i've had a beard for 38 years, but I keep it trimmed & it drives me nuts if when it scratches my neck so I shave from my neck to about inch from jawline

Last year it was a work bet to go 9 months without shaving for beer and 100 bucks, this years im just freely doing it because I can get away with it. I think ill cut it down come march when I start looking for a better job, till then fear the beard and cheap booze!

Beard, neatly trimmed from Dec - March. Neatly trimmed Goatee rest of the year. Same pattern for the last, oh, 8-10 years.

beard. between 3 and 4 inches long. trim it just enough to get rid of the random, extra-long hair here and there. it started off with being too lazy to get up and shave everyday, but my wife liked it so it never left. work is not a problem since i've always worked outside.

Grass don't grow on the playground.

do you really want to know? okay, you asked for it.

i'll give you an example. i had not heard of it until about 4 years ago when i worked with a couple of guys who just thought they were awesome God's gift to women. think snl night at the roxbury kind of guys.
one guy shaved his chest and shorthairs down there.
the other guy shaved chest, legs, and made creative little designs with his shorthairs down there.
creepy, i know.

Creepy? No woman or EMS crew (should something tragic happen) wants to see a thimble in a clown wig. Designs? That's just wrong.