On 2015-10-08 9:55 AM, sf wrote:

>> Finally, one christmas vacation, I was off work for about 10 days and
>> I told her I would grow a beard. Only then because one makes me feel
>> like an unshaven bum and all that facial hair annoyed me. I figured I
>> could avoid going out in public looking like that.
>>
>> I quit shaving on a Thursday. I was planning to go for the entire 10
>> days and see what I had. Those first 4 days drove me crazy. Monday
>> morning, I shaved it all off and was happy. The wife got really mad at
>> me for that. Screw her. It was my face.
>
> Usually it's the other way around. He's sick of shaving and wants to
> grow a beard. She doesn't want to even have to look at that thing.
>

I hate shaving, so I frequently grow a beard. Maybe I am lucky to have
fast growing whiskers. It only takes me about two weeks to grow a beard.
I keep it on for a while and then shave it off. It comes and goes so
often that friends no longer notice.