gpc

I've had mine since December, 1968 - originally because I didn't want to be confused with my students. That is no longer a problem. Now I keep it because I hate shaving. My kids and grand-kids have never seen me without it, but my wife has. However, she wasn't my wife at the time; that's the best reason of all.

foodie65

Got you by a year Bob, August 1969

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Have had mine for 30+ years now.

Don

cochese

My mustache started darkening up some 40 hears ago, it's salt and pepper now... Well mostly salt. Never been shaved. I have had beards sometimes for years. Now I just grow it out for the winter months.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

When my wife and I met, 45+ years ago, I had a mustache. Several years later, around 25 years ago, I grew a beard to go with the mustache. My wife didn't like it. On Christmas eve, actually Christmas morn, I worked midnight to 8AM, and decided to shave my beard at work, as I was shaving, I decided to remove the mustache, also. The mustache I'd had for probably close to 30 years.

When I pulled into my driveway and turned my car around, my middle son, around 15 at the time, exited the front door and did not see me until I was getting out of my car. He turned and saw me then ran into the house yelling, "Dad shaved off his mustache!" No mention of the beard, just the mustache.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

I had hair.....once upon a time.

mountain51

I had one since I had enough hair to grow one. I shaved it off for the first time after a year of marriage in my late 20's. My wife didn't say anything but wouldn't sit on the same sofa as me until I grew it back.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

I had a beard in my early 20s when I got engaged. My mother-in-law insisted I have to shave it off for the wedding. I did, about 2 months before the wedding, and she DID NOT NOTICE IT when I arrived for Easter dinner, and not even throughout the 3-hour visit; my then-fiancé had to point it out to her.

I grew it back a few years after the wedding and said I will keep it until I turn 50, at which time I will shave it off and look 40. My mother-in-law arrived at the house and asked, "Who is that man?"; then she laughed. My wife laughed. My kids had never seen me without a beard, and they laughed. My boss at work did not recognize me when I greeted him in the hallway. I paused, he walked about 6 steps past me, stopped, turned around and said, "Grow it back."

Three months later I was going on a business trip and asked the family if I should take a razor along. Everyone in the family -- including my mother-in-law -- said I should grow it back, which I did.

As a hobby photographer, I say that a good photo is always enhanced by a nice frame.