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Hey folks, how are you all doing? Great manes everywhere around here, as always, nice work! I'm still short-haired, growing a curly mop this time, but anyway... I've been trying to talk my 14 year brother into a major trim, something around 4~6 inches. He has waist length straight hair, and bad hair care habits, which rendered him a fair amount of damage, and despite looking awesome, isn't so healthy. He is stubborn as hell, and always
nags at me for my hair routine... kids =)
Any tips on how to make it easier? It would look a lot better and healthier, and destroy the argument of breakage that he often gets as a reason to cut it.
He is a true inspiration to me, as he suffered discrimination for four years from a lot of people, especially because he has a delicate face. It even came to other idiotic kids pulling it. However, he never cared, and kept his "son" (as he calls it lol) growing. Even the ladies swoon over his hair, for it's shine and silkness. He makes me very proud =)
I appreciate any help, if he permits I may post a picture. Thanks guys, and a big hug!
Apart from the fact that it must be HIS decision, just look down about 6 threads and read these two:
http://www.mlhh.org/messages/292996.html
http://www.mlhh.org/messages/293053.html
Both cover the very point. Strange that you did not see them first....
I'm happy that times have changed. When I was your brother's age, still living at home, I had no choices. Even in my picture from my senior year in high school, I looked exactly like what my dad wanted me to. His idea was that as long as I lived in his house, I would follow his rules. And, though he never said it, I guess there was an unwritten commandment that you become a conservative parent's wet dream in the way you dressed, groomed yourself, spoke, thought--the whole bit. It took me decades to get over that treatment and learn to live my own life. God helped me do it, and I sure am grateful.
Steve
If you look at that yearbook page as a whole rather than concentrating on individual faces, you see very little to distinguish male from female. It's especially tough on those with the thick rimmed glasses.
As a side note, I've had the opportunity to watch some older tv programs while visiting elderly relatives recently. If I die and go to Hell, it's going to look like the Lawrence Welk show.
As someone who has been through that that with a brother
and sister I would suggest don't bring up the subject. I started growing my hair long in 1964, got complaints from my brother
and sister and each time I got a ocmplaint from them
it spurred me on to grow my hair longer.
Ultimately it is his hair, it is up to him to decide what to do
about it. From peronal experience I have to strongly suggest
that you keep your opinions to yourself. I got lots of complaints
from my brother and sister about my hair and the final
result is I cut off all contact with them and haven't talked to them in a number of years. I don't know if your brother would
go that far but that is far I went with my brother and
sister. I'm now 57 and it's probably been more than ten
years since i've talked to my brother, several years for my
sister. i wasn't tolerating complaints about my hair from
my mom or from my brother and sister.
You may mean well for your brother but let this serve as
as warning of how it can end up.