Once you grow one no one ever wants you to shave it off. If you do people act shocked, horrified, and tell you to grow it back. Even your closest friends and family. It’s really rude and hurtful, but the social ramifications are too much for me so I stopped trying.
I grew it because I could in like 2012 and I miss my face.
As a bearded man, it’s pretty messy to have one of any decent length. Food gets stuck in it. Water. Beer. Last time I did a mud run, I couldn’t wash it out enough.
Plus, depending on how you care for it, you’re constantly oiling it or putting beard butter/conditioner in it, which can get greasy if you’re not careful.
A good beard is a pain in the ass to live with, and maintain. And beard oil is kind of gross – greasy, stinks.
I didn’t grow mine out until I left the military so I was already grey. My grey hair was so coarse it kind of sucked. Added way too much time to my daily grooming.
Getting a CPAP mask to work with a full beard can be so frustrating. I had to shave mine for it to work. I own 5 different masks I had to make it work with my beard. My wife wanted me to keep the beard, I grew it for her request.
I was with my ex for 8 years. One day she told me “I don’t think I actually know what you look like cuz you never not had a beard.” I never even thought it till she mentioned it. It’s like wearing a disguise 24/7.
My question to women are how the hell do they kiss men who has full beards almost covering their lips aswell…I never understood that🤣 basically kissing hair
If you’re fidgety you will play with it nonstop. Sometimes to the point of bald patches appearing. Once it reaches a certain length it will look messy unless constantly groomed.
I grow mine out and just use vitamin E oil with some infusion in it from dollar tree. Works just fine . Keeps my skin healthy underneath. I trim it myself cause I find barbers don’t trim enough for what I pay extra on top of a haircut. And I use just for men cause I went through a lot of stress that turned my beautiful dark Beard grey. I look about 5 to 7 years older than I am but it’s worth it not to have to buy razors. I use a straight edge razor cause it’s cheaper and I can shave in the rear view mirror with it driving down the road or in the dark . But the fact of not worrying about it is bliss. I love my beard. Whatever vibes it gives I only worry about fights if they happen. Don’t want some one grabbing my beard and punching me like what happen when I had a 3 hand goatee. But most people seem to respect the beard even if no one tells me so. Compliments from others is hard to come by these days. Always make sure to compliment a guys beard and this should be more common but it is tough and manly to grow a beard instead of a scraggly flimsy no good facial hair. No shame if you can’t grow a beard. Sir beard not. But yeah don’t wanna shave just to look younger. Fuck that!. Carry on my bearded brothers
Beard hygiene, most people believe the stereotype. Men can just grow a beard, and apart from the occasional wash, that’s it. That it’s low maintenance, but not necessarily true.
You have to brush/comb it on a fairly regular basis to keep it tidy. What shampoo works on your head might not necessarily work on your beard, causing dry, flaky skin or dry wirey beard.
Most men i know, myself included groom it, shape it, and oil it on a regual basis to keep it healthy and not make us look homeless. You also have to be mindful when you are eating.
Beard hygiene is important, and you can tell a man who’s got poor beard hygiene a mile off.
I don’t care about it much. I can shave it all or grow it out. I can’t win either way. I either get you look 10 years younger or grow it back “it’s not you”. I only keep mine because my 6 year old son says “you are dads with the beard dads”
The feeling when you walk outside on a hot Texas morning with your beard still damp from the shower, and you can feel the air around it cool down as the evaporation kicks in.
Also, how much hair ends up in your mouth when you’re just trying to eat your goddamned sandwich.
For me that wrong hair is just above my lip. And it is nice and strait, and combs with all the others. And then it gets too long. At that point the annoying spring action takes over and the thing curls like spring wire. And it sticks right up my nose, making my nose itch and it really sucks.
So I carefully clip the thing off and all is well for about at a day. Then the next one pops off and shoots up my nose. And so on.
Then only solution is to trim the whole mustache to be very short. And that looks odd. So I need to trim it all.
At the end of the day, I can grow a nice beard. I just can’t stand it when it gets too long.
Don’t get me wrong – I love my husbands beard that is very well kept. What I don’t love are (what I refer to as) the beard pubes all over the bathroom floor and clogging up the drain.
I keep mine fairly short and well trimmed / shaped. Once it gets 2 thick and long I look older, but nice and short fits me perfectly. I only wash my hair and beard with water. Nothing else. (Going no poo was an experience, but it solved itself). Lite beard oil from a local honey farm does the trick to keep it soft and shiny. At once stage when I rode a motorcycle every day I shaved my head every morning , kept the beard : best service I’ve ever had anywhere during those years.
My grey hairs have a coarser texture than the coloured hair. They always seem to be longer too and poke out in odd directions.
Messy food can be a pain in the ass. Any spilt sauce can be a challenge to get out, I once gave up after a messy pizza and just got in the shower to wash my beard properly.
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Once you grow one no one ever wants you to shave it off. If you do people act shocked, horrified, and tell you to grow it back. Even your closest friends and family. It’s really rude and hurtful, but the social ramifications are too much for me so I stopped trying.
I grew it because I could in like 2012 and I miss my face.
As a bearded man, it’s pretty messy to have one of any decent length. Food gets stuck in it. Water. Beer. Last time I did a mud run, I couldn’t wash it out enough.
Plus, depending on how you care for it, you’re constantly oiling it or putting beard butter/conditioner in it, which can get greasy if you’re not careful.
I love it. I’ll never shave.
It’s not itchy once it grows out.
It covers acne super well
Cleaning it is as simple as shampoo and water, but conditioner makes it softer.
You can use a curling iron to straighten it out.
Bears oil will make it glisten.
Beard dandruff is real. Care for the skin beneath it.
Beards age with you, making aging more graceful.
Getting a beard trimmed at a proper barber is a goddamn amazing experience.
Beard envy is real. Some men are more blessed than others.
Beards are a personal space buffer. People stand back when the beard draws near.
Having to be careful of spilling juice or soda on your beard lest it cause color changes you don’t want and having to pluck the ones that stand out.
the fact that they shed into my white shirt pocket as i fidget with em
They’re more work than shaving.
Keeping them evenly trimmed is so fucking hard. I’ve had my beard for over 10 years and I’m only just getting decent at it.
You can’t blow up into your eye to dislodge eyelashes and stuff.
It can have very sharp hairs.
Philly Cheesesteaks can leave you looking rather unfortunate.
You will always notice /fuss over beard symmetry.
For me, my right side always looks ’rounder’ than my left side, which is nice and angular.
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A good beard is a pain in the ass to live with, and maintain. And beard oil is kind of gross – greasy, stinks.
I didn’t grow mine out until I left the military so I was already grey. My grey hair was so coarse it kind of sucked. Added way too much time to my daily grooming.
Deckard was a replicant.
They turn gray.
A beard can be like makeup for men if you have no chin.
When you swim in an outdoor pool your beard will collect all the leaves and bugs and shit floating on top of the pool.
They’re softer than they look! Don’t be afraid to kiss! It’s really stubble that’s rough.
Getting a CPAP mask to work with a full beard can be so frustrating. I had to shave mine for it to work. I own 5 different masks I had to make it work with my beard. My wife wanted me to keep the beard, I grew it for her request.
Trimming is annoying af
I was with my ex for 8 years. One day she told me “I don’t think I actually know what you look like cuz you never not had a beard.” I never even thought it till she mentioned it. It’s like wearing a disguise 24/7.
I eat so much dog hair.
Ugly people need them to dress their face up.
Without them, ugly people are uglier.
My question to women are how the hell do they kiss men who has full beards almost covering their lips aswell…I never understood that🤣 basically kissing hair
You know that standard image of the old, wise wizard stroking his beard? Stroking your beard while thinking is soooo damn helpful. I love it.
Not today SMA Weimar
If you smoke, it’ll smell like whatever you’ve been smoking.
That stage between it being long stubble, and an actual beard where it itches like hell wouldn’t have it.
Also, you need to wash it after you get done servicing the misses.
Mine just won’t grow
How much beard hair gets stuck in your teeth.
If you’re fidgety you will play with it nonstop. Sometimes to the point of bald patches appearing. Once it reaches a certain length it will look messy unless constantly groomed.
You have got to trim, groom & maintain them. Just letting it grow out is not ok.
The itchiness and discomfort, and they’re more work to maintain than simply being clean shaven.
You eat a lot of hair
Sometimes when you’re chewing on your bottom lip a whisker comes off and wedges up in your gums.
I grow mine out and just use vitamin E oil with some infusion in it from dollar tree. Works just fine . Keeps my skin healthy underneath. I trim it myself cause I find barbers don’t trim enough for what I pay extra on top of a haircut. And I use just for men cause I went through a lot of stress that turned my beautiful dark Beard grey. I look about 5 to 7 years older than I am but it’s worth it not to have to buy razors. I use a straight edge razor cause it’s cheaper and I can shave in the rear view mirror with it driving down the road or in the dark . But the fact of not worrying about it is bliss. I love my beard. Whatever vibes it gives I only worry about fights if they happen. Don’t want some one grabbing my beard and punching me like what happen when I had a 3 hand goatee. But most people seem to respect the beard even if no one tells me so. Compliments from others is hard to come by these days. Always make sure to compliment a guys beard and this should be more common but it is tough and manly to grow a beard instead of a scraggly flimsy no good facial hair. No shame if you can’t grow a beard. Sir beard not. But yeah don’t wanna shave just to look younger. Fuck that!. Carry on my bearded brothers
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Beard hygiene, most people believe the stereotype. Men can just grow a beard, and apart from the occasional wash, that’s it. That it’s low maintenance, but not necessarily true.
You have to brush/comb it on a fairly regular basis to keep it tidy. What shampoo works on your head might not necessarily work on your beard, causing dry, flaky skin or dry wirey beard.
Most men i know, myself included groom it, shape it, and oil it on a regual basis to keep it healthy and not make us look homeless. You also have to be mindful when you are eating.
Beard hygiene is important, and you can tell a man who’s got poor beard hygiene a mile off.
How hard it is to get certain smells out of the hair and how you just need to get used to it or avoid those things completely.
Can’t shave it off after years of having it, nobody has seen my full face in years 😐
My(55f) ex bf has one….they’re greasy
How much you miss the feeling of a woman’s lips on your cheek.
Each one comes with a built in moisture detector. Every time I walk into Target, my beard tells me the overall wetness in the store goes up.
I don’t care about it much. I can shave it all or grow it out. I can’t win either way. I either get you look 10 years younger or grow it back “it’s not you”. I only keep mine because my 6 year old son says “you are dads with the beard dads”
No one tells u that women go crazy for beards I love them
In ancient Egypt, female Pharoahs wore fake beards
Your face changes shape as you age. If you shave your beard off after some time, people go apeshit. Hell even I thought how weird I looked
stinky beard smell midway through the day. wash face after drinking milk.
Beardruff
The feeling when you walk outside on a hot Texas morning with your beard still damp from the shower, and you can feel the air around it cool down as the evaporation kicks in.
Also, how much hair ends up in your mouth when you’re just trying to eat your goddamned sandwich.
Why would I talk about my beard in the first place?
That one hair that goes the wrong way.
For me that wrong hair is just above my lip. And it is nice and strait, and combs with all the others. And then it gets too long. At that point the annoying spring action takes over and the thing curls like spring wire. And it sticks right up my nose, making my nose itch and it really sucks.
So I carefully clip the thing off and all is well for about at a day. Then the next one pops off and shoots up my nose. And so on.
Then only solution is to trim the whole mustache to be very short. And that looks odd. So I need to trim it all.
At the end of the day, I can grow a nice beard. I just can’t stand it when it gets too long.
Running out of memory in your phone for all the chicks’ phone numbers you’re getting
I cannot stand touching or rubbing my face and accidently pulling on my beard. It is annoying so whenever it gets too long or full I shave it off.
Eventually she might catch feelings but she knew the deal from the get-go
Having a beard can disqualify you from some jobs where oxygen masks might be needed.
I turned down pretty promising job because of that.
Can’t eat onions.
What to do with a wet beard when you have finished giving oral
They poke the inside sides of your mouth.
If you go on vacation, don’t forget your beard trimmer. Women notice it’s unkempt by day 3, and by day 5 you look like a hobo
It creates nervous ticks. Stroking, licking it, sucking it.
Studies have shown that they’re full of bacteria
It’s pretty unsanitary as consumables and drool get stuck to it.
It takes an effort to make beards look presentable that most beard wearers will not commit to.
A beard is the result of not putting in the effort to shave. Therefore, it projects complacency, especially when not groomed.
how much they itch your face
Don’t get me wrong – I love my husbands beard that is very well kept. What I don’t love are (what I refer to as) the beard pubes all over the bathroom floor and clogging up the drain.
I can’t get through the itching phase so haven’t ever grown too long.
Plus I have a weird OCD where I pick the hairs out so I end up with bald beard patches lol
Some women love getting oral from a man with a beard. Some women hate it.
I said what I said.
They itch and can be sore
After you have one for some years. If you ever clean shave it you will look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I now look like a lizard.”
I keep mine fairly short and well trimmed / shaped. Once it gets 2 thick and long I look older, but nice and short fits me perfectly. I only wash my hair and beard with water. Nothing else. (Going no poo was an experience, but it solved itself). Lite beard oil from a local honey farm does the trick to keep it soft and shiny. At once stage when I rode a motorcycle every day I shaved my head every morning , kept the beard : best service I’ve ever had anywhere during those years.
If you don’t trim before going to the dentist, hairs will be pulled.
It’s a strange feeling, not being able to touch your pillow with your cheek. I miss it, sometimes.
My grey hairs have a coarser texture than the coloured hair. They always seem to be longer too and poke out in odd directions.
Messy food can be a pain in the ass. Any spilt sauce can be a challenge to get out, I once gave up after a messy pizza and just got in the shower to wash my beard properly.