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Guys Get Candid About The Real Reason They Have A Beard

A man with a long, scraggily red beard laughs with his mouth wide open
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"Reddit user finn-burner asked: 'Why do you have a beard?'"

For some guys, their beard is everything.

Some guys keep their beards to hide some things.

Some keep their beards to catch some romance.

Sometimes it's a vice-versa situation, and they shave it off because of the upkeep.

Or... you can look like a mountain man who hasn't seen another human in a decade.

It all depends on the look you're going for.


Redditor finn-burner wanted to hear from all the gents out there with facial hair, so they asked:

"Why do you have a beard?"

My beard has started to come in gray.

So now it is banished.

Fresh faced is all I need.

Beauty Traits

Bollywood Beard GIF by Hrithik RoshanGiphy

"Because I want to be 60% ugly instead of 100%."

Vruszz

"Came here to joke that I won't open the door. This is it, tho. My chin rivals that of both Bruce Campbell and the Tick. With a beard, I look like Santa that hit the gym."

Sagemasterba

Who cares...

"I shaved last a bit over a year ago for my brother's wedding, no maintenance since. Yes, it looks like crap but I also don't care anymore."

1101base2

"It's an easy thing to care for. All you need is a good brush (use a boar hair brush, not a cheap plastic one.) and some beard oil. There are other products like wax and balm, but really just a good brush and some oil is all you need for a soft, classy-looking beard. I've been growing for 6 years, nothing but compliments. And when it gets long enough, you can braid it or put it in tons of different styles with twists and braids."

chedd420

Good Habits

"It gives me something to stroke when I'm thinking."

Chairman_Mittens

"I once got to stroke a friend's beard while he stroked mine, it was an experience."

GodOfSugarStrychnine

"The beard is where a man's wisdom is stored. Stroke it to unlock deeper thoughts."

ItsEntsy

"Thanks for making me remember my long-forgotten habit. Now, I'm starting to constantly stroke my beard."

Haruhiro21

Look Away

"I don’t have a strong chin. Plus, it’s starting to get these long white hairs as I age so it makes me feel regal."

DocFreudstein

"My wife hates my chin, says it looks like a butt. In our 12 years together she's probably only seen it clearly for a month or so, I've usually had a goatee or beard. But on our son I guess it's cute, go figure."

handandfoot8099

"I went clean-shaven on our 2nd or 3rd date. She told me to not do that again. Coming up on 4 years of marriage and I'm afraid to see my chin at this point."

NobodyLikesPricks

Oval Features

thumb cooking GIF by Disney PixarGiphy

"Because I'm bald and I don't want to look like a thumb."

itamaru

Not Today

Kevin James Eating GIF by TV LandGiphy

"I'm lazy."

berael

"Same, definitely. I always said I'd never have a beard... Then I realized I'd have to shave all the time and was like nope, not today razor!"

OldBathBomb

It's Me!

"Because the last time I shaved it all off my friends followed me around shouting 'I'M A REAL BOY' like Pinnochio. For real though, I was told I looked good with it and at this stage, I'd look weird without it."

Cyanide_Revolver

"This. I’m 35. I have a jawline and good skin. If I shave, I get carded at bars. I don’t need to be looking half my age."

SomeOtherOrder

"I tried to grow a goatee when I was 17. My friend said I looked like a 40-year-old Baptist preacher who had 17 kids and lived in a log cabin. 2 years later during COVID-19 I grew a full beard and he gave his seal of approval."

Count-Spatula2023

Angles

"Hides my now round face a bit better."

Creamsickled

I had a beard for the last 10 years and shaved it off recently to find that I now have a double chin. Promptly grew it back."

bicx

"I've never had a chiseled look, but when I see pics of myself in my twenties, my face looked a lot more... angular. I'm not that guy anymore. the beard gives me some definition."

Overall_Sandwich_671

Gandalf

"I grow more hair than Gandalf. If not controlled, it becomes wild. Come COVID, I stopped caring about keeping it perfectly trim. Now it flows, like a beautiful waterfall."

LargeSnorlax

"I tried growing my beard long during the peak of COVID when nobody was going anywhere, and I learned it doesn't grow long, it grows out. Bushy and terrible, not a beautiful waterfall but a mess. Well, at least I know now."

Catsh*t-Dogfart

39

"Because at 18 I spent 4 years in the Marines then got into security when I got out. I'm 39 now and from 18 till about 33 I wasn't allowed by my job to grow one. Then I started working in house security at a hospital and they allowed it. Plus I look way better with a beard lol."

"Even the wife likes it now (she was on the fence when I first grew it out). That being said I have considered shaving it lol. Purely for the fact that I have a 4-year-old with autism and she isn't a fan of the long beard when she gives me a kiss. So the compromise is I keep it pretty short lol."

moshpitmachine

Simplicity

hipster beard GIFGiphy

"I have a crazy babyface if I get anywhere close to overweight. My beard is man make-up."

MLaw2008

"It really is that simple for some of us."

28smalls

A little scruff on the right guy can make the perfect '10.'

Scruff isn't for everyone but when it works, it WORKS!

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