member of staff that has a full head of hair. Even more so if they have a beard. He consistently treats the baldies better. I think at some unconscious level he sees additional facial hair as an unnecessary statement of a virility that he probably thinks he's lacking. I'm conscious that I may be reading too much into this. It occurs to me that he may just dislike me cos he thinks I'm an asshole.

Snowie · 23-08-2012 11:41PM

Rough shaven for the win my beard goes ginger...

Im half day walker

Galwayguy35 · 23-08-2012 11:45PM

1ZRed wrote: »

I've looked it up before when I foolishly tried to grow something substantial on my face at 17 but they said to leave it for 6 weeks and don't touch it and you'll be grand.

Might try that so and see how I get on.

El Guapo! · 23-08-2012 11:48PM

I have a kind of pathetic goatee for the last couple of years. Was gonna grow a beard for the craic but it doesn't grow full and thick so usually after about a weeks growth I look homeless and give in to the razor.

JupiterKid · 23-08-2012 11:59PM

I've had a goatee for the past 5 months or so. Loving it.:D

The only annoying thing is toothpaste and other gack that gets stuck in my 'tache.:pac:

zcorpian88 · 24-08-2012 12:04AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Although I have to say with the effort it takes to keep a beard tidy and sculpted, its quicker to shave the thing off.

True, its the main reason I got rid of mine, was too much maintenance,even after everybody I know said it suited me. The first 2 weeks of growing is the toughest, just itches like mad!

24-08-2012 01:31AM

I grow a beard occasionally.
I think the key is being to actually be able to grow a beard and not some patchy mess, most people can seemingly only grow rubbish beards due to crap beard genetics, these people should not try to grow a beard.

Exhibit A Keanu Reeves **** beard

If you cant grow a proper thick ass beard please don't mock beard gods by growing some patchy pube patch.

ArtSmart · 24-08-2012 01:32AM

Do you wear a beard?

I prefer the term 'have a accommodating female friend'.

kiddin. i' dont. honest.

marshbaboon · 24-08-2012 01:33AM

I do sport one sometimes, but beards are lady repellent. Also I have really thick hair so I always end up looking like a member of Al-Qaeda.

entropi · 24-08-2012 01:44AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

I do sport one sometimes, but beards are lady repellent. Also I have really thick hair so I always end up looking like a member of Al-Qaeda.

You've only been meeting those women that love the "boyband member" look, it seems. Such a shame

I have a beard, and I like it (there's plenty of women who love bearded guys too). Doesnt take long to grow if there's ever a reason to shave it off, but its a full beard too

Sarky · 24-08-2012 01:54AM

I do not wear a beard.

I rock it.

1ZRed · 24-08-2012 01:56AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

I do sport one sometimes, but beards are lady repellent. Also I have really thick hair so I always end up looking like a member of Al-Qaeda.

The Al-Qaeda look is so in right now ... Where have you been?

:pac:

marshbaboon · 24-08-2012 02:09AM

1ZRed wrote: »

The Al-Qaeda look is so in right now ... Where have you been?

:pac:

I shaved the beard off during the week so I'm back to cool man stubble. Going to need to see about a haircut too soon. I've gone from a shaved head to a mix between Jim from the US office, and Jamie Oliver. It looks f*cking terrible. Haha.

Festy · 24-08-2012 02:31AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

I do sport one sometimes, but beards are lady repellent. Also I have really thick hair so I always end up looking like a member of Al-Qaeda.

Really ? I was under the impression that most ladies loved a bit of facial hair on a man

1ZRed · 24-08-2012 02:32AM

marshbaboon wrote: »

I shaved the beard off during the week so I'm back to cool man stubble. Going to need to see about a haircut too soon. I've gone from a shaved head to a mix between Jim from the US office, and Jamie Oliver. It looks f*cking terrible. Haha.

Shame I thought you could really pull off the sand nigga look

Do you wear a beard?

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