Bye Bye Beard

26 posted on September 26, 2008
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I shaved my beard today.

Keep in mind that I use the word “beard” loosely here. My beard is nothing like these guys and I definitely don’t have enough facial hair to warrant “beard updates” like my blog buddy Bush.

The truth of the matter is that my genetics don’t really allow me to grow a beard. I can grow a moustache and some hair along my neck, chin and jawline but my lip must have had a falling out with my chin because I just can’t get them to connect.

That didn’t stop me from letting my “beard” grow for the last month-and-a-half. Regardless of whether or not you could that patch of hair along my jawline a beard I still enjoyed it while I had it even if my wife didn’t.

Emily and Chloe both noticed immediately that I had shaved. Emily’s response: “Dad, you cut your fur!”

Guys, do you have some facial hair or could you be on a Gilette poster?
Ladies, do you prefer to kiss your man with a little hair on his face or freshly shaved?

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    1 Adam said:

    I have a gotee and little patch under my bottom lip. I have had it for 10 yrs. I could totally grow a beard if I wanted to I have the genetics for it.

    I feel bad for my older brother. He cant even grow sideburns.

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    2 mandy said:

    I prefer to look at a man w/ a goatee…no full on mustache or full on beard.

    But for kissing…smooth like a baby’s butt is best. Wait. Not that I like to kiss my baby’s butt…oh, never mind. You understand.

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    3 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Adam – Oh yeah, you can grow a beard? Sure, rub it in.

    @Mandy – ummm…yeah, I won’t even touch that.



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    4 nate said:

    I’ve been growing out my beard for a month or so and was going to put up a sequence of shaving on my blog per my wife’s request (probably for the same reasons as Mandy) tonight.

    With the beard you looked kind of ringo star-esque (minus his large nose).

    nates last blog post..Woman Fills Baby’s Bottle With Beer



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    5 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Nate – I looked like Ringo Star? Hey, I guess there are worse people I could look like. And having something in common with The Beatles is pretty cool. :-)



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    6 Ryan Detzel said:

    I constantly go through periods of growing and consequently shaving off beards. My wife doesn’t mind the small beards…she gets a little annoyed when it gets scraggly though.

    Check out my last good attempt:

    http://www.thisisreverb.com/2008/01/before-after-and-in-between.html

    Ryan Detzels last blog post..A mother of a mommy…



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    7 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Ryan – Dang! Now THAT’S a beard. Must have been weird after you shaved it off.



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    8 Chad Wright said:

    I’ve had a “beard” for years. Shaved it one day and discovered I still look like I’m 12. Never shaving it again.

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    9 Abbey said:

    It depends on the guy, and you definitely look better without. For another example of d.o.t.g., think back on the Jackson patch. Not many people can pull that off…=)



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    10 Adam said:

    I certainly have facial hair, and my wife likes me to keep it that way, when I shave she says I look like a kid.

    check it out here:

    http://extraordinaryonline.com/?page_id=2

    -A

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    11 Nick said:

    I can grow a beard, but because my wife hates it, I don’t.

    I have a little strip of hair on my chin…see my avatar for pictures.

    Nicks last blog post..The Government Bailout



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    12 bush said:

    hahaha…this is awesome! you definitely get an E for effort.

    hope you are well man! thanks again for the incredible support & help you gave us. we are grateful!



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    13 Lisa @ put-it-on-the-list said:

    My hubby can grow a beard in about three days. I’m not sure you want all that goes with that, though. ;-)

    He’s had a beard long enough that no one who knows him would recognize him if he shaved it off. When people see old pics of him without it, they’re all, “Who’s that?”

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    14 Janaki said:

    Personally I prefer my husband sans beard… alas the Red Sox made the playoffs, so now he’s growing his “playoff” beard in support :\

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    15 Terrace Crawford said:

    I love Chloe’s response. Funny.
    Nope, clean shaven here… although longer sideburns.

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    16 Brook said:

    I’m right there with you… I can’t seem to connect the dots either. I seldom shave though… I always managed a little scruff via bi-weekly trimming…

    Brook Sarver
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    17 Patty Lundy said:

    My husband has a goatee and I don’t mind it. A little scruff once in a while is okay too, but nothing more than that! Full on beards are too much and mustaches – well let’s just say on some guys – they just bring to mind some sleezy porn star actor!! 8-p



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    18 Brad Ruggles said:

    @Janaki – I always think guy’s excuses for growing beards are funny – playoff beards, hunting beards. My excuse always was that I would never shave on vacation so I grew a vacation beard.

    @Patty – Yeah, when I shaved my beard off I started by just shaving everything except my moustache. I totally had the whole porn-star thing going on. No way in heck I could ever sport that look.



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    19 Lynse Leanne said:

    well….my husband has a beard. i love it. it took a little getting used to because it is scratchy and hurts to kiss him. but i am used to it now. i like the beard

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    20 adam said:

    Did you watch the Office last night?

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    21 Joseph said:

    No problems growing a “commercial style” beard. I have always had that one gene that lets me grow it just enough to look like I am ready to hike but not too much that I look like Grizzly Adams.

    Wife hates it though.

    Josephs last blog post..US Government- Political Nincompoops!



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    22 tam said:

    um. i like facial hair on most men.

    for brent, its a must. otherwise he looks 13 and that makes me feel, well….naughty.

    tams last blog post..have you ever?



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    23 Reba said:

    I like the look of facial hair, but I don’t like to kiss it. :0 bleh…

    Rebas last blog post..I got a new camera lens!



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    24 CJ Mills said:

    When I was little, I tripped on the way to the bathroom and cut my chin WIDE open…as a result, growing any kind of facial hair involving my chin is not happenin….

    CJ Millss last blog post..This Makes The News?



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    25 Brent said:

    I grow a beard every year during deer season. I start when the season opens, and then do not shave until I have harvested a deer. It may sound redneck, but it my way of fooling myself that I am a mountain man, and not a suburbanite.

    Brents last blog post..Personal Retreat



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    26 Brody Harper said:

    I’m not entirely sure I have ever shaved with a razor. There’s always some sort of beard, slacker facial hair thing happening with me.

    Brody Harpers last blog post..It’s Christmas Everybody



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    27 Pete Wilson said:

    I thought the beard was sexy. I hope you’ll grow it back for our time together at Catalyst.



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    28 Jenni Catron said:

    Definitely freshly shaved… the worst is the couple day old prickly stuff – hate it!

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    29 Abs said:

    My husband has the same problem –

    He only lets it grow out when he goes camping for a week or so b/c he can’t get everything connected either –

    And I can relate to your wife – I don’t like facial hair, either… :)

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    30 Mamirosa & Co. said:

    I like my husband to have facial hair on him. Unfortunately, the military is very strict on that. It has to be closed shaved everyday… However on his days off or on vacation, he lets it grow out and I love it.

    He grows a goatee. I like it!

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