I came home the other day from an outing. During my get comfy routine, I recalled a moment earlier when a team member had pointed out something was on my face.

I went to look in the mirror. Sure enough, there was nothing to see where he had me wipe away the snack crumb. BUT, what I saw in the mirror was more disturbing. One obvious nose hair longer than acceptable in my right nostril. I immediately thought, “Why didn’t he point that out, too?”

You may ask, “John, who does that…point out long nose hairs?” I asked myself that same question, and thus this blog entry.

It’s a test. What level of friendship does it take for a friend to point out something wrong with their friend’s appearance? Does it even take a level of friendship? When it comes to nose hairs, I’m convinced it does. 

I say this because of experience. I recall two nose hair conversations in my 30s. One with a friend and his wife. She and I told him he needed to address his two growing bushes. He whined that it wasn’t comfortable. But guess what, he agreed. Why? Because two valued people were looking out for him. The other conversation was with a roommate. We had all kinds of conversations that only close friends do.

Why am I bothering with this thought? One, because it makes me chuckle. Two, I find it an interesting friend test. Who are the friends in your life that will talk about nose hair, yours or theirs? Whoever they are, keep ’em. They are few and far between and worth any uncomfortableness.

DARE: Call or text a friend to say, “Thank you for being my nose hair friend!”

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