"You're going deaf,” Glenn’s wife told him.

This simple sentence shoved him off the middle age denial cliff and splattered his pride all over the rocks of 'Old'.

Much to his chagrin, an appointment was made for him at the ear doctor. After being threatened with no sex for the rest of his life, he grudgingly went.

The doctor was very nice when she stuffed him into a tiny room that looked like a sci-fi torture chamber.
She put headphones on him and told him to repeat back the words he heard.

The first thing he heard was a high pitched squeal that felt painful.

"Ow!"

"Sorry about that," she said over the headphones.

"No problem," Glenn said, less than sincerely.
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