<Gabe puts away his spray-on hair coloring and jaguar-print speedo>
Hey! Thanks, Kim, Lost, Martha, and Russ. I never knew gray hair was so appreciated. Ladies, you've boosted my PMA! Now I don't have to live with a dye-job mistake for several weeks (or shave my head!). Thanks for the clothing pointers as well. I have the flat-front pants going, and I'm going with a smaller shirts size - good to know that I'm not a complete fashion moron. M, you mentioned different colors. W used to joke that all of my shirts were blue or white. I'm trying to mix in different colors, but thats a solid idea to check out GQ and 'Queer Eye' for fashion types. Will do!
Lost, you stayed above the belt! I'm surprised! Martha, I appreciate your honesty. In terms of women checking out the package, I always thought this was true...
Running is helping me to defy gravity back there, but guys I'll tell you (maybe women too, but not sure), doing squats with decent weight is really an important part of the equation for that.
I'm taking this adjustment of my appearance as just part of my self-improvement work. I do hope it turns W's head to some extent, but this will be more for me. I'm trying to stay positive, knowing that this is likely a very longterm sitch. This fun stuff will help.