I used to have a moustache. I know you will find this very weird. But I used to have one and I was very, very proud of it.  Somehow I always found the idea of having a moustache very manly. At the cost of sounding immodest, I must say that it looked really nice on me.

I remember I was in college when I started thinking about keeping a moustache seriously. It all started when I went to see the movie Gone with the wind with a group of friends in college. I was deeply impressed by Clark Gable who played the roguish Rhett Butler.  I really liked Gable’s look in the movie. And his moustache inspired me to sport one.

For many days, I didn’t go to college. I had no idea how my friends would react to my new look. But then my mom gave me an ultimatum. She told me that if you decide something, then just go ahead and do it irrespective of what people think about you. So I went to the college. To my surprise, my friends liked my moustache. They all complimented me. I felt really good.

I remember the time when me and my wife were dating before getting married. My wife used to tell me that the one thing that attracted her to me was my moustache. She found it very romantic.

So the moustache became my companion for many long years. Those were happy and young days.  I got married and had my kids. I remember when my son was an infant, I used to cuddle him a lot. But whenever I did that, he would cry because my moustache rubbed against his face. This used to irritate him a lot. He would cry and cry. I felt really bad.

We often look at the old photo albums. Whenever my kids look at my old photographs- they laugh so much. They find my moustache very amusing in the photographs. They keep on asking me about it in detail. I also like telling them all the stories. I feel happy.

But I must take your leave now. It’s getting too late. Take care. Bye.

The kids only saw the moustache in old photographs because the “common man” removed it years ago. He didn’t want to make his son cry when he cuddled him.