I am with you. I love getting the razor, but have never had a full facial shave...I will, though!
(one of the "Why men die young" pictures...:)
Posted on 10/17/2013 1:52:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Last week I was at my hair salon, and as I was settling into the chair, Misty, my longtime hairstylist, was shaking her head as she finished sending a text. "I have a client coming in after you, and that was his wife telling me what to do to his hair," she told me. "It really puts me in an awkward position."
Wait, women do this? According to Misty, yes. "The worst is when they come in and hover and give me direction," she said.
Excuse me, what? I'm assuming if you're old enough to have a wife, you're a grown-up man. Although maybe this is a normal thing. After all, a few years ago Tom Brady hinted that the reason he kept his hair long was because his wife, Gisele, made him do it. (I give that couple a pass just on general principle. Plus, she played it down later.)
While the whole concept of art directing my guy's haircut seemed a little over-the-top to me at first (and not only because—full disclosure—my hub shaves his head in the tub every other week because there's not much left at this point), I softened my stance a bit after I thought about it.
A lot of guys just can't be bothered about things like hairstyles or clean clothes (amirite?), and they definitely appreciate a woman's feedback. I mean, you want your man to like your hair too, right? I think what I have the problem with is this concept of women acting like pageant moms, and the guys going along with it.
I will, however, offer a concession. If your guy ever takes it into his own hands to do this, a la Jake Gyllenhaal a few days ago, you march his butt right down to the salon.
you sound like a wise guy
The fellows got the best of him, as well - thanks !
Definitely not.
I am with you. I love getting the razor, but have never had a full facial shave...I will, though!
(one of the "Why men die young" pictures...:)
Well nothing wrong with going to a beauty parlor to meet beauties... but really, he ought to have considered picking up part of the tab. Consider it date scouting or something.
Mrs. 40 respects my wishes and keeps her hair long. In return, I allow her to have a say in what happens on my head. Now if I could just get her to accept this beard.
I lucked into wisdom through laziness, there’s a long list of stuff I don’t care about because caring requires more effort than I’m willing to put in, if she does we go her way. The haircut I have was actually picked by my barber, walked in said “make it look good short, but not crew cut short”, and that’s been my hairstyle ever since, I believe very strongly in the power of the trained professional.
If you can find an article about politics that won’t make me suicidal, please post.
I will offer commentary/suggestione to my DH, but I wouldn’t call the barber to give instructions..
Attitude is 95% of it. Most wise gals will pick the nerd who cares over the hunk who is a jerk.
I would suggest not discouraging her from kissing you.
That was the last time she tried that.
Can you send me that helmet to cover my man’s horrible haircut??????????????
I imagine this metrosexual guy not only gets his hair cut (oops i mean styled) and approved by his wife, but she also buys his clothes for him.
And she picks out his outfit for him every morning.
(Sheesh)
Agreed. That was a longtime sore spot between me, and my wife. It became worthwhile, to keep my mouth shut, for the $21 differential :)
Why bother with the mirror. Shorter is better.
Yup, tries to tame hubby and when he consents, suddenly he’s nothing to her.
About 5 years ago, We bought a razor so my wife could cut our 9 year old boys hair. I thought she did a pretty good job at it, so I bravely let her do my hair. I told her I wanted her to cut it higher off my ears. Not soon after, I hear a *gasp*. I go look in the mirror and it’s like 2 inches too high. I looked like a complete dweeb for at least 2-3 weeks and I could tell strangers were looking at my hair, and my friends were like WTF happened to your hair?
I think I gained some brownie points for not completely freaking out. I told her it would be okay and not to worry about it.
Needless to say, I just go to the barber now.
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