🚀 go-pugleaf

I may be doing you a dis-service, but I remember a post *extremely* similar
to this one a few years ago,& it turned out that that person was a troll.

And, now that I just noticed the headers & see that it's x-posted, incl. to
alt.tasteless, I'm even more suspicious...

Cathy

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("The Boy in the Bubble")  Paul Simon

"Althea Thompson" <altheafirstclassfa@usmajorairline.us> wrote in message
news:cshl70hfq8t6691dkctu0pujli1fmcupn3@newsgroups...
> Hi, my name is Althea and I'm a flight attendant for a major US airline.
I'm
> 60 years old.  I've just recently finished going through menopause.  I'm
> happy the hot flashes and the mood swings are over, but it seems menopause
> has left me with a little present...a moustache and a beard.  I've tried
> everything, from plucking and shaving to bleaching and waxing.  I even
tried
> electrolysis but it hurt too much, and the hairs still came back, they
just
> took a little longer.  So I gave up on that.  The problem now is the hairs
> are growing in more rapidly and coursely as time goes by.  This is
> especially a problem when I have to go away for several days at a time, as
I
> do several times a month since I mostly work long overseas flights.  I
> wonder what passengers think when they notice their female flight
attendant
> has a beard at the end of their overnight flight to Europe.  I don't have
> time before we land to sneak away to the lavatory and shave with a razor
and
> foam, it takes too long and besides the other F/A's would wonder what I'm
> doing in there so long when I need to be out preparing the galley and
cabin
> for landing.  But if I use an electric razor they can hear the racket
> through the door and then they'll really wonder what's going in there.
They
> might think I'm pleasuring myself with some mechanical adult toy!  The
> last thing I need is a planeful of gossiping flight attendants snickering
> and whispering behind my back.  For other mature ladies out
> there, how have you handled this problem, and what works for you?
>
> Thank you,
> Althea