Interesting comments. My beard is thick and heavy, and the older I get the thicker and heavier it seems to get (so what the Hell's wrong with the hair on my head??). Shaving has, from the first day I did it, been a painful experience. I'd have to shave twice or three times a day to keep a nice smooth face like Hank gets from shaving every second or third day, and be damned if I'm going to do that. I gave up daily shaving at about 25, after doing it for a decade and hating every second of it. Since then, I've been clean shaven for a period of a few weeks, around the time my daughter was two, because she wanted to know what I look like without facial hair. Other than that, I haven't cleared off the old homestead for over 30 years.
I do not, however, grow a beard. I've never grown a beard in my life. I simply don't shave, and what happens to my face under those circumstances has nothing to do with me. I was never consulted about it, and accept no responsibility for it.
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