To Goatee, or not goatee. That is the question.
 

Seems like the goatee is a popular thing these days. Some people look OK, or even better with them, and some people look worse. So, what is the consensus among the pelicans.

Keep it, shave it. Oh yeah, if you must be snarky, do it in PARF.

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keep it..

i am just about hairless..i'm jelly.

I say keep it as well.

Shave it, you'll look younger.

I think the majority of facial hair looks bad, just my $.02

What he said.

I vote shave, but I'm not a facial hair guy. I get lazy on the weekends and don't shave, but by Monday it starts to annoy me.

I find you strangely arousing.

It probably annoys the people around you too.

Doug needs a mustache to go with the T.

try adding the 'stache, maybe?
Looks good.

are you a musketeer?
are you a confederate general?
are you in prison?
are you a hipster douche doing it ironically?

if you answered yes to any of these then a goatee is for you.

Funny
Shave it -- A Laphroaig gu don't need no goat>>>
Mflo

Doesn't look bad. The gray ages you (us). Distinguished biker look in a way.

I go with the soul patch myself.

Goatee was big years ago, it's all beards now.

I'm jealous. I don't have that much hair on my entire face to even start something. :)

Much appreciated.

Unfortunately for me, the wife doesn't care for facial hair-of any kind. So it will probably go, as per our verbal agreement, in January 2013.

On the lip hair, I was going for a look like one of my man crush heroes, Alvin Plantinga. So, sans mustache.

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"Soul patch," eh. I figured those had a name. I've always just called them "the caterpillar."

You photograph well Doug. :)

AKA Flavor saver.....if ya know what I mean... :--)

Please shave. You will look far better without any facial hair.

If I cared I would shave. The wife is good until it gets too scratchy.

Varmint and I are in total agreement. A sure sign the Mayan apocalypse is for real...

Disregard all replies except those of the chickie variety.

Man, you put yourself out there on this board! Bravo to you. I do the Goatee every few years. I can't stand the mustache part of it. It really itches when it comes in. Then it starts getting pretty long and you start shaping it, (that actually takes longer then just shaving). You start thinking maybe its groomed to neatly and people think you are trying to be Prince. Then you just shave it. This runs through my head on occasion and I just jump to my last thought.

creepy panic attack time. i need to rethink my beliefs now.




goatees are currently too fashionable among people i dislike. the rest of the time they're just dumb looking.

maybe 1 guy in 100 can pull it off. if you're not the emperor of mongo it's best not to try.

fine as long as it complies with US Navy regulations

I say grow it out and wear a stovepipe hat. Lincoln is all the rage after that Spielberg film.

I'm bald, so my goatee is my only hair left!

I tend to have one during the Fall/Winter/Spring and shave it during the summer.

My e-wife wasn't a fan of facial hair, but that no loger is a consideration.

You had me at musketeer. Hehehe.

What, no pirates?


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KEEP IT!!! It looks good! I look like a muppet when I shave mine!!!
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Looks good Mike. Like I said, some people it really suits. I have an attorney friend who grew one because he needed some wisdom looking years. It does work well for him.

Cool. I appreciate the photo too, nice not to put yourself out there alone.

Instant wisdom... Hmm. I wonder if I can get a pay raise with mine?

Shave it... or not.

"just for men" hair coloring.........I have the same problem. I say keep until the spouse lays down the law.

Keep goat - must add stache

I'm not a facial hair guy anymore - although I've had 3 beards in my days.
You look striking/handsome with it - I say keep it, but keep it neat as it is now.
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Brother of the Brush. :)

I think the Mayan end of the world is starting to happen... I feel a strange (yet familiar) strong gravitational pull sideways towards the beer fridge, so I better get my answer in quickly.

Umm, I don't know but you should go to a bar or cafe and ask the sort of female that you would like the attentions of and ask her opinion.

Grow a stache and add a bit to your porkchops.

Goatees are a 90s thing - every mid aged guy who still has one looks like he hasn't gotten the memo that they are OUT. That is OOO UUU TTT. As mentioned above - full beard only. If you can't do that - shave.

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I vote for keeping it. it takes some chutzpah to rock a goatee. Btw, technically a goatee + 'stache is called a Van Dyke, which I prefer. I'm fortunate in that it is the only way my facial hair grows out. makes it easy.

We're just highly evolved ;)

Looks good on you Doug.

I like it. The no stashe is a good look. Kinda Amish hip.