Just for Men

In the event that you think, he is going to not be happy that she blogged this, I just want to say in advance that he told me I could tell the story.


Last weekend, JWS and some of his buddies went to the races. 
Good times.
I went once with him, I can't tell you how thankful I am that he has buddies to go with.
NHRA ranks right up there with gun raffles for me.
Well, maybe not that bad.
The food is better at the races.
But anyway...
This picture comes up in a text message.
I look at it.
My first thought?
Who is this old man sending me a picture of himself?
Wait!!!!
That is none other than JWS himself.
He is posed between two girls with abundant assets in Harley shirts.
Really? 
When did he get that old?
Never mind all that cleavage that would explain the grin on this old man's face,
double take back,
he looks old!
Studying the picture, I realize that he has a hat on and he never wears hats.
The hats does not allow you to see the brown hair, only the  gray beard.
How to approach this gently.
He calls.
"Did you get the picture?"
I hem, I haw.
"How good did you look at that picture?"
He says,
"Pretty good"
Me
"Did you happen to look at the person sandwiched between the cleavage?
Because that person looks like an old man!"
So much for gentle and tactful.
"Did you ever think of dyeing that beard?"

Monday

Shawnee stops at the shop.
I show her the picture.
I see the look on her face.
I ask her what her first thought was.
She hems, she haws.
I say go ahead say what you think, you normally do.
She says her first thought was,
"Who's the old man in the picture?"
Like mother, like daughter.


Jump forward to Tuesday night.
He brings home Just for Men.
That was the day I locked myself out at work.
That was not the end of the calamity and misfortune of the day.
But in the interest of protecting the innocent and not alienating customers,
we won't go there.

JWS needs help with the process,
He can't read the directions.
They are too small.
Anyone else seeing an age issue here?

I read the directions,
I mix the potion.
He brushes it into his beard.

One of his favorite sayings is,
If a little is good, a lot is better.
I had to explain that theory does not work with hair color,
you HAVE to follow directions.

He gets the color in, I set the timer for five minutes.
He walks across the bedroom like Frankenstein,
and ever so carefully lays down on the bed,
and folds his hands over his chest like a corpse to wait.

I laugh.
He says,
"Well, Hair Dye Princess, what do you do while you are coloring your hair?"

I reply,
"Vacuum the whole house!"

He waits,
Tick, Tick, Tick.

I am not allowed to leave.
I pick up my book and read.

Ding!
I explain to him, let the shower rinse the color out, then shampoo.

I am not allowed to leave the bathroom.

He whines,
"How often do I have to do this?"
"This is a lot of work"

Really? 
You are preaching to the choir, mister!




Comments

acorn hollow said…
pretty funny that he didn't shave the beard but colored it instead.
cathy
Anonymous said…
Hahahahahahahahaha...but where are the before and after pics of JWS? you GOTTA post those....How hysterical! My DH just gives me a piercing look when I mention his greys....
Have a great day!
patti
Angela said…
As always you make me smile. Such a cute post. Thanks for sharing, but we didn't get results. How does JWS look now? 5-10 years younger? Have a great day.
oh, you have to post picutres... I love this post.. it cracked me up... Thanks for the smiles.
Sabrina
Tam said…
R U teasing us, how did it come out???
jennifer768 said…
Great chuckle to start the day! Thanks for the giggles!Before and after pics please.LOL! Have a wonderful day,Jen
TheCrankyCrow said…
So much for tact, but my very first thought also was "wouldn't it have been easier to just shave the beard off?" Oh, too, too, funny. See Mr. Crow would have just told me I was wrong - he doesn't look old and the cleavage thought he was handsome! But your post did make be thankful for one thing: that Mr. Crow doesn't know how to work the camera on his phone or send pictures from it!! :o) Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin
Oh my! Too Funny! How does he look now?
Have a wonderful weekend and Happy 4th of July!
Lesley said…
I am LOL here Cathy. That was soooo funny.
Men or so impatient. Tell JWS he looks fine, just trim now and again, he earned every one of those grays. LOL
I thought you were going to include a before and after but if he is anything like JLB here that won't happen.
Have a super 4th of July.
Les xo
Robbie said…
Way too funny of a post! I'll have to share w/my room mate!!
Kathy said…
lol this is too funny.. loving it.. any chance we get to see "the" pic and an after shot? hmmm not likely hey? wonder how long does this stuff last? thanks for the chuckle..
Kath
xo

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