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I saw Trolleypup's story about some rude old man riding on his bus in a thread below, and I thought it would be interesting to read some stories about people's reactions to your hair. I'm sure almost everyone has at least one.
Here's my very uninteresting one.
I've hated haircuts, so after lurking around and browsing on the subject I decided to just stop without telling anyone, except some friends a little later. My family kept telling me to go get a haircut but I refused, and it kind of shocked them. After a month of no cuts my mother just came up to me and asked me if I lost a bet with someone or if I had joined some religious cult.
As for my friends, they just said I'd look like a girl (even though I have a beard) and told me it would look dirty if I grew it out (yet it's not dirty on women for some reason).
Enough of my story though, let's see some others.
Reactions from my short haired days friends: wtf cut that crap off. New friends: It suits you well. Its quite interesting how people I don't know care how I should have my hair...I also never get called gay but rather Jesus or indio cause I live in a Mexican society. I also see women bashing men with long hair playing soccer in my presence its very ironic.
Hmmmmmmm,your short haired day friends are idiots!Sorry about that blunt response but that was a stupid thing for them to say to you.
New friends: It suits you well. Its quite interesting how people I don't know care how I should have my hair...I also never get called gay but rather Jesus or indio cause I live in a Mexican society. I also see women bashing men with long hair playing soccer in my presence its very ironic.
I like your new friends as they sound like keepers.Yea, no one ever comments to you until you try something different like longhair and they just can't help themselves.I would never approach a stranger to give a negative comment.
Mark
Hi Nick,
I think this issue has been raised before but its not a bad idea to bring it up again.What's interesting in your post is something I've never heard before.That is,if your grow your hair out it will be dirty!That has got to be the dumbest argument I've ever heard against being a longhair even though they really all are dumb.Yea,longhair on women don't get dirty but on a guy its dripping with mud!Your just going to have to let those comments go in one ear and out the other because these people aren't even worth you time arguing with.As for me my hair has been long for so long everyone has just plain given up on me:)Cheers
Mark
For me the most notable so far:
1) You look like a hippie. That's the nicest thing I've ever been told... Thanks man!
2) All you guys are always high anyways. yeah, right, f*** off.
2) Why in the hell would you want to do that to yourself? If I cut my hair it'd look crappy... kind of like yours does.
3) You need a haircut! You need to mind your own business
4) What instrument do you play? Is your band playing here? Used to play but the band kicked me out when I died.
5) You'll never amount to anything. I have family, I have friends, I pay my bills, I do my job yeah I'm a big loser.
I have short haired friends and they respect my long hair and I go to church with them. Some people are childish about long hair on men.
Birdman
oh here is my pick goatee and all
I can't remember the last time I heard any negative comments on my hair. However just about every chick that sees my hair, wet or not, wished their hair was as curly as mine, even my sisters.
I used to race my uncle when we were growing our hair out. He would grow it out until it was below his rear, then braid it, chop it, and start all over. He had a collection of hair braids in a trunk from each time he did this every 6 years or so. We were both the black sheep and didn't care what anyone else thought.
I have women say they wished they had my curls too. Funny thing is, I wish mine were less curly.
I live in a very backwoods place so ofcourse I get all kinds of shit for my hair... and now eyeliner. Most people have given up trying to get me to cut it, now its just the atleast 10 gay jokes I get for it. Plus whatever ones I get for my hair. I just have to remind people that the couple gay kids in our school have their hair cut like... yours.
Other than that, most girls love my hair and how long and soft it is, and only the redneck and preppy girls hate the eyeliner... and I hate all of them so it works out fine.
I once walked up to a coworker while I was wearing my hair down and tapped on his shoulder to get his attention. He turned around and said, "Jesus Christ!" I asked if I had startled him but he just said, "No, I thought that's who was standing there." We both got a good laugh out of that one.
Thanks for the fun thread, Nick! OK, here's my story...
About a year or so ago, my partner, Even, and myself had to hop on a local bus line that goes by our house to go a relatively short distance, but choosing the bus over walking because of not wanting to go through a rough area of town under a lot of freeway interchanges. The bus was very crowded, but Even found a seat up front; so I hung out by standing nearby. The man sitting next to Even immediately noticed Even's long hair; but apparently didn't notice mine (because mine was braided tightly to my head, the braid being out of his view down my back)...
"OMG, that is some SERIOUS long hair!", the man exclaimed, looking directly at Even, "Why in the world would anyone want to have hair that long?"
Knowing that my partner has an even sassier mouth than I do, I decided to just relax and listen in, since I knew he was totally capable to defend himself very well on his own. I don't remember Even's reply to the man; but at one point I decided to join in the conversation, simply by making sure my braid was more noticeable by "casually" flipping it forward across my shoulder so he could see it.
"OMG, there are TWO of you!!" he said in a shocked voice, "Don't you realize that the '60s are OVER, and that long hair is no longer IN STYLE??!!!"
"Oh, really?" I joined in, trying my best to mask my sarcasm.
"Well, that's why we're on this bus!", Even chimed in, "We plan on getting haircuts immediately after we get to the next bus stop, -- we certainly both want to be as cool-looking as YOU!!"
At that comment, I heard some chuckles coming from the people who were near enough to overhear the conversation. Then our bus stop came, we got off, and then both looked at each other while rolling our eyes and shaking our heads at the stupidity of the conversation...
A small example of some of the "colorful characters" that can be a part of the population in this city called San Francisco!
- Ken
I had a guy pop his head out of his car window using a megaphone to tell me that the 60's were over. It still baffles me why he thought the megaphone was necessary.
All the teasing I get about my hair is from my wife's girl friends. One admits that when she makes a comment about something random it is because she likes it, and she keeps asking me to put my hair in a pony tail, but some of the others seem to be disgusted by it.
It is funny how people think what look that others espouse is their business. What is mind boggling to me is how many people think that long hair on a guy is "dirty." Then again, where I came across that was the cesspit of the internet known as yahooanswers.