Hair
Am I weird?
The subject came up in my mind about while talking to a co-worker. Let me back up. On Friday, I went to get my haircut. I suspect the person who cut it and I had a miscommunication, because it ended up being a great deal shorter then I had intended. Short enough that it looks as if I joined the military. My co-worker was commenting on it and he said this is something I should teach K to do when we get married. I thought this was a strange suggestion. K is a very talented person; if she put her mind to anything, she could do it well including cutting hair. However, I cannot imagine handing her a set of scissors and saying, “hey, you now are in charge of my hair?” He seemed to it would be naturally her responsibility to take over that part of my life. That is just weird too me? My personal grooming is my responsibility. I cannot imagine asking her to take responsibility for that. I can see her saying ‘that looks good’ or ‘I like it better short,’ but I have to live with both her and my hair and should be able to find a way to be happy with both. Handing it over to her as something that is now her responsibility just seems the path of unhappiness.
Comments
I don't know that I'd give me scissors and trust myself with someone's hair, personally. That would make me very nervous.
Posted by: K | August 30, 2004 01:50 PM
Seems like it would be worth the 15-30 bucks to go have it done to not have to worry about the possible stress. But, that's just me.
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Posted by: brittney | August 30, 2004 03:10 PM
That is kind of what I thought. :)
Posted by: Dan | August 30, 2004 03:13 PM
I think you made a wise decision on this one. I wouldn't want the pressure of cutting J's hair. You're a big boy, I'm sure you can continue getting your hair cut just fine after the wedding! :)
Posted by: karen | August 31, 2004 09:28 AM
I let Natalie pretty much choose all my clothes. I imagaine you see the virtue in that. One of my friends in Berkeley, who I hadn't seen in five years said "What happened to all the khaki pants and shirts of an indeterminant color?"
Posted by: Anonymous | August 31, 2004 11:44 PM
Being a token short hair for so long in the proverbial sargasso sea of Renn Faire culture, I had the unique complaint of not wanting to have to pay someone 3 cents a hair to have it cut .... Made even more insulting because all the did was run the hair mower over it and put out their hand.
So Corrie cuts my hair and instead of paying someone 15 bucks to cut it. We spend 30$ of clippers that I loose about once every three haircuts ... so I still come out ahead.
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Posted by: Steve | September 10, 2004 04:40 AM
Hmmm....my grandmother used to cut my grandfather's hair; when her hands grew unsteady enough for it, he had me take over; not a task with which I was ever comfortable, but I got to be proficient enough with it. He greatly preferred to have a family member do it.
Eric has subtly and not-so-subtly nudged me to learn to cut his hair as well. I have always found this somewhat odd; I understand that it may have been a sweet tradition at some time in some families, but I have always had a problem with the implied Mom-ness of cutting someone's hair/choosing someone's clothes/buying underwear for someone that is supposed to be a competent adult. The only children I want to take care of are the ones to whom I give birth. My vote? Keep getting a pro to do it unless K decides to open her own salon, in which case gratis cuts might be in order.
Posted by: Arianna | September 14, 2004 12:52 PM