I’m Experimenting With The Bearded Lady Look
It would make life so much easier
Ever wondered why so many men grow beards after retirement? Celebrities like David Letterman and Jon Stewart, men I see around the village. Even the one who lives in the garret with me.
Clean-shaven when I met him six years ago, he now sports a full beard.
So why, I asked him, do so many men of a certain age prefer hirsute chins?
His response: “Shaving every day was a drag. One more thing I don’t have to do now.”
Exactly. But here’s another question. Why do older women develop chin whiskers and moustaches?
My response: Because life isn’t fair.
This morning, my partner gazed at me with what I thought was rapt and loving admiration. I was wrong.
“You need to do something about your chin hair,” he said.
“I just plucked the damn stuff three days ago,” I said.
“You probably need to do it every day,” he said.
This from a guy who gave up daily shaves because they were a drag. You’d think he’d have a…
