Old Guys and the Goatee: What's up with that?

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PricklyPete

Lifer
Sep 17, 2002
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Most guys that I have seen with them are:

1) fat and want to hide their double/triple chin

2) have a weak chin and think it makes them look more masculine

3) are going bald and want to grow hair somewhere

4) are still clinging on to the look they had in the mid-90's when it was a fad
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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OP, were you trying to do a "shame the old guy" thread? You will get old yourself, most likely, and if it's a choice between bald head with goatee or bad comb over, which would you choose?

I'm 45 and do a goatee because that's what chicks seem to like on me.
 

trmiv

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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I'm 38 now and I've had one since I was like 25? I had it before I met my wife, and she's never seen me without it. I've wanted to shave it off for a few years, but she keeps convincing me not to.
 

Thebobo

Lifer
Jun 19, 2006
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Its not just that long hair and pony tails are coming back

I have always had a beard - not a fad with me..
 
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BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Ehh, had full beard since I was about 16.

Some guys have gotees some guys do not have gotees.

I think the 50 year old crowd with the gotees has gotees because many of them wanted gotees or gotees were cool years ago when they were like 18-25 years old...
 

Carson Dyle

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Jul 2, 2012
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I see plenty of 20-somethings with goatees. If it was ever 'cool' or a fad, then that era certainly isn't over. A beard is a beard ... men have been wearing them since they stood up on two legs. You'll never be either in or out of fashion wearing a beard.
 

squarecut1

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Nov 1, 2013
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I'm seeing more guys with long beards, somewhere between the Muslim and orthodox Jewish style
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Ehh, had full beard since I was about 16.

Some guys have gotees some guys do not have gotees.

I think the 50 year old crowd with the gotees has gotees because many of them wanted gotees or gotees were cool years ago when they were like 18-25 years old...

It's like the late in life tattoo, more trendy dress, etc.

People want to fight their mortality.

I have been fucked up since day one so whatever I pick is a good choice each day.
 

Zebo

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Jul 29, 2001
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Hate facial hair...dislike pretty much hair at all I've always been real clean cut #2 on sides #3 on top... same hair cut for 30 years. I'd shave it bald but my wife wont let me. Says its like a skin head. Im early 40s
 
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alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Hate facial hair...dislike pretty much hair at all I've always been real clean cut #2 on sides #3 on top... same hair cut for 30 years. I'd shave it bald but my wife wont let me. Says its like a skin head. Im early 40s

Jarhead vs Skinhead?
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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It's like the late in life tattoo, more trendy dress, etc.

People want to fight their mortality.

I have been fucked up since day one so whatever I pick is a good choice each day.

When I hit 50, I'll make sure to shave part of my beard and leave a gotee.
 

Ruptga

Lifer
Aug 3, 2006
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How to be sexy:
1. shape your beard with clippers, no guard, and pay attention to symmetry
2. shave what you just trimmed down, pay attention to lines
3. put a #1 or #2 guard on your clippers and trim what's left
4. leave it alone for a couple days, then repeat
5. post on ATOT
 

Leyawiin

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Nov 11, 2008
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A friend of mine who recently turned forty and had worn a goatee all of his adult life, recently turned up wearing just a mustache. It's a classic porn-stache.

About the only ones I notice wearing that kind of a mustache are Mexicans and Middle Easterners.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I'm far from either but saves on shampoo. I never used any. Use ivory bar soap head to toe.

Shit bro, get a poof and get some good body wash and some hair products.

You probably pull the flaky stuff like the Breakfast Club ally did.

Straight soap makes me to harsh for the women.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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About the only ones I notice wearing that kind of a mustache are Mexicans and Middle Easterners.

Actually mustaches are coming back into fad in some areas.

Don't know where you live though, maybe on an international hub type area.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I see plenty of 20-somethings with goatees. If it was ever 'cool' or a fad, then that era certainly isn't over. A beard is a beard ... men have been wearing them since they stood up on two legs. You'll never be either in or out of fashion wearing a beard.

You keep posting nonsense here.

Fashion is very niche market.

You can't show up like ZZ Top in most places and expect to score chick unless you have a backer.
 
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