Growing a Beard Is Not Hard, Get Over It
I am one of those rugged guys who can go to sleep baby faced and wake up with the mug of a lumberjack. Would you expect less from Jack of All Blogs?
Always willing to change things up, you will often find me roaming the streets with varying levels of facial hair. Sometimes a Van Dyke, other times a soul patch. I’ll even pull out the petit goatee on occasion.
Click here if you are unfamiliar with facial landscaping.
However, the look I most often rock out with is something a little thicker than 5 o’clock shadow. On several occasions I’ve been met with a query…
“Are you trying to grow a beard?”
My standard response is a silly grin and something along the lines of “bored of my face. just trying to keep it interesting.” But the reality is, I am not trying to do anything. here’s why:
1) There’s no effort involved in growing facial hair. 2) I tend to like it shorter rather than longer so I trim it. 3) I can grow a full beard in my sleep. 4) Would you ever say to someone ‘are you trying to lose weight?’
This isn’t my first post on follicle follies. You might recall that back in 2007 I called out beard growing as a sport.
http://www.jackofallblogs.com/2007/12/21/the-new-sport-beard-growing/
I am sensitive to the fact that there are men (so-called men) out there who cannot grow facial hair. It either comes in uneven, doesn’t come in at all, or, perhaps the worst scenario, grows in leaving one region completely bare. You guys have my condolences. Maybe YOU are trying to grow a beard, but I am not. I am a man. Watch me shave.
What do you think?