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53. When I retired I decided to go without shaving for a while. IMHO I looked much older after a

Sun Dec 2, 2018, 08:14 PM

Dec 2018

couple weeks. So I ended up buying one of those beard/moustache trimmers where you can adjust the settings. Eh...it was okay. But mostly I just shave. Now and then I let it grow for a few days, but not often. Lots of men and women shave various areas these days. A friend told me so.

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Ok, what is that 5 O'clock shadow beard thing lotsa men are wearing these days??? [View all] a kennedy Nov 2018 OP

I call it scruffy ugly vlyons Nov 2018 #1

Ha ha, ha......I know....so popular tho.... a kennedy Nov 2018 #2

I get lots of compliments on mine... but, I just go with it cuz I got better things to do than shave InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2018 #5

Come on....ya gotta show us...... a kennedy Nov 2018 #7

Unless your a handsome 20 something.... mitch96 Nov 2018 #18

If you are older than 50... Major Nikon Nov 2018 #20

Scrugly. Less offensive if overheard. nt TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #55

It's called "Hipster Doofus". fleur-de-lisa Nov 2018 #3

it makes me think... eShirl Nov 2018 #4

It's called "Perma Stubble" Quemado Nov 2018 #6

yup, pretty sure it debuted on Miami Vice htuttle Nov 2018 #13

I cane to post miami vice d_r Nov 2018 #15

dated look. SHAVE! gah. pansypoo53219 Nov 2018 #19

... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2018 #21

When Don Johnson made it popular I tried in Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2018 #35

every second not shaving, bdtrppr6 Nov 2018 #8

Evokes memories of my bartending days... madamesilverspurs Nov 2018 #9

they've finally caught up with me - that's been my look since 1979! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2018 #10

This look has been around forever ... it just that some are lazy and don't trim / clean up... SWBTATTReg Nov 2018 #11

"these days"??? skypilot Nov 2018 #12

My husband calls it his day off. Solly Mack Nov 2018 #14

Not surprisingly, it doesn't work for Donald Trump Jr. Paladin Nov 2018 #16

My two-year old tRump protest beard yonder Nov 2018 #17

Steve Bannon Stubble? n/t MrsMatt Dec 2018 #22

I'm 60/40 grey hair and I can pull the look off. NightWatcher Dec 2018 #23

Doesn't work for everybody. Some guys just look like they rolled out of bed and couldn't be bothered Fla Dem Dec 2018 #24

"Lazy." malthaussen Dec 2018 #25

i hate it, at least for the man I'm with. lark Dec 2018 #26

It's how it feels for me too TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #40

Such BS. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2018 #27

Yup, 5 o'clock shadow Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #28

I do it for one reason.... moose65 Dec 2018 #29

Why not grow a beard? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #41

I alternate between beard and scruff moose65 Dec 2018 #45

I see TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #47

There are times when I don't want to bother shaving before going to the clinic. Aristus Dec 2018 #30

Scruffy :) works well on some men. Oh yeah. Guilded Lilly Dec 2018 #31

No Shave November Generic Brad Dec 2018 #32

Designer stubble JudyM Dec 2018 #33

I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. I think it's dumb. trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #34

It's "dumb"? moose65 Dec 2018 #44

I'm not sure why you're asking me this. I am woman and ..... lolol, I have a smooth face. trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #50

How am I supposed to know that you're a woman? moose65 Dec 2018 #58

well you do what smart people on DU do.... check posters profile trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #59

Your profile says nothing about you being a woman moose65 Dec 2018 #61

Oh stop it already, Stop harrassing me. trueblue2007 Dec 2018 #62

Laziness...I just dgaf anymore cbdo2007 Dec 2018 #36

They sell trimmers with that as a setting now, like a "# 1/2" Recursion Dec 2018 #37

More of a "growth" than a beard ... nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #38

When you want to get personal, but... zanana1 Dec 2018 #39

That's why I try to stay baby-smooth as often as possible... Aristus Dec 2018 #42

Here's what I really loathe - designer stubble w/ a tux TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #43

To me, the shadow beard thing frogmarch Dec 2018 #46

Mine means that I've been working so hard that I don't have the energy to shave. Tobin S. Dec 2018 #48

I kinda like it. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #49

Movember campaign? Men's health? applegrove Dec 2018 #51

"Monkey do what monkey see." demosincebirth Dec 2018 #52

When I retired I decided to go without shaving for a while. IMHO I looked much older after a dameatball Dec 2018 #53

Call it "some people think it's hot" randr Dec 2018 #54

See, they have SO much testosterone that even after they shave, the beard grows so fast. mahina Dec 2018 #56

I think it makes you look dirty Lunabell Dec 2018 #57

It's what hipsters do... jmowreader Dec 2018 #60

Shaving was interesting for a month or two. Harker Dec 2018 #63