I think he stopped me, because I'm currently wearing a beard that makes me look a bit older. My wife is in Europe for 2 1/2 months as a traveling nanny for my daughter and son-in-law who are abroad doing historical research and who will be presenting papers at two conferences in Switzerland in July. My beard is my "bachelor beard" :)
Yesterday, I was running, and two older men passed me on their bikes. One of them shouted out, "Keep it up, youngster!" This morning I passed a walker, and she said, "You're awesome".
Before I grew my beard, I never received comments like these, so I like that the beard makes me look older and thus more of a "miracle runner" in the eyes of the runners who comment to me.
Here are my before and after pictures.
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I didn't know you have a "bachelor beard!" You should post a picture of you in your beard as that would definitely be a different YOU!!
ReplyDeleteI'll have a picture taken tomorrow before I go out running... My wife's uncle, who is 85, said I looked "distinguished".
ReplyDeleteOk, Bruce, the pictures are up. Do I look like a different person?
ReplyDeleteI like it, Dad! Maybe you should keep it. You do look very distinguished. It's nice to be able to look as young as you look without it, though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with tova, you do look very distinguished and maybe you should keep it. Also, I find that having a beard saves me time from shaving, which equates to about another one mile on the roads!
ReplyDeleteYou look better with the close-cropped beard. Close cropped bear and close-cropped hair.
ReplyDeleteTogether, they'll take 10 years off you.