He knew his days were numbered.
How did he know? Just a feeling… The evil glares from the female were becoming more frequent and somehow even more tempestuous than usual. He saw the flash of a sharp blade being placed on the counter and the unmistakable slurpy fizzle of Gillette exiting the can.
Could it be? He’d lasted over a year, longer than expected. He saw birthdays, anniversaries, made it for the backpacking trip. He posed for pictures, he shat in bathroom cups. He was tolerated.
And now it was time to go down in a display of frothy white, hairy glory. Now it’s time to say goodbye.
To be fair, he wasn’t all bad. He actually made Brian look older and more rugged, just a different version of himself. Looking back, I am surprised that I got so used to having him around that it’s a bit of a shock now that he’s gone…even though him being gone is the default state, the normal one.
We may meet again one day, Bearduardo. Don’t think I don’t know that. If you decide to come back, I’ll be ready.
Psychobabble 
That’s a handsome dude either way, but I’m with you–clean shaven.
Amen.
What macabre voyeurist cabal is this??
It’s fantabulous.
My whiskers have visibly recoiled back into my face in horror. Months of work lost.
We enjoy the blog, nonetheless.
Excellent. Sorry about the pain in your face.
Nothing wrong with a little make over!
Absolutely.
Ugh I don’t know if you had a particular hatred for Bearduardo, but I hate my fiance’s facial hair. And he has some weirdness about never wanting to shave because his dad made him do it every morning growing up. (Since he probably had a full beard by the 5th grade, I guess that’s a lot of time.) No-Shave November is the worst because then he vows to never even clean it up around the edges…but this year I figured two could play at that game and didn’t see a razor for a month myself muahaha.
Wow, you both have some issues around body hair.
At least you’ll both stay warm this winter!
That’s love right there!
Isn’t it?!
Beards look great but make kissing ungood. Like making out with an old toothbrush. Blarg.
Blarg indeed!
He looks good, but shaving takes time and is dangerous.
I laugh in the face of danger.
Nice! My Brian has always had something of a light beard…He grew out some crazy design for Halloween last year, and then had to shave it all off. It was nice for like 5 minutes…and then the stubble returned. :)
Revenge!
Very handsome!
Indeed he is!
He definitely looks better without Bearduardo! And I love the pic where you kiss him on the cheek! Adorable!
It was so soft!!!!!
So much more kissable that way. Bearduardo probably didn’t get much action.
I tolerated him. I have needs, afterall.
He was a lucky beard.
You said it!
I kind of wish he’d stopped mid shave a few times and carved weird shapes into the facial hair… I would have liked to see his take on Starburns. Rest in peace, Bearduardo.
He left a crazy mustache just to see how it looked. Then we got scared and he shaved it right off.
B thinks that Starburns would have been an awesome idea!
Maybe next time…
This could not have come at a better time. My husband finally shaved his Am-stache today (that’s my insanely clever way of describing his huge Amish beard) and I couldn’t be happier. Beards are for unattached males.
Yesss! Hooray for sexy-smooth face cheeks!
Adorable! Nothing like a fresh shaved face to kiss. ;-) What prompted the carnage?
The goal was to have a beard for a year…the year was technically up in December. We also have an engagement photo shoot coming up. Click the first link in the post to kind of explain the beginning. More or less.
Will do! :-)