Yup.

It has been over 12 years.  Over 20% of my life has been spent with AU.

Mostly I don't think about it, easier to do if a guy.

My oldest child doesn't really remember me with hair (she was 2 when she helped me shave it off with the clippers.....).  And both kids say they prefer me bald and wouldn't want me to grow my hair back if I could. :-)

I still fantasize about re-growing hair every now and then, but not that often.

I pay attention…

About 9 years ago, about 1 year after moving to Atlanta, I started noticing patches of facial hair that stopped growing. I had always grown a winter beard when I lived in New England, but that was going to be a thing of the past. No problem, I thought. I can live without facial hair. Several years went by and I started noticing dime to quarter size bald spots showing up on my head. They'd show up and go away. No big deal. Now in my late 30's, I had alway had very, very thick and full head of…