{"id":11136,"date":"2014-01-26T11:44:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2014-01-26T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T17:54:27","slug":"the-changing-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=11136","title":{"rendered":"The Changing Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many years ago before I met my wonderful wife, back when I didn’t know any better. I professed that I would never own a suit. Back then I never thought I would ever need one. I had not needed one in the past and I never saw myself in a career path that would require me to wear a suit every day. <\/p>\n

Fast forward to a few years after we get married. I find myself in a position that I need a suit. My wife, a firm supporter of the “Dress for the job you want” philosophy in life, persuaded me to finally “Man Up” and get a suit, and I did. I now own three suits: a dark gray one, classic black, and a pin-striped one. And, I can tell you with the upmost certainty, I look fantastic in my suits!<\/p>\n

Now fast forward to present day. My wife has again persuaded me to do something that I told myself I would never want, need, or desire ever in my life\u2026 buy a tuxedo<\/em>. Today I get to go and get fitted for a tux for an upcoming black tie event. I spent a good deal of time last night trying to convince her that I do not need a tux, that I can just wear my black suit and get a black tie (get it, black tie event, lol) but after a few moments and several web page searches that defined black tie attire, she<\/strong> made the decision that we would buy me a tux. <\/p>\n

This morning I told her that when I’m 50 will probably be the next time I wear the tux and I will be one of those old guys that suck in his gut and are proud of the fact that they can still fit (though barely) into their old tux. <\/p>\n

I guess I need to embrace change instead of fighting it. So in order to embrace this change, I’m going to take a series of James Bond<\/em> inspired pictures when I get my tux. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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