The beardless splash

[Splash_4]

So after 20+ years of wearing a beard, I got a wild hair today and shaved it off. I present to the rabble "The Beardless Splash!"



The only thing is, I have been married for 19 years, so this is the first time the wife has seen me without it. Her comment? "Please glue it back on!"

[A Hay]

Splash,
You don't look that bad, although it would have been good to see you before and after in the same post!.

I wore a beard for about 10 years, from 43 to 53 years of age.
Then it started to turn splotchy grey. I didn't like that look so I shaved it off.

I'm due to retire in 3 years so I may let it grow back then. My wife wasn't too keen on my having a beard, though.

Tom

[Livingston]

Ohh...my eyes..

[M. A. C. Newsome]

My wife has also never seen me without a beard, and has forbidden me to shave it in the fears that she might discover she actually married an ugly man. :-) lol...

Had this one for 17 years now, minus a period of about one month about 10 years back. After a month I still didn't recognize the man in the mirror, so I grew my face back.

[JRB]

Ahh the classic "cop stache". Love it. I've threatened to shave my beard and keep a moustache but the threats from my wife has kept me from going through with it.

[madman79764]

I shaved my beard when my daughter was 3 (she's 17 now) and she ran away from me screaming "Your not my Daddy" and she didn't talk to me for a week so I have kept mine be it full or goatee for the last 14 years. My wife didn't like me without either.

[Chas]

What a change - What a difference!

You look days younger!

Regards

Chas :ootd:

[McMurdo]

I've had a beard off and on since I was about 16 normally a full beard or a Vandyck, though once I did have a long handlebar mustache and at one time the beard was very long, not quite ZZ Top length but lets say early 80's ZZ Top length. I once shaved it off because we were getting professional photos and my Grandmother wanted it gone.

I well remember the uproar from XMarkers when I last shaved, as I do not want a repeat it will most likely be some time before I shave it off again.

[Oldhiker]

So after 20+ years of wearing a beard, I got a wild hair today and shaved it off. I present to the rabble "The Beardless Splash!"
The only thing is, I have been married for 19 years, so this is the first time the wife has seen me without it. Her comment? "Please glue it back on!"

I also have had at least a mustache, sometimes a beard. One day I shaved off the mustache that my wife had also complained about.... it was two days before she noticed... grew it back immediately LOL

That is always a good story to bring up when she says I don't do ____ (insert your normal wifely requests here)

[Skipper1]

I've had a beard since I was 22. I am now 54. Recenly the navy's regualations changed and all sea going personnel (actually posted to a ship) have to shave as we are introducing a new type of breathing apperatus for fire fighting. SO amid much complaining from my lady it has come off. I am told I look years younger as the beard had already gone gray. I think it just emphasises my jowls. Not much I can do about those at my age however, as I am not so vain as to do plastic sugery. Any way - I really connect with your questions about the whole situation. To beard or not to beard ....
I have noticed one interesting thing, however. I used to get women who would comment on how much they loved a man in a beard while others would totally comment in the negative. Nowthe nay sayers are commenting on how young I look while the beard lovers are commenting on how they think I looked better with. Seems there is no ambivalence when it comes to beards - women either hate them or love them.