Okay, here’s the story. Before lockdown, I needed a haircut, but I didn’t go because of catching the pox. Unnecessary risks, and all that.
So, a few weeks into lockdown, I bit the bullet and used my clippers to give myself a #4. If you’re not in the know, I believe a #4 is 4/8″, about as short as I’ve ever had it. Normally, I have the barber cut my hair to 1″, and it grows from there. I secretly always fancied going even shorter, but my wife said she wouldn’t like it.
Yesterday, she mentioned that I could do with clipping it again. Fatal mistake. As the weather is also getting a bit warmer, I went for it. Here is the result.
My head is at a funny angle, because I wanted as much of the top to be visible as I could. This is a #1 (that is 1/8″).
The verdict:
| wife | “I don’t like it, it makes you look like your dad.” Presumably she means my 70-year-old dad, not the 20-year-old version. Actually I always thought my dad was better-looking as a youngster than I ever was. “You look like an egg”, she just said. “Don’t do it again.” |
| me | It is lovely. Ladies, you know when you run your fingers through your husband’s freshly-cut hair and it feels short, soft and bristly? It’s like that. And I’m loving that I put my hand on my head, and it actually feels warm! |
This should see me through lockdown! And if I can’t do it now, when can I?
Mister Bump 
You’re blessed with a nice-shaped head. And you’re absolutely right, if you can’t experiment with hair now when can you? Looks good (and military!) My hair is getting really long and the whiteness is like a halo around my face now. I’ve been toying with the idea of shearing it off.
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My missus was the same, she has dark curly hair and normally spends hundreds getting it cut by a specialist hairdresser. But…it’s different for girls!
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Great tune!
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I have been shaving my own head weekly four about four years, since my wife told me that my comb-over wasn’t working!
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Already I’m finding bits that I missed, around my ears etc. I think if I wanted to look presentable I’d need to shave it too.. But my wife has definitely forbidden that! My hair was always pretty fine but it is uniform on my head, so up to now, I have always had a proper style rather than going bald. It feels brilliant, though, doesn’t it?
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I like it. No maintenance other than a weekly buzz cut.
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Absolutely, fill your boots my friend, who cares? there’s people dying out there, I think it looks ace, and will grow back, no harm done, but use suncream
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Almost needed some today – looking at the Pinkometer!
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I have sometimes considered going uber short on a haircut. Sometimes it was shorter than I wanted the hairdresser to go. Bu I figure now, at home noone is seeing it so no worries. I think it looks good on you.
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I’m loving how it feels.
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Now you’ve got me thinking…………………………………..!!!!!
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Be warned I have been told not to do it again 😮
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I did that once..went for the number 1 attachment and made my hair 1/8 inch all over. loved it. hated when it grew out though. for some reason it was always a bit itchy. and yes..I am a girl. lol
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I’ve got a funny feeling I’ll be tempyed to keep it short, but I’ve been told I’m not allowed! I wonder what colour it will grow back?
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1/8″ is too short for me; I like 1/4″ – been clipping my own head (shaving my neck) and trimming around my ears for years now. It’s so much easier, cooler, more economical and less fuss – it’s too bad women are ‘brainwashed’ to believe that it matters what others’ think of them.
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I used to do my own hair after I stopped going up to see clients every day, but my favourite “style” is to have the sides/back clipped, and the top cut a bit longer. That join was always difficult to get seamless. I try and live within my means with my disability benefit these days, but I figure it’s worth paying for a decent haircut every couple months.
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You did well!
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Perhaps started a fashion?
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☺☺☺
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If your head feels warm, you should take your temperature to see if you have a fever.
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But presumably my hand would also be fevered, so my head would not “feel” particularly warm to it 🤣
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Fun post to read!
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You not considered it yet?🤣
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