Growing a Mo

A moustache, that it. Well, it's a lot harder than it may seem, and not physically. My facial hair has an average grow rate and if I dedice to grow a moustache, in a few days it's there. But can I decide to do so? It's a quite tough decision, let me assure you.

First things first, why a moustache? Well, it's November. Or, better said, it's Movember. And if you don't know what it is, shame on you. Just search for the term and you'll understand. A 'raise awareness about prostate cancer' movement that basically involves men letting their moustaches grow during the month of November. As my grandfather died of that, I thought to myself... why not?

And yet, a decision like this is not made easily. There were a lot of second thoughts popping in my brain, from 'what will people at work think' to 'movember is not really known around here, I will grow sick of explaining it'. As I don't really bother about what others think, I put those thoughts aside and let it grow...

... after 4 days, I shaved it off. I looked in the mirror and thought I was looking just stupid. No problem with peer pressure, noone had made any comments and one guy at work even started to let his moustache grow too! No problem with the wife either, she didn't think me hideous. I simply didn't like my face with a moustache on it.

A few days later, there it is again. And this time it will stay! It is supposed to look stupid (on me, at least). It is supposed to attract attention and to raise questions. And I really want to prove (to myself) that I can go with it until the end. Cause it really is a tough job to (convince yourself to) grow a moustache!

Don't worry, at the end of the month, I will post a picture of it...