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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Jan. 31st, 2013 03:05 amReason #4,597,675 that I love my boyfriend...
So a couple of months ago he decided to grow a goatee. I think it was just a spur of the moment thing. I didn't really notice until he had about two days' worth of growth and asked if he was growing something. I've never particularly been a fan of facial hair on guys. In certain cases, it can look hot, but aesthetically I prefer clean shaven. Plus, I worry about getting a rash when I kiss him. It's bad enough with stubble.
But I'm not really a stranger to Mike and facial hair. One of the first pictures I saw of him on Eharmony was with this hideous looking 70's porn 'stache; was not a fan, to put it mildly. He still had it on our first date. After awhile, I didn't really notice. I was prepared to deal with it. But by our second date, he had shaved it off. I think that was because his job was pretty strict about facial hair at the time. So I never had to deal with any full on facial hair with him, until now. But I ended up thinking that the goatee looked really nice on him. And the facial scratching wasn't too bad, so again I decided to deal with it.
A couple of times he told me that soooo many people at work were giving him compliments. I thought that was really cute. There was even some girl who told him that he must keep his goatee forever. It did kind of suit him. But around the time that I saw this picture of Eoin Macken he posted on Instagram with his face shaven, and I looked at this picture of Mike and me, I kind of had a feeling of missing Michael's regular face. But I didn't want to tell him that. I knew that if I did, Mike might take it the wrong way (not in a oversensitive way since he's not like that) and think that I was trying to hint around for him to shave, which I didn't really want, just because I know he liked it and he was getting so many compliments. But then one day, we were just hanging out on his day off and I just decided to tell him. Lo and behold, either the next day or a couple of days later, he announces he's shaving it off. I was kind of sad, but really exicted later on when he went in to shave it. I was even more excited when I saw his face. The goatee look was good, but non-goatee is just better. It took years off his face and he had this cute baby face.
I asked him what he was going to tell his co-workers about it and he teased me that he'd tell them I'd made him shave it off. And the next day I asked him about it and that's exactly what he told them, according to him anyway. Which I thought was funny. But the next day I was kind of feeling bad about it, and asked him what everyone thought, and he said everyone missed the goatee. So I said "well, I like it better this way." And he said, "Then that's the only thing that matters." So....yeah I love him. :)
Plus, a few days later he comes home from work and when I get into our room I see him putting this small bundle of flowers on my nightstand. I ask him why he bought them and he said he just wanted to do something special for me. :)
Ok, so this isn't a complete, sappy gush fest, what's everyone's take on facial hair? Like I said, I prefer clean-shaven. Even on Colin and Bradley, I don't particularly love it when they have full grown beards. A light scruff is sexy, but even then I prefer clean-shaven.
Stacey
So a couple of months ago he decided to grow a goatee. I think it was just a spur of the moment thing. I didn't really notice until he had about two days' worth of growth and asked if he was growing something. I've never particularly been a fan of facial hair on guys. In certain cases, it can look hot, but aesthetically I prefer clean shaven. Plus, I worry about getting a rash when I kiss him. It's bad enough with stubble.
But I'm not really a stranger to Mike and facial hair. One of the first pictures I saw of him on Eharmony was with this hideous looking 70's porn 'stache; was not a fan, to put it mildly. He still had it on our first date. After awhile, I didn't really notice. I was prepared to deal with it. But by our second date, he had shaved it off. I think that was because his job was pretty strict about facial hair at the time. So I never had to deal with any full on facial hair with him, until now. But I ended up thinking that the goatee looked really nice on him. And the facial scratching wasn't too bad, so again I decided to deal with it.
A couple of times he told me that soooo many people at work were giving him compliments. I thought that was really cute. There was even some girl who told him that he must keep his goatee forever. It did kind of suit him. But around the time that I saw this picture of Eoin Macken he posted on Instagram with his face shaven, and I looked at this picture of Mike and me, I kind of had a feeling of missing Michael's regular face. But I didn't want to tell him that. I knew that if I did, Mike might take it the wrong way (not in a oversensitive way since he's not like that) and think that I was trying to hint around for him to shave, which I didn't really want, just because I know he liked it and he was getting so many compliments. But then one day, we were just hanging out on his day off and I just decided to tell him. Lo and behold, either the next day or a couple of days later, he announces he's shaving it off. I was kind of sad, but really exicted later on when he went in to shave it. I was even more excited when I saw his face. The goatee look was good, but non-goatee is just better. It took years off his face and he had this cute baby face.
I asked him what he was going to tell his co-workers about it and he teased me that he'd tell them I'd made him shave it off. And the next day I asked him about it and that's exactly what he told them, according to him anyway. Which I thought was funny. But the next day I was kind of feeling bad about it, and asked him what everyone thought, and he said everyone missed the goatee. So I said "well, I like it better this way." And he said, "Then that's the only thing that matters." So....yeah I love him. :)
Plus, a few days later he comes home from work and when I get into our room I see him putting this small bundle of flowers on my nightstand. I ask him why he bought them and he said he just wanted to do something special for me. :)
Ok, so this isn't a complete, sappy gush fest, what's everyone's take on facial hair? Like I said, I prefer clean-shaven. Even on Colin and Bradley, I don't particularly love it when they have full grown beards. A light scruff is sexy, but even then I prefer clean-shaven.
Stacey
