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ParappaTheDapper -> Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 5:14:52 PM)
I'm thinking of growing out a mustache, but I'm a little unsure about the best mustache growing paradigm! Everybody knows nothing looks dorkier than a guy whose mustache is growing out slowly because that totally brings back memories of bad teenage mustaches on guys with Aerosmith tee shirts carving Black Sabbath lyrics on their desks during detention. So I've been thinking maybe the best bet is to grow out a whole beard for a little while and then when it's respectably wooly shave off everything but the mustache part and backdoor my way in that way. Do any guys have experience growing mustaches? Did you just go all in with the mustache and grin and bear your way through the awkward phase, or did you go the beard route or what did you do? I'm not even sure if I am going to grow the mustache (I'm asking all my lady friends what they think of guys with mustaches) but if I do, I want to be clever about it!

Hillwilliam -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 5:18:53 PM)
I grew Mine when I was a college freshman. Sorry, cant help ya there as that was 32 years ago.

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 5:24:07 PM)
a lot of guys i know grow it all together, that way it looks less awkward while starting out. then they shave off the parts they dont want once it has reached the desired level of stache-tastic fullness. plus, growing it all out lets you pass through that glorious "rugged stage"

ParappaTheDapper -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 5:28:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LillyBoPeep a lot of guys i know grow it all together, that way it looks less awkward while starting out. then they shave off the parts they dont want once it has reached the desired level of stache-tastic fullness. plus, growing it all out lets you pass through that glorious "rugged stage" Yeah I think that's the direction I'm leaning. Actually ever since I saw a picture of Kanye's beard I've been thinking of growing a full beard anyway, but keeping a beard neatly groomed seems time consuming and complicated so I'm not sure! But if I go ahead and grow the whole thing out to some degree, it will always give me the option of going that direction, too. Thanks for the suggestion!

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 5:38:44 PM)
a beard might complement you, you have a not-too-narrow, not-too-wide generally ovoid face, and beards tend to go well on those. i think they're difficult to deal with until you get a routine down; my brother doesn't seem to spend too much time on his. getting a good trimmer helps, too. good luck!

LaTigresse -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 6:51:45 PM)
My great aunt would have told you, menopause. Last I knew, my exhusband, who is now.......51 I think......still cannot grow any real facial hair type thing. It's genetic. Some guys just can't and others are hairy beasts. Gad, my brother-in-law looks like an ape at the beach.

PeonForHer -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 6:55:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ParappaTheDapper So I've been thinking maybe the best bet is to grow out a whole beard for a little while and then when it's respectably wooly shave off everything but the mustache part and backdoor my way in that way. I'd take that route. You can just look 'Bohemian' for a while. I say I'd go for it - but I can't grow anything on my face that looks like anything other than dirty sand. Hopeless.

ParappaTheDapper -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 7:25:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: ORIGINAL: ParappaTheDapper So I've been thinking maybe the best bet is to grow out a whole beard for a little while and then when it's respectably wooly shave off everything but the mustache part and backdoor my way in that way. I'd take that route. You can just look 'Bohemian' for a while. I say I'd go for it - but I can't grow anything on my face that looks like anything other than dirty sand. Hopeless. Yeah, exactly. I had a pretty awesomely grizzly beard back in March but then, in a fit of exuberance, I shaved it off for spring. May as well spend the summer growing it back since post-apocalyptic fashion is totally part of the zeitgeist of the collapsing American empire anyway!

PeonForHer -> RE: Help! What is the best mustache growing strategy? (6/15/2011 7:34:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ParappaTheDapper May as well spend the summer growing it back since post-apocalyptic fashion is totally part of the zeitgeist of the collapsing American empire anyway! Excellent! Mind you don't end up with a Trotsky, though. Inadvisable during times of radical change.

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