Uncontrollable, gut busting, stencil-your-underwear-laughter, dominated the New Years Eve party I attended last night and alcohol had nothing to do with it.

When conversations shift from gourmet cheese and figs to man-scaping, you know you're in for a good time. As it turns out, women aren't the only ones with excess hair issues.

A friend, whose name we shall not mention, arrived at the party announcing that he was feeling very light. His beaming wife proudly said, "Show them honey" and he lifted his shirt, turned around and revealed a very sleek, hairless back.

The crowd went nuts. Especially because his back didn't match his front which was kind-of Burt Reynolds-like old school hairy.

"I got groomed", he said, "Manscaped, is more like it".

"You waxed?"someone asked.

"No" he said, "I got shaved. It's the second time I've done it. Drives my wife crazy--she loves it".

Cue explosive laughter. But I really lost it when one of my guy friends sitting next to me authoritatively chimed in, "That's a Number One Buzz."

For those of you with boys, who have ever taken them in the summer to get an Army-like buzz haircut, you know exactly what my friend was talking about. It's the Bruce Willis setting on the electric shaver.

The back hair confessionals continued and I noticed that my husband got very quiet. When I met him 36 years ago, he had four chest hairs, now he has eight. His back has nothing but he does have a serious unibrow which I would love to hit with a Number One Buzz.

Guys and hair...my new favorite subject.