7 Reasons To Date A Guy With A Beard

There's just something about a little facial hair that gets us every time: a beard that's not too bushy (as in, Gandalf status) and not too patchy (like, Michael Cera's creepy barely-there scruff), but that heavy stubble that's juuuuuust right. Sorry, clean-shaven, conventionally handsome Bradley Cooper, but we're too busy checking out your bearded buddy Zach Galifinakis. And George Clooney? Not even worth a second glance without some scruff on his cheeks. Research shows that growing a beard keeps a guy younger-looking and cancer-free. Here are just a few of the infinite reasons why being a lumberjack's lady has its perks!

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