The reason why I've been crying incessantly for days...someone broke my heart.

look at the bright side. you will have to remind him less often to wipe the snot off his lip or the chilli from his chin.

maybe he can donate the shavings to benefit some mormon cancer society for chemo patients who are in need of kick-ass facial hair to boost their spirits...or....not.... personally, i'd be totally tantremming out. you should strike. if you guys weren't trying to concieve i'd say hold out on the nookie - but that would defeat the purpose of populating utah with cute little blurbo-mites.

At least your husband looked good in a beard. When mine had one, he looked like a jumberjack serial killer...

I don't blame you. It was so sexy. Does he look like a little boy now? When an old boyfriend of mine shaved off his beard, all I could think was that I was robbing the cradle all of a sudden.

I'll drink an extra shot tonight for the beard.

beard is better. go ahead and cry, cry, cry.

Be thankful you had it while you did. Those of us that date men in the corporate world -- or are incapable of growing our own -- aren't as lucky. I feel your pain and mourn the soon-to-be-forgotten little whiskers that are decorating your bathroom floor.

My husband did the same exact thing last year and didn't even warn me. He came up behind me while I was on the computer and freaked me right out. I hardly recognized him. Now he's always clean-shaven and I've actually gotten quite used to it. I know you will too. ;)

sorry about the beard, dooce. I think beards are nice as long as they keep them nice an clean, which I'm sure your husband did. Stinky beards are really yuck.

christine

p.s. Angelique...I'm pretty sure Dooce's chair is supposed to be white. It's a design thingy. and a damn good one, I must say.
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Dooce, you're lucky that your husband looks good with or without the beard. My fiance looks good with his, but I've forbidden him to shave it (hell, he's forbidden himself) because he--and I--and everyone, actually--knows that he looks not-so-great (to put it kindly) without it.

My boyfriend has a shaving ceremony every May on his birthday. It's coming up...I feel your pain. The beard is so so sexy.

Pretty, perhaps. Itchy, warm and high-maintenance? Most definitely. I'll admit it's a stretch to compare...but it's like a face-rug. Beards may be manly, but practical...quite not so.
I'm siding with The Husband on that call.

I made my husband grow facial hair 5 years ago and he did it, even though his mom hated it (and still does). And when we were getting married a couple of summers ago, he threatened to shave it off for the auspicious event and I direly warned that if I showed up and he was clean shaven, I'd high-tail it out of there so fast. So, I understand and commiserate with you Dooce.

I often go without shaving for months. I don't know, probably one of life expirements. I like the feeling I get when I hand the teller a $103 and she scans them (as if I look like a guy who prints money in his basement).
I like it though since I can do it without provocation nor shame. No parents, girlfriends or responsible kin on guard.

i meet a different kind a girl in this state though not as effectively as the afro I had a few months back.

White chairs are nice but the kinda mess up if you have sex in them.