I was clean shaven until about 30 then did a beard for about a year (no cheeks, no neck). My hair was brownish, my beard was red.
Then I did no beard till I was about 40. I grew it out longer (~6 inches from the chin) one time for about 3 months, but other than that have kept it short with no cheeks, no neck. Course it’s white now, the red was the first part to go.
When I retire I’m likely gonna go full Santa :)
That may be true if the guy wears Carhartt, knows how to change a tire, wear a baseball hat properly, run a chainsaw, change the oil on their cars, own-carry-shoot a gun, throw a perfect spiral, cast a line, throw a baseball and not look like Spaz from Meatballs, basically, do GUY shit. However, with unfortunate evolution of the ‘hipster’ that is all changed. So, I’m not saying there isn’t any validity to the survey, probably just needs a bit more clarification.
On a side note, since beards are so trendy the “male” Brooklyn hipster needed a solution to achieve a level of manliness, he/she/it couldn’t achieve otherwise(bit old, but I’m sure it’s still happening)..
https://nypost.com/2014/02/25/hipster-wannabes-forking-over-thousands-for-facial-hair-transplants/
Yep.....old Santa Claus is a hottie.
I don't shave every day if I can avoid it, so 2-3 days of stubble looks and feels OK to me.
Millennial “men”: Too lazy to shave.
I always knew I was a Chick Magnet
Really? I don’t find full beards or the man with one attractive at all. I’ve always thought they were for unattractive men to hide their plain faces. In some cases, a close cut goatee style beard can be attractive but I still prefer a clean shaven look.
Must be why Islamic Rage Boy gets all the chicks.
No way!! Disagree completely.
Yes, Yes We are.
I am going for Sea Captain style, but, have to keep it trimmed for work. When I retire, forget it!
I shaved my beard off years ago for a few weeks. My wife asked me to grow it back and I did. When she gets mad I “threaten” to shave my beard off again and she always laughs and says I win whatever the argument is.
I grew a goatee during Christmas break one year in high school, but had to shave it off when school recommenced. I was reading a lot of Russian history and literature at the time, so maybe that’s why I did it. Back in college I experimented with various styles of facial hair — mustaches, goatees, chin whiskers, and full beards, and always shaved them off. I started to let it grow again in 1979 and a woman I worked with asked, “So how long is this one going to last?” I said a year. We made a bet. If I made it to a year, she would buy me dinner. If I shaved, I would buy. I made it. She bought me dinner. I have remained bearded since then.
Most of the people I know today have never seen me clean-shaven, including my wife and children. Family members who are still around and have seen me clean-shaven probably don’t remember what I looked like. If I shaved, I probably wouldn’t recognize myself.
Am I more attractive? I don’t know. I managed to have a number of serious relationships with women since I stopped shaving, and they were all okay with it. I think it has given me a bit of gravitas, on top of the gravitas I already possess naturally and, at my age now, it gives me a kind of distinguished look. Whatever. It suits me, and that’s why I have kept it.
8,500 Blind women ?
Grew a beard at 18 and pretty much kept it till about 45. 46 met wife 2.0. I was clean until about 6 years ago when she gave me a beard trimmer for Christmas. Now I am back to being me. She draws the line though, must keep it short.
My husband has a beard, heavy stubble.
This beard phenomenon came about after 9/11 and crept into American culture. It’s quite bizarre.