I am Pyo Merez, and Gentsways exists because of my father – Dee Clement.
He was the kind of man who never raised his finger, never raised his voice, and never had to. He was respected, deeply, genuinely respected, not because he demanded it, but because everything about how he carried himself made it impossible not to.
The way he dressed. The way he spoke. The way he treated people. The way he moved through the world with intention, dignity, and a quiet authority that left a mark on everyone who encountered him.
He taught me how to live as an intentional man, not through lectures or rules, but through example. He had a way of passing his message that stuck.
It always stuck. I did not fully understand the value of what he was giving me until I was grown and could look back and see what he had built in me.
I miss him. He was the best father any child could have.
Gentsways is built in his honour.
Why This Site Exists
My father never read a men’s lifestyle blog. He did not need to. He had something better, a model of manhood passed down through genuine living, real relationships, and quiet daily integrity.
Most men today do not have that. The content aimed at men online either tells them to be harder, tells them to be softer, sells them something, or argues endlessly about what masculinity should mean.
Very little of it simply helps a man live better, with intention, with dignity, and with the kind of quiet confidence my father carried naturally.
That is the gap this site exists to fill. Not to define what a man should be, but to give men the practical knowledge, the honest guidance, and the inspiration to become the best version of themselves at every stage of life.
What Gentsways Covers
I write for men across every stage of life, from the young man just beginning to understand who he wants to become, to the older man navigating retirement, health challenges, and what it means to age with purpose and grace.
The site covers the practical things every intentional man needs: how to dress with purpose, how to groom properly, how to build and maintain fitness, how to develop a meaningful career, how to navigate relationships, romantic and otherwise, with courtesy, respect, and emotional intelligence.
And it covers the deeper things: etiquette and manners, masculinity and character, fatherhood, mental health, and what it truly means to grow old well rather than simply growing old.
A Special Focus on Older Men
Of all the men I write for, older men hold a particular place in my heart — partly because of my father, and partly because they are so underserved online.
There is no shortage of content for young men. But men in their fifties, sixties, and beyond, men who are still vital, still curious, still growing, still contributing, are largely ignored by mainstream men’s media.
Their fitness needs are different. Their fashion needs are different. Their mental health challenges, their relationship dynamics, their retirement questions- all of these deserve serious, respectful attention.
Gentsways gives them that attention. Because men do not stop mattering after fifty. If anything, that is when the most important work begins.
How I Write
I am not a certified personal trainer, a licensed therapist, or a fashion designer.
What I am is a man shaped by an extraordinary father, who thinks seriously about what it means to live well, reads widely, observes, and writes honestly.
Every article on Gentsways is written with one question in mind: would this have made my father nod?
If the answer is yes, if it is honest, practical, and genuinely useful to a man who is paying attention to his life, it belongs here.
📧 pyomerez@gentsways.com