Gandalf

After my partner of over 12 years decided to point out that I had a daft-looking, small patch of white beard, I made the mistake of pointing it out to a friend, whose immediate reaction was "Ha! Gandalf...!". Apparently he just wanted to be the first to call me that.

Pigment, why have you forsaken me?

This may be the best motivator yet for me to bother shaving regularly, since I have spent about a decade arguing "no, that's just stubble" in the face of beard accusations. I admit that 5-day-shadow is not traditionally called stubble, but since I have never tried (by shaping, planning or fertilising my facial hair) to have a beard, I feel I can claim to have never had a beard.

As for the photo above, that's just stubble.