I am hairy
Jan. 9th, 2006 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garranIn the past week, at least three people have commented that they prefer the way I look with a beard (with one even going so far as to say that it "completes my face"); this led me to imagine that there'd been a recent shift in public opinion, but thinking about it, I realize that I've had various folks compliment the beard in a fairly consistent fashion since first it grew. My persistent impression that my facial hair is somehow swimming against the common aesthetic seems to stem, mostly outdated, from A) that back before its first appearance, a number of pretty girls had mentioned that, in the abstract, they found it less attractive, and B) the fact that Rachel still prefers me without it.
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Date: 2006-01-10 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-10 07:50 am (UTC)And, thank you; I hope that the rest of the pretty girls agree!
(I made a point of coming to your wedding clean-shaven, though. By the way, Chona? Totally prefers the beard.)
-Andy H.
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Date: 2006-01-11 08:56 pm (UTC)(And yeah, I noticed that, and thought it was awesome--still not because it's better-looking, per se, but because it was so, soooo nostalgic.
(Also, Chona met you with a beard. If only there were a control variable!)
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Date: 2006-01-10 03:33 am (UTC)Buddhism did not cause the girl to die—that is not the point—
Dude
Date: 2006-01-10 03:42 am (UTC)-Garran
[cola]
Date: 2006-01-10 03:48 am (UTC)Also, I'm still at the library. In case you have any other questions.