Robert

Bearded since: 2013. I am an experimental beard grower.

Comments:
Why did I grow my beard? I have no idea. But if I were to guess I'd say my motivation probably falls somewhere between novelty, and a romantic ideal archetype of masculinity.

How do I feel about my beard? Like many, I am very self-conscious about it. I see all the things wrong with it - too coarse, too thin, a bit spotty - and don't see much attractiveness in it, which has historically always been the reason I give up. One day I wake up with a hangover, look in the mirror, and seeing my whiskered ugliness, want to be pretty again. I'm sure my perception has a lot to do with growing up beardless in a beardless society, and seeing only the George Clooneys of society with perfect facial hair growing perfectly trimmed beards.