Married to a Bearded Man...

The Pros & Cons.

PROS

• You & Hubby get to put up those cool Beard Gang memes and laugh about them

• Hubby looks as manly as it gets
• You have something to fiddle with and detangle when you're bored or just chilling with hubby and he enjoys the stoking feeling (*singing 'Pe mi loruko, ko fa mi ni irugbon'-translation-call my name and pull my beard. its a popular yoruba phrase for teasing)

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• You have that inner happy feeling that your unborn child will get good hair genes

• All the attention he gets from other guys (and gals), asking what secret formula he uses to have such a full 'healthy' beard (lol, i swear this really happens, we get stopped by total strangers for this)
• Its an icebreaker a.k.a topic of discussion
• I can share my hair potions with his beard.lol.

• He is already half dressed and steady looking hot with za beard (trying to look hotter than me eh *side-eye)

CONS

• There is gonna be hair EVERYWHERE!! in different curls and sizes and that equals cleaning 
• Food easily gets caught in the beard trap and hubby has to be conscious of it whenever he's eating
• He has to get regular trims and grooming to keep the beard looking great and majestic
• You gotta help him get out any ingrown hairs with a pair of tweezers, no place for bumps around the awesomeness of this beard (I enjoy doing this though)
• You don't wanna see hubby with a clean shave.  Baby Face.

• It's a chic magnet(how is that a con right?? Some even try to stroke/pull it ??!! Well he's mine ladies!eyes/hands off)

• Sometimes he gets weird looks at security checkpoints (No, he is not a terrorist 'cos he has a beard, Mr. Soldier *rme)
• We get stares in Church (the eyes try to see through us and detect if we are terrorists or have an ulterior motive)
• Random men walk up to him asking for beard secret/magic potions, grooming tips, etc. (sometimes we are not in the mood plixx! *rme)

Hope you guys enjoyed this post, hubby and I sure enjoyed it and had a good laugh with the memes.lol. I love the beard regardless of the Cons above though and we are keeping it for now. #TeamBeardGang

Toodles!XooX

HOW MUCH SHOULD A MAN EARN BEFORE GETTING MARRIED?

This was the title of the Poll being taken by The Naked Convos blog last Friday, followed by a short write-up and a range of figures to choose from.
The option i picked was  Any amount of money is okay (as this was more or less applicable in my life) and in the comment section i explained my point of view after reading comments from other readers.
This was my comment

"I agree with @toolsman, marriage is a game of compromise. A man can earn as little or as much as possible before getting married. As far as i’m concerned being ready for marriage and having stability has more to do with the mental maturity of both individuals and their will to make compromises towards a better future. How much do civil servants make and they are married with kids to support now and even back in the days and they make up a large part of the Nigerian middle class. If you marry the right partner, set priorities and you both align accordingly on the best path for growth, savings, investment and a better future, money becomes a small matter. Marriage is not about the wedding ceremony and that’s where most people miss it, we want the loud, splashy, costly bellanaija type weddings and end up paying 4it in frustration and sometimes in cash for the next few years into the marriage, not the best tone to start the foundation.

Contentment is scarce-constant comparison is now the norm, everyone is in the ‘his money is our money, my money is my money’ mentality, the men wanna be the ‘man of the house’-ego driven, YOLO lifestyles-spending all they earn now ‘cos who knows if we’ll see the rainy day if we save, vulnerabilty is now weakness, etc.Cut your coat according to your size and it’ll fit just fine till you get more material. a.k.a Have a budget and plan accordingly, work towards it, be a team and support one another and God go bless the rest. #shikena'."

You can check out the post on their blog.

Toodles!!XooX