Beards and kilts

**Bugbear** · 28th December 07, 02:38 PM

Wait man... I'm confused your wife, sister and cat have beards? Just joking, just joking. Beards work for some people, others not. Guess you just got to find your look. Were you really born with a beard?

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Bearded for life. Like the look. (So do the women in my life; wife, sister, dog, cats).
Don't have to shave!
Win! Win!

**auld argonian** · 28th December 07, 03:09 PM

No beard. Have grown them for roles but I decided long ago that I didn't want one in "everyday" life. In college I had a remarkable pair of muttonchop sideburns that were eminently famous all over the campus but that was the late 60's into the early 70's, so it made sense then.

This is my face; take it or leave it...nothing to hide.

Best

AA

**CactusJack** · 28th December 07, 03:16 PM

I have a goatee and mustache and have had it since 1998 have never shaved it off but have gotten a little to close with the clipper a few time, My wife says that with out it I have such a baby face..

**Nick** · 28th December 07, 03:30 PM

Had facial hair constantly for over ten years. I started out with a goatee (or circle beard or van dyke), then grew a big beard for several months when I played Tevye. I went back and forth between goatee and trimmed beard a couple times, then I tried what I have now (beard trimmed along the jawline). It's a little more to maintain, but I like the look, and I have been informed by a higher authority (my wife) that it will remain. Which is fine. I don't think I'll ever lose the beard, I can't imagine my face without it.

**Kiltman** · 28th December 07, 08:01 PM

Beards, had one for ten years now.

**Bugbear** · 28th December 07, 08:08 PM

Guess if your beard is long and you have to cut it off, you could like tie it in a ponytail first, then lop it. That way you can just carry it around in your belt like a scalp.

Originally Posted by Kiltman

Beards, had one for ten years now.

**PaulX608** · 29th December 07, 02:49 AM

I haven't seen what's under my beard in about 12 years. My first wife hated the beard, so I guess it started about two years before we ended, lol. I realy couldn't imagine myself without it now. The vast majority of the people with whom I currently associate have never seen me wihout it.

**Coinneach** · 29th December 07, 07:10 AM

I must have gotten the wrong memo...I thought it was shaved heads and kilts.

**threebanger** · 29th December 07, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Coinneach

I thought it was shaved heads and kilts.

What's that got to do with beards?

Where I live now, only my wife has seen me without a beard. I haven't seen my chin in 15 years. And I'm okay with that.

And I've run the gamut from hair halfway down my back to shaved and everywhere in between. When I don't shave or get haircuts, I tell her to think of how much money I'm saving

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(I think she knows it's just because I'm lazy, though...)

**Ian.MacAllan** · 29th December 07, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by cacunn

. . . Which came first the kilt or the beard?

The kilt grew on me far faster than the beard did, so I'm glad I started the beard first. One advantage of a full beard is that no one can tell that I don't ever wear neckties anymore.

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Well, guess you could let your hair and beard grow very long, then take up wearing a belted plaid. . .

That's my plan. The fabric is supposed to arrive today.

Edit: It DID arrive today! I had no idea that FedEx could deliver through the USPS on a Saturday. Woo Hoo! Now I get to learn how to don a great kilt. Where did I leave my belt?

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