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I've noticed several guys on here talking about negative comments
they've had about their long hair. At age 50 I just last year let
my hair grow really long for the first time, but I had it borderline
long for about ten years before that, and even that way, it did
draw an infrequent though steady stream of comments. Interestingly,
the comments I got about my hair stopped about five years ago,
despite the fact that my hair was getting a little longer with
each passing year.
I think I figured it out about three years after this happened:
I now have GRAY HAIR! Harassing someone about his appearance
is a man-to-boy thing, and once I got gray hair among my locks,
it was oh-so-inappropriate!
So, though it may be tough now, young guys take heart in knowing
the harassment will someday taper off.
In the past year I've let my hair grow out even more, and now
it's three times the length it was before. Not a negative comment
has been heard. :-)