Thread: A most humble apology...

Monroe,

Okay, I'll bite. Tell me all about the accident

Originally Posted by jhenry

and one time it was an accident.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Monroe,

Okay, I'll bite. Tell me all about the accident

It happened a year ago in early June--before I converted to a DE and later to a straight razor.

I was using the trusty MACH 3, in a hurry, got distracted and in my haste removed about a third of my mustache on one side of my upper lip. Rather than take the time to even it up--and look like Adolph in the process--I decided to remove all of it.

My wife and daughter freaked out when they first saw me. Neither of them had ever seen me without a mustache. They thought a stranger had entered the house.

Since I've shaved off the goatee, I've noticed people at work trying to act as though they're not staring at me. I can tell they are thinking - what's different about him, but no one has figured it out. It's compounded by the fact that I recently started wearing contact lenses, so my looks have changed in the past few weeks.

Greg

Originally Posted by jhenry

They thought a stranger had entered the house.

Originally Posted by LinacMan

Since I've shaved off the goatee, I've noticed people at work trying to act as though they're not staring at me. I can tell they are thinking - what's different about him, but no one has figured it out. It's compounded by the fact that I recently started wearing contact lenses, so my looks have changed in the past few weeks.

Greg

I had the same thing happen to me, both at church and and at work. They may recognize you, but are somewhat hesitant or embarrassed to ask if you shaved off your goatee.

The inevitable question is lurking in the back of their minds...Why?

Quick update. Things have been getting better on the chin shaving, but I was still getting minor razor burn fairly often from obsessively going over the "tough" spots. That is, until this morning. I'd mentioned in an earlier post that hairs grow (as we say in the South) "every which way". That is true, but on the jaw line on either side of midline most of the hairs grow not north to south as I'd presumed, but from north to south and medial (middle) to lateral. This means that my ATG was not totally ATG. This morning I realized this and adjusted to really ATG. Voila, hairs cut with no razor burn.

I keep learning something every day...

Greg,

And that is how it goes. I am still finding minor changes to make myself.

David.