What is proper balding behavior??

I thought I was prepared for this. But as it turns out, I'm freaking out a little. It's my hair. I've reached that stage of thinning (am I being too optimistic? Should I use 'balding'?) where there is a visible track between the back of my head and that smallish tuft of hair toward the front. I've still got just enough hair that if I use the right styling products, I can go with a messy look and you almost don't notice it. Like if I dim the lights above my bathroom mirror and squint, I can't notice it.

But get my head wet and HOLY CRAP! Where did all that scalp come from????


My mind was always made up that when I got here, I would go out gracefully. Not like the guys you see with a comb-over, or the new trend, grow it long and let it hang down. No.... I was going to suck it up and take it like a man.

But now I'm asking myself things like "to Rogaine or not to Rogaine?", "Plugs? Who would notice??"



*Uhg*


I'm not sure what the proper balding behavior is, but when I look at my hair I feel a rather sad emotion not unlike the one I felt when I said goodbye to my Grandma at her funeral. My wife tries to reassure me, but it's stressing me out. Which accounts, I'm sure, for the grey that is making vast territorial gains on the sides of my head. Dagnabid hair!!