Living with a beard!

[columbus]

Oooh...maybe the kid recognized you from your posts here, and figured you were the Antichrist risen?

I was also mistaken for Jesus once.
When I was around 20, I had shoulder length dark brown hair, parted down the middle (it was the 70s), and a pretty good beard. I was walking down the sidewalk, wearing a loose brown tunic shirt and sandals. A woman with a little girl was walking towards me when the girl stopped, pointed at me, and shrieked excitedly, "Look mommy, it's Jesus!"

Mommy looked a little mortified.
Tom

 

[Jainarayan]

I have a beard, and shaved head. I get my beard trimmed by a barber every 4 weeks. I started growing my beard again (had one on and off since I was in my 20s) about 3 years ago. Because it's gray and because I'm somewhat "chunky" (ok, I'm a little bear) I get the Santa Claus comments. I hate that. A coworker looked at me and said "oh, I got confused and thought you were Santa Claus". I said "Odinnnn!". I'll bet she thought I was preferring to be compared to Odin rather than Santa. No, I was calling on Odin to smite the wretch.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I was also mistaken for Jesus once.
When I was around 20, I had shoulder length dark brown hair, parted down the middle (it was the 70s), and a pretty good beard. I was walking down the sidewalk, wearing a loose brown tunic shirt and sandals. A woman with a little girl was walking towards me when the girl stopped, pointed at me, and shrieked excitedly, "Look mommy, it's Jesus!"

Mommy looked a little mortified.
Tom

She's lucky you aren't straight. Kid gave you the perfect opening to ask if she wanted to get Biblical.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I have a beard, and shaved head. I get my beard trimmed by a barber every 4 weeks. I started growing my beard again (had one on and off since I was in my 20s) about 3 years ago. Because it's gray and because I'm somewhat "chunky" (ok, I'm a little bear) I get the Santa Claus comments. I hate that. A coworker looked at me and said "oh, I got confused and thought you were Santa Claus". I said "Odinnnn!". I'll bet she thought I was preferring to be compared to Odin rather than Santa. No, I was calling on Odin to smite the wretch.

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It's pretty hard to mistake someone for Odin. Missing eye, eight-legged horse, hangs around with crowd...

It's not exactly 'white-beard' territory in terms of being common-place.

 

[sun rise]

I had a nice beard until it turned grey and then it looked really dumb so off it came.

 

[columbus]

I had a nice beard until it turned grey and then it looked really dumb so off it came.

I love the grey in my beard. It's a big part of the reason I wanted lots of beard.
Tom

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Ive tried growing a beard only to for it to look like a mangy dog on my face. Ever since I've shaved my face religiously.

So is it safe to say that your avatar is not you?

 

[wizanda]

I threaten her with the prospect of me growing my beard long enough to braid

Did let mine grow for 4 years to do that.

Do you folks have any beard, or hair related stories you'd like to share?

Some guy asked, "why have you got that on your face?" "Because I'm a man.", i replied.

Learned that people judge us when we leave our beard to grow, as they've been trained to think that is allowing ourselves to let go of ourselves; thus people who have inner respect, were respectful, whereas some were funny...

Thus now always stylize my beard, as people like sharp edges to think that we care about ourselves.

Thus in the time of scruff, in Wilkos got so used to them welcoming me into the store with "security code 500", decided to introduce myself to the security guard, and tell them i was just there to shop.

In my hairy opinion.

 

[Flame]

So is it safe to say that your avatar is not you?

Sadly no. I couldn't grow that fabulous of a beard if I tried.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Sadly no. I couldn't grow that fabulous of a beard if I tried.

Me neither. I've got the Evil Spock goatee, but full beard is extremely uneven, very curly, and does not get longer than about an inch before the individual hairs start falling out...

 

[Flame]

Me neither. I've got the Evil Spock goatee, but full beard is extremely uneven, very curly, and does not get longer than about an inch before the individual hairs start falling out...

I can grow a mustache but that's about it. If I try to grow it out it gets all patchy and doesn't grow in several spots.

 

[Revoltingest]

Ive tried growing a beard only to for it to look like a mangy dog on my face. Ever since I've shaved my face religiously.

I once went for over a week without shaving.
More appealing I did not become.
So ever since then I've shaved my face atheisticly.

"Atheisticly" is flagged as wrong.
It accepts "atheistically" but that looks wronger.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I once went for over a week without shaving.
More appealing I did not become.
So ever since then I've shaved my face atheisticly.

"Atheisticly" is flagged as wrong.
It accepts "atheistically" but that looks wronger.

Aesthetically maybe?

 

[Revoltingest]

Aesthetically maybe?

I never managed that.
I've been wondering the last couple days if a handlebar mustache would work?

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I never managed that.
I've been wondering the last couple days if a handlebar mustache would work?

Perhaps you meant "anesthetically"?

 

[Revoltingest]

Perhaps you meant "anesthetically"?

Now I've lost track.
No more handle bar mustache....too complicated.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I never managed that.
I've been wondering the last couple days if a handlebar mustache would work?

Best to stick with the 80's porn mustache. At least you have a chance with the ladies with that. When was the last time you saw a winsome lass escorting a gent with a handelbar?

 

[Revoltingest]

Best to stick with the 80's porn mustache. At least you have a chance with the ladies with that. When was the last time you saw a winsome lass escorting a gent with a handelbar?

If it keeps the ladies at bay, this would be fine with Mrs Revolt.

 

[Jainarayan]

It's pretty hard to mistake someone for Odin. Missing eye, eight-legged horse, hangs around with crowd...

It's not exactly 'white-beard' territory in terms of being common-place.

You don’t know my coworkers.

 

[sun rise]

I love the grey in my beard. It's a big part of the reason I wanted lots of beard.
Tom

Lots of scraggly is not a good thing.