I don't understand goatees

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altonb1

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<------ See Avatar. I kinda look like that in real life, including style of facial hair. Is this the style to which you were referring?
 

BoomerD

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Originally posted by: DainBramaged
It's to give their boyfriend a target.


That's kind of what they look like to me too...like a vagina on their face...some kind of gay beard...
 

z42

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Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant

Someday you'll understand ;)

Honestly I used to have one because my wife liked it... both the way it looked and the way it felt. I shaved it off when I started interviewing again but she may compel me to grow it again in the future.
 

KB

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I have one to look older, otherwise I get carded all the time for alcohol.
 

Buck Armstrong

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I have one for a simple reason: my wife likes it. In return, she does her hair the way I like it. So in the end, it translates into more sex, and therefore I have kept it for the last year or so.
 
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I thought they were cool like 5 years ago. They're so ESPN-dad it's kinda emberassing for the guys who got them.

Soul patch + mutton chops is the new goatee.
 

BW86

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I used to have a goatee, got to lazy and let it grow into a beard. :p
 

GeekDrew

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I look like my avatar. I wear a goatee or full beard because I look like I'm a toddler without any facial hair. Very, very few people have any influence on how I wear my hair / facial hair, nobody in this thread included. ;)
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant
don't hate because you can't grow one. ;)

i absolutely LOVE goatees on guys. bring 'em. :D

 
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant
don't hate because you can't grow one. ;)

i absolutely LOVE goatees on guys. bring 'em. :D

Flavour-saver. ;)

- M4H
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant
don't hate because you can't grow one. ;)

i absolutely LOVE goatees on guys. bring 'em. :D

Flavour-saver. ;)

- M4H
crumb catcher?

 

elektrolokomotive

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant
don't hate because you can't grow one. ;)

i absolutely LOVE goatees on guys. bring 'em. :D

Gimme a call sometime, darlin'
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant

Are you Asian?
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Kev
Why do people grow goatees? They are awful. Why would you want pubes surrounding your mouth? And it looks stupid, too.

/Useless rant
don't hate because you can't grow one. ;)

i absolutely LOVE goatees on guys. bring 'em. :D

Flavour-saver. ;)

- M4H
crumb catcher?

If there's crumbs in that "pie" ... well, that's just wrong. :p

- M4H
 

Cerpin Taxt

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My GF demanded that I grow mine back. She claims it's better to kiss a man with a goatee/beard than a man who has even the most minute stubble. The inevitable five o'clock shadow is too prickly for her.
 

GeekDrew

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Originally posted by: Garth
My GF demanded that I grow mine back. She claims it's better to kiss a man with a goatee/beard than a man who has even the most minute stubble. The inevitable five o'clock shadow is too prickly for her.

She's correct.
 

Babbles

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Originally posted by: Ryan
Most facial hair = :thumbsdown:

Most guys think they can pull it off - only a select few can, and the odds are that you can't.

Word.

I think that many guys who grow them - or attempt to - think they look "cool" but they really just look awful, sloppy, unkempt, and so forth on most guys. However there are cases where they do look good, but again I do think in many, if not most, cases they don't look good at all; or rather they just don't work for that particular guy.
 

Trey22

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Originally posted by: BigToque
It's alright Kev. You'll hit puberty sooner or later :p

Hahaha!

Prolly got sick of the dirt smudge look while trying to grow some.