JerseyPearl
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Wish we had a "like" button for photos!
(starting young)
Tahitian on leather
Folk's guy's wear pearls, full stop.
"Real men" as a macho term associated with soccer is pretty odd-ball.
When you have a game in which the Men trip over and cry in the hope of a penalty, leave the macho terms out, please.
Soccers a good game, but lets keep it in perspective.
I wear pearls. Now that I'm very happyly married to a beautiful woman, I don't care what "type" of man I'm perseived to be.
So all you butch-o dudes, remember to wash your pearl when you take it off.
Rusty
Your necklace looks quite "manly" to me, especially with the beard! Sorry you were on the receiving end of a rude jerk's comment.
As for manliness and emotions… when I saw my future son in law crying as my daughter sang at her senior vocal recital, I knew he was a keeper. 15 years later and now the dad of 4 kids he still is. ps I think he needs a pearl on leather for Christmas
Check out the ruckus photos. We had one guy totally rocking a Tahitian rope complete with tassel!
My hubby has been wearing strings of beads since the 1960's when I made him some "love beads" with a real, natural pearl on it from my grandfather's collection.
(The grandfather sponsored pearl dhows in the Persian Gulf right at the end of the pearl business in Bahrain from the 30's-50's, when he and my grandma lived in Bahrain as some kind of foreign consultant. I got one fairly short piece of his pearls, as my sister and I had to share my mom's 20" strand, so he was no big pearl-man, but my g-ma did get some good strands out of it, LOL, including a choker of all 7mm pearls - that one went to the "Son". I choke when I think how much it is worth and don't even know what happened to it after son and wife died........sigh...... sorry, that really is way off topic.....)
Anyway, my hubby, Reggie, has always worn necklaces after that one (which he still has). He wore one of spondylus spine trade beads at this year's ruckus. Also has a turquoise chunk necklace- almost a choker length at 18". No one has ever said mean things.
BPD, you are so attractively charismatic in that neck shot- they must have just been jealous! Your sentiment was beautiful and beautifully stated- a true SF dude!! Thanks for your post! I wish you would come to a ruckus! I think a lot of us would like to meet you! And hug you.
That necklace looks pretty manly to me. I don't get why anyone would even comment on it, except to say that they like it, which I do.
I would NEVER tell a complete stranger that they're bra didn't fit right, or that they really should look into wearing pants instead of whatever was covering their legs. Actually I wouldn't tell someone I knew well unless they asked me specifically about their outfit, and only if I was in their home and they were getting dressed and could change their clothes. And even then, I'd try to be as polite about my answer as possible.
People can be so small, and rude...to quote Michelle Obama, "when they go low, we go high."
If I were to see you on the street wearing your pearls BPDDC, I might invite you to share a cup of coffee so I could get a closer look!
Hey! Men HAVE BEEN WEARING PEARLS for Centuries!!!!
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This is King Phillip the 3rd of Spain...wearing "La Peregrina" (on the hat)
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Here's Shah Nadir of Persia...
And the list goes on...
Pearls really feel nice against the skin and the only thing I don't like when I wear them is having them near body hair...bracelets don't look nice on me, but necklaces/pendants are OK. There are options when you want to wear pearls.
We NEED to recreate some of these looks with the gents at the next Ruckus!