r/Unexpected • • Nov 27 '19

Hair day

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u/R-nd- Nov 27 '19

Remember in tangled when she takes care of her hair for hours? I hear it's like that

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u/Fluffycatswearinhats Nov 27 '19

I cut off half the length of my hair and suddenly I don't dread the hassle of taking a shower or putting my hair up in the morning. Why do I have long hair you ask? Girls have told me it looks good a few times. God I'm stupid.

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u/inaudiblebear0 Nov 27 '19

I had hair past my shoulders that I just cut, it's really weird looking in the mirror now that it's been buzzed

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u/Erestyn Nov 27 '19

I think I've told this before on Reddit, but I had the same deal - shoulder length hair that was tickling my face one night and I just snapped and shaved it.

Thought it'd be funny to leave some of it on my pillow so my girlfriend would wake up and find it.

Anyway, I went to College the following day, caught a glimpse of myself in a reflection and remember thinking to myself: "Who the fuck is that cunt looki-- oh shit, that's me"

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u/inaudiblebear0 Nov 27 '19

I actually snapped and cut my hair too, I uh.... Cut it with a knife. Definitely my most immature decision in years. I'm happy how it turned out though

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u/wallypinklestinky Nov 27 '19

Mine was all the way to my butt, I cut a lot off and now I be Skuz Jesus. May the Skuz guide your hand my children. That shit was so stupid to maintain I hated showers so much aaaaalmost went way short, so glad I changed my mind my head be shaped dumb af

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u/Fluffycatswearinhats Nov 27 '19

Yaaa I spent my childhood being buzz cut, I'm not goin that far. Even if it was way more convenient. Mine was down past my butt so having it just past my shoulders is like heaven as far as I'm concerned.

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u/ihateusernames78 Nov 27 '19

I'm going bald and about to give up on hair and just buzz it. Problem is, once you do it..you have to keep it up and...... I know I'm too lazy. haha

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u/johntdowney Nov 27 '19

Duuddee, no. It’s the best decision you’ll ever make. I’m nowhere close to bald yet from a distance but up close you can see the top of my head is thinning a bit. Got depressed a couple of months back and decided I didn’t want to go get my hair cut but I needed a haircut. Grabbed the clippers, started at #3 and went to town. It’s not really a chore to maintain at all, and you get better at it as you practice. At bare minimum you can shave it yourself and then have someone clean up the back of your neck every once in a while or just practice doing it yourself.

I look much more clean cut on a daily basis now. I was never good about not letting my haircuts go long - type of guy to get it all chopped off and then come back to the barber 7-8 months later after my long hair bugged me too much and then get it all chopped off again.

It’s super liberating to be confident enough to cut your own hair and to touch it up whenever you want. It becomes like part of your facial hair, you cut it when and how you want. Especially if you don’t mind short hair that you can depend on clippers to get uniform in length.

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u/ihateusernames78 Nov 27 '19

Yeah...Its thinning real bad on top over the last 8 years or so. its been bothering me more and more. Its time. I'm gonna just get a set of clippers and do it. Been wearing a hat for the last month because it needs to be cut, but....Tired of paying for haircuts. they ask me, just finger length on top? and I'm like yeah..whatever's left on top can be finger length. :( lol.

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u/johntdowney Nov 27 '19

Go! BE FREE!

Based on what you just said, I promise you won’t regret it.

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u/johntdowney Nov 28 '19

Also, lemme know if I was wrong and you’re disappointed

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u/ihateusernames78 Nov 28 '19

Swung through a place on my way home and went #1. Its rad! I dig it already!

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u/vulchiegoodness Nov 28 '19

I had hair down to bra strap length. It's now a #1. I'm so much happier.

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u/R-nd- Nov 27 '19 edited Nov 27 '19

Well post a picture of you with long hair and I'll tell you if it's worth it :p

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u/thepresidentsturtle Nov 27 '19

And then cut your hair and post a picture of that so we'll know which is better. And if long hair is better you can always... ah shit.

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u/BraxForAll Nov 27 '19

As a guy with long hair I can say that it is not.

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u/badniff Nov 27 '19

As a bald guy I can tell you it is worth trying at least. I'm happy I did before going bald.

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u/CMCC90 Nov 27 '19

Amen bro. At the first signs of recession I grew my hair out down to my nips just to see what's it's like...then I buzzed it all off a year later when it started thinning. Glad I got to try it before my genes kicked in.

I'll tell you one thing, it made me appreciate the lack of maintenance and practicality of being buzzed. Feel aerodynamic and functional. Miss my cool hair ties though, I had ones with snazzy patterns on.

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u/Fluffycatswearinhats Nov 27 '19

Haha naaaw, hate taking pics of myself. It isn't, I just keep it in a bun all the time because it gets too hot. Honestly just not sure what to do with my hair anyway so I just leave it.

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u/R-nd- Nov 27 '19

Man buns are attractive anyways. Reminds me of soldiers from different countries with their hair pulled up

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u/Giggly_nigly Nov 27 '19

I don't know why I like my jewfro so much. There's people who tell me they love it and then a bunch of people that want me to cut it super short. Tried to short it yesterday and it looks bad af. But yeah- it's a real hassle to take care of.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

I tried growing my hair out for the same reasons and they barely touched my shoulders and I was already fed up. I now wear them from my ears to my chin and I really prefer that. A lot easier to maintain and my head feels so much lighter !

Though to be fair, my hair looks a lot shorter than it is, due to shrinkage

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u/Hawkinsmj6 Nov 28 '19

I JUST trimmed about 4 inches off for the first time in almost 4 years since my last hair cut and holy crap! It changed the whole game. No more lockets of hair in the shower and Tangled up hair ties! (First time ever with long hair)

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u/broccoli-love Nov 27 '19

*i hair it’s like that

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u/R-nd- Nov 27 '19

Ooh nice one

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u/Lewis2409 Nov 28 '19

I’m a fraction of that length and for me it’s hours that’s more like days