[Magdalen] Facial Adornment.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

You are right.

After decades in the reserves, I wanted to grow a beard and my wife said it
was not a good idea. Too scratchy.

However, now that it's grown in, she loves it.

;=)

.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 3:23 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > I was stunned to see Manafort pal, the indicted Rick Gates, sporting
> > a beard in recent pictures.  Most women I know don't like male
> > facial hair, I can't help but feel it's because beards are one of the
> > few things women can't do as well as men, though I'm sure there
> > are plenty who disagree.
> >
> > In any case, I think it becomes Gales.  He is actually handsome
> > with the beard which, IMHO, he wasn't clean shaven.  Ditto for
> > Jimmy Kimmel and now John Stewart.  The latter is especially
> > stunning in his salt and pepper version.  David Letterman's
> > beart isn't bad, either.
> >
> > I may well be prejudiced, however, since I have a full, short cropped
> > beard which is more salt than pepper by the year.  I've had a beard
> > of some sort for about 40 years.  Gillette doesn't make much on me.
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
>
> I don’t know what kind of women you know, David, but most of the women I
> know would disagree with your statement. I myself prefer a man with *
> well-groomed* facial hair. My S/O has a full beard and mustache, neatly
> cropped. My late ex had a mustache and I told him if he ever shaved it I’d
> leave him. (I eventually did, but not for that!) What I can’t stand is the
> 3-day scruffy look, or the really bad facial hair favored by the alt-right
> and rednecks.
>