I've grown a beard and now I'm treated differently

I've had my beard since July of this yr. Growing it is no issue, grows nice and thick so none of this bum fluff nonsense. Only issue is that it's pretty much grey so makes me look quite old, I'm 44 so yeh I am old haha.
But I've been dyeing it a dark brown colour so that it doesn't look too grey. Have had lots of people ie family and friends say it suits me. Although both my mum and missus don't like it but the missus is coming round slowly.

The way I have it grown is a number 3-4 on the sides and the hair on my chin is kept long but trimmed at the sides so looks blended in.
 
AHarvey said:
You get 3 kinds of bears:

1) the man beard. Wears normal clothes, isn't over fussed on fashionable labels and it's a proper man's beard.

2) The neat and tidy beard, normally worn by quiffy haired skinny jean wearing no socks with shoes types that are doing it to be fashionable.

3) The patchy unable to grow a proper beard beards. Normally jealous of those that can grow them.
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I'm definitely a 1, I just let it do what it wants until someone at work mentions that I look like I haven't slept in a bed for months, that's when unfortunately it has to go.

We have a mate who can barely grow hair on his face, when he does something like Movember he looks like a 12 year old. He doesn't get ripped relentlessly, much.
 
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It's interesting how many people here feel that their masculinity comes into question when they can grow a beard or not.

Must be horrible being male and so image conscious (massive fannies).
 
I stopped shaving around 2005 but I did shave once in 2006 for one special occasion. So 10 years I've had facial hair, I just let it grow wild and trim it to a grade 2 or 3 every few months.
 
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