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While you guys were growing your hair out and were called names by people, hobo, mop head, frodo etc., but when it finally got to the time where your hair was long enough to actually look good; those same people want to be friends with you?! Ive noticed that since I straightened my hair girls have complimented me on how good it looks, while some guys call me gay ( i guess johnny depp is gay too). Well just thought I'd rant about that. ;)
Yeah similiar things happened to me too, I was told I "looked gay" or I "looked like a girl" on a few occasions, though curiously never by any of my Gay Friends, (and surely they'd know.)
Funny how people can change their tune though, like you I had my hair straightened (only for a couple of days) but my three best girl friends (one of which straightened my hair) all went absolutely Ga Ga over it.
Can't be doing with frying my hair everyday though even if the girls do love it. :-(
Yea im not planning on doing this after my hair gets longer Im gonna stop doing it. I dont really sweat that much and I've heard that with long hair you dont need to wash it everyday. I still take showers and stuff, I just wear a shower cap. I wash it on wednsdays and saturdays. Hopefully I can get a camera soon to take some pictures of me now and how I used to look- At my school we scan in with ID cards, and they sometimes stop me to make sure its the same person.
ID...Hmm. You'd think that after a while people that see you every day would realize that you are still the same person today the ID says you are yesterday even if you change your clothes to something other than what you wore for the picture. Or get prescription glasses, get punched in the nose, grow a moustache and all of a sudden start smoking big fat cigars.
Have you ever passed through customs and immigration on a motorcycle? You don't have to remove your crash helmet, because the professionals only compare the central part of your passport picture around your nose and eyes. Here, OTOH, we are talking about amateurs.
The only 'abuse' over my hair in 30+ months has been from my nieces. But the other day I got mistaken for one of a group of young ladies. The person who mistook me was embarassed and apologetic, but I said I didn't mind being mistaken for 'young'!!!
Barry
Hell, I relate man. The worst for me is when a store clerk says "ma'am". Shit. Long sideburns, one or two day's facial hair growth sometimes, and they still say that. My hair's about 5-6 inches long now and just barely behind the ears which helps. And as for being called "gay", yeah that's happened some too. What's really funny to me is that most male models in the magazines have long hair! You'd think people today would be used to it, eh? Thanks for letting me rant with you dude. Josh
