Some years ago, cut off my pony tail and donated it to Locks of Love. Then I had my head shaved. I asked Spouse if I should also shave off my beard and mustache, and she said, “No! You’d look like an egg!”
Years ago, I had a mustache but I worked and attended meetings with guys and almost all of them smoked, I was a non- smoker. My mustache frequently reeked so I shaved it off.
Both my father and my husband have had mustaches as long as I have known them. Hubby has grown a beard, but he is part Cherokee, so the beard is SO scrawny. I’ve suggested several times that he shave it off, but all I get is funny looks.
I knew someone that had a beard for most of his adult life. He decided one day that he’d shave it off. He hadn’t thought it through fully as his face was tanned, but his beard line wasn’t. It looked so funny. Fortunately he grew it back quite quickly.
I’ve had a beard/mustache for over 50 years. I shaved it off once just to show my wife what I looked like without it. She told me it felt like she was having an affair. I grew it back – immediately.
I had a mustache when my wife and we met and started dating. She made a comment “I wonder how you would look without the mustache?”. I offered to shave it and she said “after the wedding”. So…. the next morning (after the wedding), I shaved it off while she was still in bed. She came in as I was washing off the shaving cream and started yelling at me. Apparently I wasn’t supposed to ACTUALLY shave it off. I might have shaved it off only 2 other times in the last 30 years and that was only for one shaving.
My partner shaved his beard/stash off when he was out of town visiting his mother. Almost didn’t unlock the driveway gate. Only thing that let him in was I recognized his dog.
I had a mustache for 30 years because my wife wouldn’t let me get rid of it. I finally shaved it when we learned to scuba dive so my mask wouldn’t leak.
I don’t critique my spouse’s facial hair. In return, he doesn’t comment about how he prefers my hair long. Every couple has to find what works for them.
As a certifiable geezer, I am always amazed and flattered that so many attractive young women love my handlebar mustache. Fifty years ago, it might have led to a closer relationship. Now it is just a bit of momentary joy as I plod on toward senility.
funny…a friend of mine was shaving one day and got to day dreaming. next thing you know, half his moustache was gone! so he shaved the rest off and started all over from scratch!!
My Father-in-Law was a Training Instructor in the Air Force. One day, he was instructing his troops on the importance of being aware of what they were doing, at all times. Apparently, that night, he didn’t sleep well, and when shaving, the next morning, accidentally shaved off half his mustache, but wasn’t aware of it, until one of the Airmen pointed it out.As sharp-witted has he was, he said he did it as an example, to see if anyone was paying attention.
finzleftright 18 days ago
Forty nine years ago a female friend told me I needed a mustache to look older. It’s probably no longer necessary, but I haven’t shaved it since!
XF8U-3 18 days ago
What is Nelson going to say?
sirbadger 18 days ago
What is Roscoe going to think?
hariseldon59 18 days ago
I thought this looked like a repeat. Panel says copyright 2002.
Ratkin 18 days ago
She was a bare-faced liar.
californiamonty 18 days ago
Years? I seem to recall a relatively recent arc not that long ago where Earl shaved off his mustache on purpose.
drogers30 18 days ago
I have had a mustache since college but I shaved my off once and my wife made me grow it back and said she wouldn’t kiss a naked lip.
Walter Kocker Premium Member 18 days ago
I grew a beard in 1976 because I had no chin.
I shaved it off in 1981 and I had two no chins.
I grew it back and have it still . . .
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 18 days ago
Thumbhead! Thumbhead in the way he moves…
Uncle Kenny 18 days ago
Some years ago, cut off my pony tail and donated it to Locks of Love. Then I had my head shaved. I asked Spouse if I should also shave off my beard and mustache, and she said, “No! You’d look like an egg!”
Zykoic 18 days ago
When I shaved my beard off, my son’s dog came around the corner and stopped. He stared and stared. Then he sniffed and was wagging his tail.
Mikey Jay 18 days ago
One afternoon I went to a barber out of town. I had entered the shop with two eye brows. When I left I had one and a half!
jessebob42 18 days ago
You look younger when you smile. And you just might (mentally) feel younger as well. I do.
iggyman 18 days ago
Good one Opal!
PraiseofFolly 18 days ago
So now how is he going to ‘dust cookies’.
dlkrueger33 18 days ago
He looks YOUNGER.
markkahler52 18 days ago
There ya go! It’s a repeat, but many of us have never seen this. Please, NO SPOILERS!!
basspro 18 days ago
Opal is a beach.
zeexenon 18 days ago
Simple solution … trim his old hairpiece to fit and dye it grey.
juicebruce 18 days ago
What about the spider that made Opal scream ?
bjpenning 18 days ago
Now 70, I had a mustache since high school. Just once, I shaved it off in my fifties and my own mother didn’t recognized me.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member 18 days ago
It’ll grow back, vuys!
[Traveler] Premium Member 18 days ago
Years ago, I had a mustache but I worked and attended meetings with guys and almost all of them smoked, I was a non- smoker. My mustache frequently reeked so I shaved it off.
Dani Rice 18 days ago
Both my father and my husband have had mustaches as long as I have known them. Hubby has grown a beard, but he is part Cherokee, so the beard is SO scrawny. I’ve suggested several times that he shave it off, but all I get is funny looks.
MRC112 18 days ago
I knew someone that had a beard for most of his adult life. He decided one day that he’d shave it off. He hadn’t thought it through fully as his face was tanned, but his beard line wasn’t. It looked so funny. Fortunately he grew it back quite quickly.
w16521 18 days ago
I cannot imagine being married to such a mean wife.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member 18 days ago
I’ve had a beard/mustache for over 50 years. I shaved it off once just to show my wife what I looked like without it. She told me it felt like she was having an affair. I grew it back – immediately.
Nicki's ZoMcYo 18 days ago
I find that most men look nicer with some facial hair. There are, however, a select few that do best with a clean shave. Never know til you see both!
kaycstamper 18 days ago
Not nice, Opal!
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction 18 days ago
“….and THAT’S through the eyes of love.”
FireAnt_Hater 18 days ago
She should like his look, since he looks like a bald version of her…
ANIMAL 18 days ago
I stand corrected…. (actually, I’m sitting down)
eced52 18 days ago
Does that mean we match?
rodney 18 days ago
I had a mustache when my wife and we met and started dating. She made a comment “I wonder how you would look without the mustache?”. I offered to shave it and she said “after the wedding”. So…. the next morning (after the wedding), I shaved it off while she was still in bed. She came in as I was washing off the shaving cream and started yelling at me. Apparently I wasn’t supposed to ACTUALLY shave it off. I might have shaved it off only 2 other times in the last 30 years and that was only for one shaving.
ladykat 18 days ago
Earl needs his moustache back.
assrdood 18 days ago
I haven’t seen my upper lip since the Carter administration.
tremaine53 18 days ago
Whereas Opal looks like a used Q-Tip.
Doug K 18 days ago
Don’t always go with (or even express) your immediate feelings.
Sometimes it takes time to get used to change.
bobbyferrel 18 days ago
Great thing about comix is that he can have the ’stach back tomorrow.
ragsarooni Premium Member 18 days ago
Wonder what these two ever saw in each other way back when?
mousefumanchu Premium Member 18 days ago
My partner shaved his beard/stash off when he was out of town visiting his mother. Almost didn’t unlock the driveway gate. Only thing that let him in was I recognized his dog.
IndyW 18 days ago
Which you married, “Dorkess”. sheesh Opal!
rjarchuleta 18 days ago
That’s hilarious! Whenever I shave off my facial hair my family doesn’t want to come near me.
davidlwashburn 18 days ago
I had a mustache for 30 years because my wife wouldn’t let me get rid of it. I finally shaved it when we learned to scuba dive so my mask wouldn’t leak.
elgrecousa Premium Member 18 days ago
She was the reason this whole mustache thing happened and now she doesn’t like it. Face it, the old man will never get a break.
jns5542 18 days ago
I was once asked to shave mine, so I did. She didn’t like the look so I grew it back
JudithStocker Premium Member 18 days ago
Tom Selleck did the same thing years before he was Thomas Magnum, and he still gives me a thrill with his on! I love mustaches.
hooglah 18 days ago
Why cultivate on your face what grows wild on your a $$?
dpatrickryan Premium Member 18 days ago
At least he’s got the fringe. I’ve got nothing, and I always say I look like a thumb with ears.
ChazNCenTex 18 days ago
I grew a mustache to make me look younger, because I have skimpy facial hair.
rasputin's horoscope 18 days ago
I don’t critique my spouse’s facial hair. In return, he doesn’t comment about how he prefers my hair long. Every couple has to find what works for them.
razzledazzle295 18 days ago
I didn’t even recognize him at first. Makes him look younger.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 18 days ago
Earl she yanked your chain….again!
daleandkristen 18 days ago
Without the facial hair he resembles actor Wallace Shawn. Both have weak chins.
Teto85 Premium Member 18 days ago
He looks like an older Adam from Adam@Home.
Walter Kocker Premium Member 18 days ago
Dave Barry says black men can carry off the shaved-head look.
White men just look like thumbs.
McPurc 18 days ago
Would he ever divorce her? He could do so much better.
Another Take 18 days ago
He looks like Paul Giamatti on Billions after he shaved his goatee for some reason.
Billy Yank 18 days ago
As a certifiable geezer, I am always amazed and flattered that so many attractive young women love my handlebar mustache. Fifty years ago, it might have led to a closer relationship. Now it is just a bit of momentary joy as I plod on toward senility.
win.45mag 18 days ago
A big thumb with a big wart
wildlandwaters 18 days ago
funny…a friend of mine was shaving one day and got to day dreaming. next thing you know, half his moustache was gone! so he shaved the rest off and started all over from scratch!!
tinstar 17 days ago
My Father-in-Law was a Training Instructor in the Air Force. One day, he was instructing his troops on the importance of being aware of what they were doing, at all times. Apparently, that night, he didn’t sleep well, and when shaving, the next morning, accidentally shaved off half his mustache, but wasn’t aware of it, until one of the Airmen pointed it out.As sharp-witted has he was, he said he did it as an example, to see if anyone was paying attention.
cafed00d Premium Member 17 days ago
Friend at work got a rash and had to shave his beard. Turns out he had no chin.
PAR85 17 days ago
Last time I shaved with no mustache was 22 May 1985.