Quote:My 36 year old brother never grew a beard until a few years back. He became best friends with a SPEC OPS guy who deploys a lot, and is friends with several others. They always grow facial hair so my brother started growing a beard every time they would deploy as a reminder to himself of where they are and their sacrifice of being away from their families. His gets scraggly even though he keeps it clean. Thankfully he recently shaved it down to a close shave even though a few buddies are deployed. I suspect his employer insisted on it even though they understood and appreciated why he grew it.

 

My husband is 45 and can't grow a full face beard to save his life. He has a nice goatee though, which I like. Once in a while he gets funky and does a Tony Stark with it.