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I'm not having a good week. And if one more guy says he's cutting his hair off I just may get suicidal. Or homicidal. Not sure. Maybe both.
Complimented a guy on his waiste-length hair the other day, and he says "yeah, but it's getting to be a pain. It's always in the way and getting in my face. I think I'm going to chop it all off."
UUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm hearing this entirely too much. Why????
My hair is down to my waiste also. It blinds me. It gets in the way. I just move it. No problem. Gets in the way too much? Pull it back. C'mon guys. There are too few guys out there for us girls who love long hair.
How many guys love a girl with long hair? Practically all of them. We're supposed to deal with this dangly crap hanging from our heads, why can't you?
I do it for you, please give me the same courtesy and let your hair grow.
***This has been a public service announcement for women who love long haired men. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.***
Dangly crap? Well, I never! :-)
Figures!
*grabs daggar, stabs self 10 times in the chest*
There, there... it's alwight... (comforts Sherri)
If it's any consolation, my life-long goal is to become a white-haired old man with at least waist-length hair. In fact, I plan on dying as a longhair.
Does dat help any?
*Wipes tears and snot in Nyghtfall's hair*
Thank you soooooo much....but you're taken....
*looks over shoulder, awaiting the catfight about to begin*
My wife completely agrees with you. She suggested you two get together and start an advocacy group, called Women for Long Haired Men.
hehehe
Well, MY hair just won't grow anymore, so NOW what? It got just past my shoulders and that's IT! dammit, Dammit, DAMMIT!
They say the hair is the first thing to stop getting long...
My ex's hair did the same thing. Terminal length just past the shoulder blades. I loved it as it was.
Just don't cut it!
Well, I'm not planning on ever cutting my hair short again. I'm gonna keep it at least past my shoulders for...until it all falls out when I'm old and grey ;) So hey, here's one guy you don't have to worry about going short.
Likewise, God willing, I plan on keeping my hair long until the day I die. Absalom
Okay...I'm pretty new here, so maybe my opinion doesn't mean that much to you, but I still need to say this...
And keep in mind, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here. If you are, then just ignore the rest of this post.
Your post bugs me. Really, it does.
People grow their hair out because they want to. It's a choice they make. I'm growing out my hair because I like having a ponytail. I'm not doing it for you, or anybody else. When I decide to cut it, I'll do it for me, and not anybody else.
You have long hair? Great. That's lovely. That's a choice YOU make.
The fact that you CHOOSE to wear long hair doesn't mean that everybody else does, too. If you choose to wear leg irons, you don't have the right to say, "Well, I'm wearing leg irons, so everybody else should, too". I mean, you've got the key to the irons. If you don't like the weight, just take off the stupid irons, don't waste your time insisting that everybody else go through the same irritation.
If your hair gets in the way, you find a way to solve the problem. Your solution happens to be tying it back. That's great. His solution happens to be cutting it. That's also fine. You've got no right to say keep your hair long, any more than you have a right to say cut your hair short.
Okay, I'm done ranting. Sorry!
Chill man! You are getting way too serious here. You are right of
course but this type of post doesn't deserve a kick in the teeth.
Tch. Excuse me?
Did you just call my post a "Kick In The Teeth"? No. Nonono. That was hardly a kick in the teeth. That wasn't even a love tap. If anything, my post was a gentle breeze in the general direction Sherri. A kick in the teeth would be something along the lines of "I hate you because you're stupid and wrong and disgusting and you just are, and I'm right because I'm so much smarter than you and I'm going to go shave off all my long hair right now simply because you pissed me off, you dumb jerk".
You can insert profanity and misspelling in there as you please.
That, my friend, (and I use the term lightly) would be a kick in the teeth. It would also be completely inappropriate. You'll notice that I did nothing of the sort. Why? I was attempting to be respectful.
You'll notice, if you take the time to read my post, the disclaimer that I put in, right at the very beginning. I know it's there, somebody else quoted it for your benefit. Since you apparently missed it, I'll put it in again. Read it a couple times.
"And keep in mind, I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here. If you are, then just ignore the rest of this post."
Let's ruminate on those words.
Lessee...I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here...
Okay. Like I said, I'm new here. That means I don't know the general attitudes of how people post here. You'll have to forgive me that. According to Elizabeth Regina, this is simply how Sherri talks normally. Hm. That's interesting. Not the sort of attitude I'd adopt myself, but I probably have my own little quirks which people don't get (one of which would be my intolerance of people overstating and misunderstanding what I've said. For the record, that's my disclaimer for why this post is going to be so utterly angry). If that's how Sherri always is, then that's fine. I didn't know that. Hence my post. She may not have been sarcastic, but I was HOPING that people would be able to infer that by that, I simply meant that if she didn't exactly mean the complete letter of what she said in her post, then I didn't know that and you should disreguard my post.
Okay. I'm done yelling at you. Now I'll move on to the next person on my list.
CaliWaveRider, please come to the front desk?
Okay.
Give her a break? Excuse me? She just tried to make a point about her beliefs?
Great. What am I, chopped liver?
How is what I said any different from what she said? She said, "Men shouldn't cut their long hair simply because they think it's a hassle". I said, "Men have a right to cut their hair, and you've got no right to tell them not to."
I fail to see where she didn't cross the line, and I did. What if her point that she was trying to make was, "Men should cut off their long hair because I think it looks ugly on them"? You'd probably get mad. She's got no right to say that men should cut off their hair. And I'd make the same point: Men have a right to grow their hair, and she's got no right to tell them not to.
So where's this line that I crossed? How did I cross it? As far as I can tell, you don't like my post because I disagree with Sherri, who's old here, and probably one of your friends. I'm sorry. I was under the impression this was a public forum. I'm sorry. I was under the impression that I was allowed to voice my thoughts, even if I didn't agree with what was being said. So sorry I didn't realize that the polite thing to do here is to simply shut up and bow to whoever's got seniority. If I have something to say, I guess I've got no right to say it. Oops. Sure won't make that mistake again, believe you me.
And finally...
Go buy a sense of humor? What? That makes no sense. Do you mean that her post was a joke? Why do you think I put the disclaimer up? Seriously. If you're going to complain about my post, try to say something that makes sense, instead of just banging on the keyboard with your forehead. At least everybody else said something I could responsd to, your point was just...way out there. I'm gettting a headache, trying to understand what you mean by that. Care to clarify it a bit for lesser mortals like me?
And now, my small bit of explanation. And by the way....this was a kick in the teeth.
Okay. I understand that this post was pretty angry and upset and rude and brash and coarse. That's how I feel right now. Sherri made her point. I made mine. I go through extra special effort to make sure that I'm being polite and calm and respectful. I put in the "I'm new here, so ignore me if I'm wrong" note, just to be completely sure that I haven't made any mistakes.
And what happens? You guys jump at me. What is that? Seriously? Elizabeth Regina is the only person who said, "He's new here, he doesn't know Sherri. That's why he made this post." And four people ignore her. They skate past TWO seperate statements saying "sorry if this is wrong" and then they all have the utter gall and disrespect to say, "Well, you're a jerk, so cool off and leave Sherri alone".
Wow. I am in shock. I honestly didn't think that people could truly be that...I dunno. Disrespectful and closeminded, I guess. You four all assumed that since I was the one disagreeing with whatever Sherri said, it didn't matter about the content of my post. I could have said anything, and your reactions would have been the same. You would have jumped heartily to Sherri's defense, loyally staying by her side, completely ignorant of what was going on.
It's just...I dunno. You don't really seem like the sort of people I want to be like, with so much blind loyalty and ignorance. Maybe I should cut my hair, if this is the sort of group I'm a part of.
Oh yeah...Regina? Thanks. Really. You're the only person who actually bothered to sit down and READ everything that I said. YOU'RE the sort of person I want to be in a group with.
OK I actually read your entire post. So maybe you just slapped her
instead of kicking her in the teeth.
You might have quirks of your own? How about being extremely
OVERSENSITIVE????? GET A GRIP MAN! Sheesh.
I have to agree, your sense of humor is about zero. Can't you learn
to relax and enjoy life?
Most of the people here are nice. I guess just kidding around is
more than your personality can handle. Which is sad.
I think there's a big difference between what Sherri wrote and anything that actually attacks anyone for the length of their hair (long or short).
She was saying that guys who already had long hair shouldn't cut it just because it might get in the way, and that if girls could put up with any inconvenience in having long hair then guys ought to be able to. I agree with these sentiments. She didn't say that anyone had to grow their hair, after all.
Mou...I could have sworn I posted a reply to the comment before this...Too lazy to type it up again. In a nutshell: I'm far from oversensitive, I just dislike people ignoring and misunderstanding what I say. And I understand that people here can be nice; I've seen evidence of the fact. People just chose not to be, in this case.
Okay. Finished with that. On to new and different...
Sherri never attacked anybody for the length of their hair? I know. I never said she did.
What Sherri did say (and what you agree with) is that guys with long hair shouldn't cut it just because it's a hassle, and if girls are willing to go through the aggravation, then guys should be too.
That's what Sherri said. That's what you said. I think that's wrong.
Whoever grows out their hair, it's their hair. They can do whatever they want to it. If they decide to cut their hair, it doesn't matter what reason they have. They don't need one. They can cut their hair whenever they want, and you have no right to say they shouldn't, any more than you have a right to say they should.
If a guy decides that having long hair is a big hassle, then he can find any number of solutions. One of them is cutting his hair. If that's what he chooses to do, more power to him. He's found a problem, and he's solved it. The fact that other people have found different solutions doesn't mean that he has to take one of those. It's like I said with the leg irons. If you don't like the weight of the irons, take them off. You've got the key. No reason to go around saying that everybody else has to go through the same irritation you do, simply because you like the style of the irons.
You don't like it when people tell you to cut your long hair, right? What makes it any better when they tell you to grow it out? It doesn't matter what they say, what you do with your hair is your business. They're free to give suggestions (I don't think you should cut your hair, because I think it looks really nice and there aren't very many guys with long hair), but nobody has a right to say You have to grow your hair out because I say so.
Do you honestly disagree with that?
I agree Greg that anyone should be able to do what they want with thier own hair - but on a site for men with long hair the women 'should' be able to make a joke about standing up and shouting to the men who DO grow their hair long a giant cheer for what they're doing.
It's just like getting a compliment in a jovial form and I know you weren't sure it was sarcastic or not (which I noticed by the way) but as a woman who loves men with long hair it came accross as close sentiment to my heart. It's nice to hear someone say it. Usually it's nasty comments about long haired men. An argument to cut hair in any form on this site would 'probably' get a bad reaction naturally.
Your sentiment was well meant but in the same way you felt her post was misplaced the same could be said for yours. Not fighting with you here but worth noting that replies saying guys can or should cut their hair will cause them to get a little 'short'. lol
Guys hair cutting arguments getting cut short?? Damn *bonks self on head with a piece of broccoli*
Peace babes. :D
I believe in your words, man. I think it was cool how you stood for yourself and I think it was wrong how everyone jumped on you. I don't know sherri either and I'm new here. I am however very active, posting frequent messages. I want to get to know these people, and not everyone in this group is like that. There are a lot of wise, decent, respectful people here. If you want to cut your hair you can, but I would keep it, it represents your determination. Keep the peace, man.
Ivix
You have my email adress: ivixthelegendary@hotmail.com
Dude...
(hands you a $10)
Now, go buy a sense of humor. Please.
Seriously man, give the girl a break, i think she did a great job there... she's just trying to make a point that she can't stand the fact that every long haired man is getting their hair chopped...and she loves long haired men, what's wrong with that? if you don't like the post, fine, big deal, close the window and go read the next one!
Greg is new and does not know Sherri's tone and he even prefaced his thoughts with this. Welcome Greg. As a rampant defender of respecting the decision of another I can appreciate your words and the time you took to post them, thank you.
Elizabeth
for stating your opinion. I didn't see it as a punch, kick or anything of that nature. Just a point of view...which is what this board is for.
I'm still getting sick of hearing guys say they're going to chop their hair off. hehehe
nt
omg, where can I find women like you two?
No, seriously. Where do they keep you? I woulda sworn I checked everywhere.
They only let me out on weekends. LOL
Lol!
[chants]
Go Sherri! Go Sherri! Go Sherri!
i would like to state that i, also, will not be cutting my hair ever again. according to my study of genetic patterns in my family, i believe it will stay in even in my old age, even if it's white. i hope hearing of all these people who will keep it long makes you happy and want to dance and hug everyone and smile. well, i don't know. anyway, remember that even while some men are cutting their hair, others are growing it out . . . :)
You can count on me Sherri !! - I LIKE my long hair.....will keep it as long as I'm breathing..
Don't want to sound nasty - but --- my experiences are - alot of guys are LAZY - don't want to be bother to even let it grow. I heard guys say - I want it short, wash and go - don't want to condition, dry, brush and spend any time with their hair. Even facial hair - clean shaven - don't want to spend time doing a slow shave, shave around a moustance, trim, etc... this is talks I heard and had with others.
For me - I give guys credit with long hair - and everyone must do as they wish.. for me - I like it long......
Bob
AMEN SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SING HALLEUJA!! SEND THE MESSAGE ROUND THE WORLD THE MEN MUST SHEATH THE BLADES THAT INFLICT A TERMINAL MESSAGE TO THEIR PROTEIN STRANDS OF BEAUTY. *hehe, sorry* :p
Absoulutly correct I have almost knee length hair and although a pain to take care fo I love it, why can't men deal?