Beyond Reason: An About Face

by Rob Perez Columnist Early this summer we were in the woods, enjoying nature and the like. Hiking, swimming, exploring. And when the goal is to connect with nature, that’s an excuse to not shave. You know, because it’s grizzly. Which is why, when you’re in the woods, I think the goal is to look as much like a bear as possible. But at the end of the week, The Wife looked at my mug and said, “I want you to keep the mustache.” My answer was swift and unequivocal. No. Hard no. I’ve done this before. Twice, in fact. At The Wife’s behest. And I didn’t like it. At all. I didn’t like it aesthetically. I didn’t like it physically. I’m not sure I liked it morally. I mean, where are we in the world if a man’s face is not his own? So no. Absolutely not. There was a simple rebuttal. There was an implication that the new look might improve marital relations.

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