Sam

Bearded since: 2007. I am a dedicated, permanent beard grower.

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I grow my beard as a sign of masculinity, freedom, and gender assertion.

How do I feel about my beard? I feel strongly about my own beard. I was self-conscious about small gaps in the sides (cheek area) of my beard since age eighteen. I have learned at age twenty-two, if you let the beard grow, it will fill in a majority of those gaps.

My beard is liberating. As a recently divorced man, it has proven slightly unfriendly to the dating scene...however, I feel that it will prove quite effective at the right moment and time in the near future as I identify myself with the beard! I am a man. I am natural. I am confident. I am human.