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Men: Has the COVID-19 lockdown made you decide to grow your facial hair?

I'm sporting a beard that puts Kenny Rogers to shame.

Posted - August 3, 2020
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  • 52951
      Nope. 

      From the time I joined the Marines at age 18, in boot camp, no facial hair is authorized. After boot camp, a mustache is the only authorized facial hair.  I spent my entire young adult years as a Marine, so with the exception of my mustache, I never had other facial hair during that whole time.

      When I was a Drill Instructor, even the mustache was unauthorized, so for those two years I had to shave it off.

      After leaving active duty, I had a beard at one time or another for those first years until too much Frey began to show. I have always kept the mustache, but I haven’t sported a beard, or sideburns, or a goatee in over twenty-five years.

      I retired from my job within the past couple of months, coinciding with the onset of COVID. I maintain a clean shaven face with the exception of a well-trimmed mustache. COVID and its accompanying ramifications (all negative) have not influenced me toward changing my facial hair habits.  

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      August 3, 2020 11:33 PM MDT
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  • 16256
    I started growing it out before COVID, a particularly nasty accident at the end of January left me without the use of my right thumb for several weeks so I couldn't handle a razor properly. By the time I was capable of shaving again, my better half decided that she liked the beard. She's the one who has to wake up next to this face, so I groom it to suit her.
      August 4, 2020 2:30 AM MDT
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  • 52951

     

     Is this the first time you’ve gone with the full beard?
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      August 4, 2020 6:13 AM MDT
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  • 16256
    First time in about 20 years. Last time I grew it out, I shaved it off when the kids started calling me Jesus - I was wearing long hair at the time, too.
      August 4, 2020 12:04 PM MDT
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  • 52951

     

      The kids as in your students?
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      August 4, 2020 2:36 PM MDT
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  • 16256
    My children, aged eleven and six at the time.
      August 4, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    I love our military, especially the Marines. Thank you sir for your service. :)
      August 8, 2020 7:42 PM MDT
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  • 52951

     

      You’re welcome, and it’s great to be recognized and appreciated. 


    :)

      August 8, 2020 8:28 PM MDT
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  • 44231
    Since I retired 5 years ago, I only shave sporadically, so nothing has changed much.
      August 4, 2020 8:05 AM MDT
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  • 10469
    Never!  I don't like facial hair.
      August 4, 2020 12:47 PM MDT
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  • 52951

     

      Wait, what . . . ?



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      August 4, 2020 2:39 PM MDT
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  • 2706
    No. The COVID-19 lockdown hasn't changed anything in the way I conduct my daily life which includes shaving. :)
      August 8, 2020 7:40 PM MDT
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