How ironic that the grooming possibilities for the very beard that should be somehow butchin' me up a bit seem endless.

@ this site (which I might start referring to as the "other" org ).

x 1000 @ there being "Success Stories" and "Featured Beard" sections.

I want to write a Dear Beard.org... letter but I'm afraid I'll just end up blacklisting myself within the...um...beard community.

This is where my beard is at so far:

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I had no idea that I was stepping into a whole "culture". I just wanted a new look.

You could carve swirls into it!

Bears are so high maintenance.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You could carve swirls into it!

First off, I'm trying to master using the trimmer to clean it up without fuckin it up and taking more off than I want.

Secondly...ah...NO.

Genesia said:

Bears are so high maintenance.

Who knew??

It never crossed my mind that I might one day shampoo and condition my face.

Maybe I'll grow it really long and get a perm too.

it's just a beard john, let it grow.

johnart said:

It never crossed my mind that I might one day shampoo and condition my face.

Maybe I'll grow it really long and get a perm too.

My husband grows a beard for the winter and than shaves it off the coming spring. If you allow your beard to grow out the maintance isn't as tedious as with a short hair beard. Nice look John, manly.

I thought your beard was composed of the breasts of the women on this site

Looking good! Mine's not as far along, and a LOT more gray.

Looks good...beards are sexy!

robertlove said:

Looks good...beards are sexy!

amen...ahhh men

johnart said:

Genesia said:

Bears are so high maintenance.

Who knew??

I thought that was a typo at first -- and then I remembered..

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

Who knew??

I thought that was a typo at first -- and then I remembered..

John, our little girl is growing up.

Genesia said:

PositivityNYC said:

I thought that was a typo at first -- and then I remembered..

John, our little girl is growing up.

soon will have to take her out for her first training bra..

I thought this was going to be about the scenester/hipster ironic beard!

ufoclub said:

I thought this was going to be about the scenester/hipster ironic beard!

What is that? If my beard grows out enough, I want to chop it into something cool and unexpected.

In other words, I want to embarrass my kids even more.

JerseyKRS said:

it's just a beard john, let it grow.

<--counting the days to Jersey's ass-kickin.

TD3 said:

johnart said:

It never crossed my mind that I might one day shampoo and condition my face.

Maybe I'll grow it really long and get a perm too.

My husband grows a beard for the winter and than shaves it off the coming spring. If you allow your beard to grow out the maintance isn't as tedious as with a short hair beard. Nice look John, manly.

Thank you :grunt:

I don't want a long or wild beard tho. I can't pull off that crazed Joaquin Phoenix look.

Of course, neither can he.

I grew one about a month ago for the first time. I looked completely ridiculous, even more so than usual. It grew in completely blonde and thick, I looked like an alcoholic Hulk Hogan. Never again.

RodeoSchro said:

ufoclub said:

I thought this was going to be about the scenester/hipster ironic beard!

What is that? If my beard grows out enough, I want to chop it into something cool and unexpected.

In other words, I want to embarrass my kids even more.

Lots of the younger 20 something guys have been growing beards (unheard of in the 80's and early 90's!) along with tightest of jeans, retro hats, retro t-shirts, etc...

Number23 said:

I grew one about a month ago for the first time. I looked completely ridiculous, even more so than usual. It grew in completely blonde and thick, I looked like an alcoholic Hulk Hogan. Never again.

i like blond beards..like i think of vikings.. so people with blonde beards in my book are cool.

ufoclub said:

I thought this was going to be about the scenester/hipster ironic beard!

post a pic!

my goatie started going grey when i was 33

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I am 38 and still cannot grow a full beard

NDRU said:

I am 38 and still cannot grow a full beard

You could probably find a link to a suppor group through beards.org.

NDRU said:

I am 38 and still cannot grow a full beard

there is probably good reason!

and John, I like the short hair and not too long beard, if you can keep it at this length please, that's hot

ZombieKitten said:

and John, I like the short hair and not too long beard, if you can keep it at this length please, that's hot

This is what I'm thinking. I'm gonna give it a bit longer to see how much more it might fill in, but I don't necessarily want to go longer.

I just passed the point (yesterday was the first day) where I wasn't itchin like a mf.

I think I need to let it go a little bit further down my neck (the beard line) because it's currently right at my jawline, which from all the stuff I've read so far is apparently a loser thing to do.

I'm aiming for no longer than Marc Jacobs'.

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ZombieKitten said:

NDRU said:

I am 38 and still cannot grow a full beard

there is probably good reason!

Are you saying I am NOT holier than thou?!