mustache girl

Mustache Girl is a woman in her early 30's who visits her boyfriend in prison. she has a mustache. this really messes with Maniac Mike's brain. he cannot figure out why she does not do something about the 'stache. he wonders how she can look at herself in the mirror and not see that she has a mustache. 'tis a puzzlement of epoch proportions. i, too, wonder why she doesn't get rid of it. see, i have stray hairs on my face like 95% of all woman of a certain age. i have a few hairs at the corners of my upper lip. i pluck them when i can see them. easy and not very painful anymore. it is a myth that shaving will only make the hair grow back thicker and/or darker. waxing would actually soften the hair over time. if one is opposed to hair removal, one can use a bleaching cream and lighten the hair. atleast it's something. so, why doesn't Mustache Girl avail herself of these methods? and why doesn't her boyfriend (gently) say, "honey, you would be so much more kissable without the long black, prickly hairs" or, more directly, "hell, woman! kissing you is like nuzzling a pissed off porcupine!" how can he look at her and not see the mustache? (yeah, yeah, love is blind...yadda yadda).

excess hair is called hirsutism. women with PCOS or other hormonal disorders have to deal with it. we have one very fat, very gross, very mannish female library patron with a full, black, thick 5 0'clock shadow. i feel bad for her and she scares me because i have PCOS and i am petrified that i will end up looking like her. really. i have cried over this!

but Mustache girl is not fat or gross or mannish. she could be nice looking without the facial hair. oh. she also uses some kind of hair product that makes her otherwise beautiful long hair look wet and greasy. atleast, i think she uses a product.

we all look in the mirror and see some kind of flaw. if it's a small thing and fixable, wouldn't you want to fix it?