By: Keyur Seta

This post is a part of #WillYouShave activity at BlogAdda in association with Gillette.

My chosen topic: Stories or instances where you missed out on an opportunity because of an ungroomed look.

I have often heard the phrase – Small things matter a lot. But I realized its true meaning only last month on November 22 when I missed out on an opportunity due to my unshaven look. I was quite stunned to see BlogAdda coming up with this activity just after my experience. A huge co-incidence indeed!

I am quite lazy when it comes to shaving. Of course, years back when I had just started, it was an interesting activity. But now it has become boring and time-consuming, so much so that, many a times, I need to play some music while I am shaving. So whenever I need to go out when I haven’t shaven for some days, I try giving myself fake assurances that my stubble isn’t visible much or I am not going to meet anyone of prominence.

My excuses for not shaving remind me of a play on Einstein titled The EQ, which I saw earlier this year. In a particular scene, Einstein refuses to dress properly. His logic – he doesn’t need to dress well for people he doesn’t know because they don’t matter. He also doesn’t need to dress well for the ones he knows since they know him well.

Anyways, luckily, I had never missed out on any opportunity or faced any issue due to my laziness to shave until November 22. It was unlike any other day.

The date happens to be my younger brother’s birthday. After we have grown up, our birthday celebrations just include cutting a cake, which would be distributed among family members. Unlike, the old era where guests would turn up and they would be served cake, Rasna orange sherbet and potato chips (this was a fixed menu in many households).

As it was going to be another almost uncelebrated birthday, I didn’t shave despite not having done since 5 or more days. But then came Kahani Mein Twist! Few guests turned up all of a sudden. So the casual family cake-cutting got transformed into formal celebration. And when there is a celebration, there has to be photos clicked.

This is where I missed out! It was a voluntary decision to not include myself in the pictures because of my look. For those who don’t know, in my Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi look, I look like a terror suspect. Or like a man from the ‘Wanted’ list inside a police station. I could imagine my brother and father saying – Mere Paas Clean Shaven Look Hai!

After reading the whole post, many of you might say- What’s the big deal on missing out? Or you might think – Khoda Pahaad Nikla Chooha! Well, as I am not a student any more, Facebook likes are the only numbers I can flaunt, on which I missed out. After all, Ek Chutki Sindoor Ki Keemat Tum Kya Jano Ramesh Babu?

So from now onwards, I will try to say Sayonara to my laziness for shaving. Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki!

As a part of the #WillYouShave contest activity, Ankit Jain had tagged me to write a blog post for it.

I would like to tag the following bloggers for the same:

Rahul Prabhakar – When The Muse Strikes

Shwetabh Mathur – Memories

Aseem Rastogi – Transition of Thoughts

Aditya Iyer – The Nameless One

Akash Bagaria – Meandering Through Twilight

Anchit Shethia – Anchit Shethia

Jigish Shah – Jigish Blaze

Shashank Tiwari – Embark With My Thoughts

Manisha Tavate – Creative Strokes

Dr. Sweety Shinde – Impractical Dreamer