What's A Man To Do?

What’s a man to do when his favorite tractor dealership goes out of business and his barber retires?  It puts a crimp in the way he’s always known.  We learn to depend on certain things in life and we don’t like those things to change.

The same man,Tom Schaner, has been cutting my husband’s hair for 45.years.  He has cut four generations of men in our family.  It started with my father and then my husband, our son and now our two grandsons.  

My husband claims that a man can talk to his barber about all sorts of topics.  It has to be a sort of therapy for all men, just as a hairdresser is for a woman.  Men don’t always have as many friends as women do so finding a barber they can chat with is important.  So when his barber, who has been cutting hair for about 50 years retires, what’s a man to do?

On top of that,The Power Shop, the tractor dealership in Fremont where my husband 

has bought mowers, a tractor, parts and drooled over machinery is going out of business. Because one partner has died and there are complications with John Deere, the business is closing. That is a great disappointment because my husband very seldom goes back to the town where he taught for 28 years without stopping at The Power Shop.

It can be frustrating when the little things that have been constants in a man’s life are disrupted. There will be another barber, but it won’t be the same.  John Deere tractors can be found at other dealerships, but it won’t be the same. The familiar friendly men that my husband has trusted to take care of his needs and humor his desires will be spread to the winds.   Some people just can’t be replaced.  Life is ever changing, but that doesn’t mean a man has to like it.