A Decade of Marriage and a little Shaving Grace

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Over fourteen years ago, I started dating my baby-faced husband our junior year of high school. I fell in love with him despite his rebellious rocker t-shirts and long crazy hair. When we got married four years later, his hair had been sheared a bit and he had grown out these two perfectly shaped sideburns. After carefully shaving his face and around his sideburns, on August 7th, his face was as smooth as a baby’s bottom. He looked like something out of GQ magazine. When it counted, a fabulous razor had helped him prepare for the big occasion. #SmoothSummer #CollectiveBias

Almost ten years after that day, he often receives compliments that he appears as though he hasn’t aged. Using a Gillette Fusion Proglide razor has helped him to maintain a sense of professionalism at his job, the baby-like smoothness of his jaw line and the pitter-patter of my heart even fourteen years later. A quick shop at Walmart means that he’s prepared for a fresh shave whenever he needs to be.

Here are just a few ways that his charming good looks and smooth skin have helped him when it counts in our fourteen years together.

When he finds he needs to be ready at a moment’s notice to transition into superhero action, you never know when you might need a clean shave to mirror Clark Kent.

When you train for and run in your first Marathon, you know the photo ops are endless. Make sure you are smile-ready!

A great Gillette razor helps keep skin smooth and his face looking great! Make sure you’re helping him start his morning right.

He also knows that life isn’t all about play, sometimes you also have to work! After years of marriage, he still asks my opinion on what tie goes with his button-up shirt. Choosing a tie can be a difficult task, but choosing the right razor shouldn’t be as hard. The Gillette Fusion ProGlide Flexball razor takes shaving to the next level with the swivel flexball that matches the contours of the face a breeze. He had a business meeting this morning and wanted to make sure he was putting his best face forward!

Things aren’t always a bed of roses and we sometimes encounter a thorn. One of the worst disagreements I can remember stemmed from his facial hair. I may have had to forgive him once when he let my niece “accidentally” shave off one of his precious sideburns. I can neither confirm nor deny that I cried later that day. He shaved the other one off to match. Years later, this incident is still ingrained in my memory and I find myself still having to throw a little shaving grace his way now and again.

Today, the man I married is still as handsome and clean-shaven as when I first met him. He sometimes comes home with a 9-hour scruff, but a quick shave in the morning and he’s ready to tackle a productive work day, wrestle around with our boys or meet me for dinner as a date night escape.

I love him so much that I even gave him permission to officially shave the sideburns. I think I’m finally through mourning them.