A long long time ago, when I first started shaving, I just used regular soap. Later, I started using Gillette shaving gel. It would come out of the can as a greenish gel, and would foam up as you mixed it with water. I’m not sure what was in there but it burned my skin a bit, kind of like aftershave.
When I got married, my ex-wife asked me to switch to Gillette Foamy shaving cream, specifically the sensitive skin version, because she liked the scent. While taking a shower this morning, I noticed that I was still using the same shaving cream brand, even though I’ve been divorced for over 14 years. I guess if you don’t have a strong preference for a product, you get into a habit of using the same thing. The product is not really listed on the Gillette website; it’s not in the current drop-down list of products. I’m not sure what I’d use if Gillette discontinued Foamy.
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Another thing that became “normal” after marriage was buying new cars with cash. It probably coincided with getting better paying jobs that made cash purchases feasible. Previously, all the new cars in our family were financed by auto loans. We never had enough money to pay cash. My ex-wife’s family however, were better off and bought all their cars with cash. After marriage, we also started buying cars with cash. First was a 1999 Toyota 4Runner that was mostly a wedding gift. Then I bought a 2000 Hyundai Elantra, a 2004 Nissan 350Z, a 2011 Nissan Maxima, and a 2016 Tesla Model S (consecutively), all with cash.
Life with chronic diseases 