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Denninmi

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5. I never shave on the weekends.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 06:38 PM

Sep 2012

My skin needs the break from the irritation, whether it's electric or manual razor.

So it wasn't that hard to try this, I just didn't shave on Monday and let it go.

I have to admit, I look pretty scruffy now. At least it's full and even all over, not patchy/blotchy.

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Hey guys. I decided to grow a beard for the first time in my life at age 47. [View all] Denninmi Sep 2012 OP

let it roll Hoosier Sep 2012 #1

Once you get a little length grown in, clippers help ZenLefty Sep 2012 #2

I've pretty much always had a beard. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #3

I shave about once every 3 days or so. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #4

I never shave on the weekends. Denninmi Sep 2012 #5

Eh, give it a chance. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #6

No offense, but that would drive me nuts. Denninmi Sep 2012 #7

None taken. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #8

Good luck, I've been thinking of shaving mine off.... Broken_Hero Sep 2012 #9

Hey, guys, it's getting really itchy again. I thought I was past that. Denninmi Sep 2012 #10

mine lasted about a week, to ten days, nt Broken_Hero Sep 2012 #11

Well, I'm trying to ignore the itching. But I have another question -- what look once it grows in? Denninmi Sep 2012 #12

OK, you're probably going to laugh, LeftofObama Sep 2012 #13

Hey, thanks, I was just about to go take a shower and change anyway. Denninmi Sep 2012 #14

Hey, I do think that helped. Denninmi Sep 2012 #15

You're welcome. LeftofObama Sep 2012 #16

So I met my wife in April 1979 - she said "you should try a beard" - was head over heels about her, NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #17

Well, going on 32 years, it sounds like she's worth it. Denninmi Sep 2012 #18