I did something pretty radical this morning. I shaved off the beard I first grew in 1977. The last time I shaved it off was 1982, and I didn't keep it off very long at that time. My kids have never seen me without it. I have no idea what the effect will be, or whether I'll like it, but I decided to try something different.
S12 seems to like it, he says "It looks good." Not sure if he's being honest or just trying to save my feelings. Time will tell.
S18 held up his hand to cover the lower part of my face in his vision, then said "Ok, there you are..."
W said to S18 "It's a typical mid-life thing... a couple people at work said he should shave it off because of the grey, so he's trying to look younger."
There's a TV show called "MadTV", and one of the comedians has a character called "Miss Swan", who's a sort of funny little oriental woman, and in one episode she's describing someone, and says "He look-a like-a man." W says "You look-a like-a new husband." I said "Lucky you. Maybe you'll spend more time kissing this new face."
As David Copperfield said (and I'm paraphrasing, as it's been decades since I read it), whether I turn out to be the hero or the villain of this piece is yet to be seen...
