You've got questions, I bear answers

[greatbear]

ciddyguy asks: Do you see yourself as a "typical bear" or not and how has it influenced your life?

Without bringing up that "What Is A Bear" discussion, when I finally "discovered" beardom in the early/mid 90s, I found that I fit the simple, spare definition that existed back then. Average guy, fuzzy, unskinny, masculine. I still consider myself fitting that same description these days, though 'what is a bear' has given rise to so many other subcategories and subspecies as people pigeonhole themselves into ever narrower categories. As for my LJ handle, it actually comes from the name of a roller coaster in Hersheypark, PA, the Great Bear. It's not that I am 'great' in any way. As far as how it influenced my life, I guess it gained me quite a few new friends over the years, and a loving partner these days.


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Comments

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I don't fit the basic profile of a bear, other than I have some furriness that is now considered otterish.

Believe you me, I've never intended to bring up the "what is a bear" discussion either, just curious as to how you saw yourself. :-)

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

I donnow, I think you're pretty great ;-)

Great?

[sfmini.livejournal.com]

But I think you are "great", I really do.