short (tripart) shameful confessions

[larryhammer]

After six weeks of growing a beard:

c) I'm still startled when I see myself in the mirror.

a) I'm still startled when I see the phrase "growing a beard" applied to myself, because of slang meanings.

b) I'm still unsure how long I'm going to keep it, partly because of the slang meanings.

---L.

Comments

[larryhammer]

I didn't used to. The growth finally, at over 40, filled in enough that a beard doesn't look scuzzy-thin on the cheeks.

---L.