Just when Brad Pitt vows to bring back the moustache as an acceptable style in North America, I removed mine.
That too upon my manager’s advice. He said, “In North America moustache gives an impression that the man wearing it is not frank and seems to hide something from others.”
Being in customer service, in these times of economic uncertainty, I figured I could not take a chance with my moustache. To bring in some additional sales, if all that I need to lose is some facial hair, that’s OK.
But wait, I was also told that men with a moustache are disadvantaged in other ways too:
On the dating scene, men with moustache are not welcome. Women just don’t want to kiss a broom! You are warned by the ladies, “Don’t even apply if are sporting a moustache”.
So where do men with moustache in North America go to find a mate? Europe may be.
I remember one of the episodes in Frasier where the father John Mahoney (Martin Crane in the episode, who happens to be single and lonely) is persuaded by his sons to go to Paris to find a mate and get a life for himself.
You know what his immediate concern was: Does he need to grow a moustache?
While it is welcome in Europe, I wonder when it went out of fashion in North America.
Probably in the eighties? But definitely in the nineties. Since then it had become obscene to have hair in any part of body not just over the upper lip. Don’t you agree?
Anyway I heeded the advice of my manager, and removed mine hoping it will change my luck.
It wasn’t an easy decision. All along I was led to believe that moustache on a man signifies courage, gives a macho image. I have a reason for that. Historically in the military, the size of one’s moustache gives his rank in the hierarchy. Besides intellectuals (Friedrich Nietzsche comes to my mind) wore them too. Just look at William Shakespeare in this post, he sports a moustache and he even has a beard.
As I shaved off my moustache (which I so lovingly groomed), I felt as if a part of my identity has gone.
But as I told you earlier, if it brings any luck, it is worth the sacrifice.
I have to wait and see while I stay with my decision.
As the advertisement of the movie, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ goes, “Life can only be understood backward but must be lived forward”,
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