Give the Gift of Manhood {#SmellcomeToManhood}

My dad is the easiest person to buy for at Christmas time. As a kid I remember walking with my mom up to 82nd street to the local drugstore. There we’d pick out my dad’s Christmas gift: Old Spice soap-on-a-rope and a bottle of Old Spice aftershave. (I’m probably really dating myself by mentioning soap-on-a-rope.)

That was my first #SmellcomeToManhood.

My husband, Joseph, is so not like my dad. Although Joseph is just as vain, he rarely irons and has been known to go months without shaving his beard. Joseph didn’t shave for the two months leading to New York Marathon. He said he needed his long hair and beard to keep him warm while running the 26 miles around New York City. But whether he’s scruffy or shaven, Joseph knows to how “Scent Responsibly” with Old Spice. doesn’t usually wear cologne or aftershaves but he often uses the Old Spice body wash, deodorant and body spray. 

Scruffy or Shaven – that’s his freshly shaved smolder – Either way, I love him.

As our little boy Norrin is slowly approaching manhood, we work to teach him about the importance of personal hygiene. Norrin is at the age where he is eager to follow in Dad’s footsteps. While Joseph is excited to pass along his manly wisdom to his son, I want nothing more than to keep Norrin a baby forever. (I am totally like the mom in the ‘Dad Song.’) But all boys grow up. In a few years Norrin will be using deodorant and Joseph will teach him how to shave. And I’ll have one more man in life who can expect Old Spice at Christmas.