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One of my neighbors--a man about 40 year of age--is growing out his hair for the first time in his life.
Right now he is in the WORST part of an awkward phase: his hair is
very thick and bushy.
EVERY summer, when the heat would hit, he always shaved his head.
Here we are at the end of June and the two HOTTEST months of the year (in New England)
are coming up.
WILL HE MAKE IT???!!!
I see him sweating and struggling already and I'm counting the days.
PLACE YOUR BETS! Will he cut or won't he? Yes or no?
I will let you know in September OR if he cuts it during the summer.
I'm going out on a limb: I'm betting that he won't make it even though
he appears to be quite determined to do it this time.
He won't make it, Luckskind. He has until Sept. 21st; but I bet he won't even make it past July. Most guys just don't really have it in them to commit to keeping their hair long, --- especially during the heat of summer!
If he moved to San Francisco, then maybe his hair would survive intact. It's FREEZING today (well maybe not literally: but I have all my windows closed because it's no more than 50 degrees F. outside, --- VERY foogy & overcast (typical of this time of year for us in the "air conditioned city" - lol),
- Ken
They will also come up with all kinds of excuse to not grow like "I need a change" or "I am balding" or "its damm hot". That is why its bad to grow hair to fit an image because you will cut it once the trend changes. Having long hair is a conscious decision that he is gonna have to make if he wants to keep to it. Talking about it isn't gonna do a thing. Actually long hair is easy, just stay away from barbers, much easier than losing weight (which means eating nasty healthy food, exercise when you dont got the time... and even then no sure way of actually losing pounds where you want to)
I say he makes it until August and cuts it. I wish him perseverance though.
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Splat
I'll say no, based on his past history. If he thought going from a short cut to bald was beneficial in the past, then he'll be tempted again. Also those around him are going to increase the pressure to cut by pointing out the heat of the summer as a reason.
Hoping I'm wrong,
Bruce
Well, I'm a positive kind of guy, so I am going to say yeah he'll do it.
And if he doesn't, then yeah he is a WIMP!!
I hope he does make it but NO. I think he won't make it
Here is a radical thought: why not offer him encouragement
instead of betting on whether he'll fail in his journey?
You seem a bit too convinced he will fail.
Growing your hair long is a long, tough, journey without you
ragging on the guy and starting out saying you're convinced
he will fail.
You're right, we should offer support and would offer support if we knew him or he knew of us. Any time we can be supportive in someone's journey, we should. That is if he wants the support. Sometimes growing one's hair long is a fad, not something that comes from the sole. I think that rather than betting on whether he is going to cut it, we were speculating whether he was really committed to it. But we really don't know the guy, do we?
Bruce
As positive and supportive as you seem to be here I'd never have expected something of this nature...
I do hope you're being supportive and encouraging.
I've never met Luckskind in real life; but, I can't imagine him being other than totally positive and supportive of this guy, --- if indeed the guy reaches out in a friendly manner to talk to him about growing hair at all. My impression is that there's not been a chance for much communication between them, so I just view this thread as Luckskind showing us a humorous side to himself re. a topic what we've all witnessed somewhere or other on at least SOMEbody or other...
No worries. Luckskind is still the same, fine person he's always been, --- he's just having some fun venting a little bit!
- Ken
you should encourage him to get his hair cut into a mohawk. then he can have the best of both worlds. :)
Hi Luckskind,
As much as I would love to see him make it, unfortunately, he will probably yield to the temptation to cut it if he has been doing so every year.
To increase the odds of him keeping his long hair, why not encourage him to introduce himself to us here at the MLHH. Perhaps we can encourage him to continue on his long hair journey, and survive the awkward stage. Once past this stage, perhaps he WILL continue to grow it for the long haul!
David
I say he'll make it...next year...so, I'll put my money on him then LOL
Take care and good luck to him...
Brett
Rob
Luckskind, perhaps a friendly comment in passing such as "The first year of growth is the hardest, but worth it!" would let your neighbor know you are open to hair talk should he wish it. You might advise a bandanna or headband to plaster his hair down so it doesn't trap the heat as much. Of course, he could be just growing out for a time because he lost a bet and this is his pennance, you never know. It wouldn't hurt to be neighborly and let him know he has a good source of help though.
Elizabeth