It's so weird how people react sometimes to people with a shaved head...

[abcdefz]

...in the grocery line, the poor checkout lady obviously hadn't had her coffee or whatever and was trying to make change for me. The man TWO CUSTOMERS BEHIND ME called out, "Hurry up -- he [a-z, that is] has to get to his haircut appointment!!!"

I ignored him at the time -- actually, that's not true; it didn't occur to me until I was out the door that he was speaking about me and my shaved head and how obviously funny he is. And my next thought was, "What the fu ---- !!???"

I mean, really. What the fuck?

I get this crap from men -- almost ALWAYS men, so this could safely be considered a male reaction to the shaved head. Women like to touch it. Men like to make nervous jokes or -- if they are shaved or balding, they insist on establishing fraternity, usually by pulling off their baseball cap or whatever and saying something to the effect of, "We're in this together, bruddah!"

Jeez. It seems like such a COSMETIC thing to me that it's barely consequential (though one therapist insists that I shave me head to announce my head/intellect to the world :rolleyes: ); I have little hair on top of my head, this is the best hairstyle for me, if I shave my head I look roughly 15 years younger and much, much better.

It's just weird.

In a similar grocery situation, if I really heavyset person were being delayed by a bumbling cashier, would a guy yell, "Hurry up -- he's got to get to Weight Watchers!" or etc. etc.

Just seems weird that it makes men feel so threatened.

Dude, it's just hair. It really is not indicative of strength or virility; I swear.

[miss soul fire]

My ultimate board dream is to do groceries with a-z and keep the bitches off and kick some bollocks too!!!! :D

[iceygirl]

yeah my husband gets this all the time


the most uncomfterble situation was when we took my grandma for her chemo treatment and we were waiting in the waiting room for her to get done and other people in the room struck up a conversation with us assuming that my husband was hairless due to his cancer treatments.

the whole 'hes gotta go get his hair trimmed,' uh so old. people think they are so witty and clever.

[wanton wench]

isnt it "lack" of hair? :)
i think some guys cant handle it! maybe they are balding or just scared of balding and it scares them to think some people purposely shave all their hair off! they dont understand how you can embrace it!

[iceygirl]

maybe. a man who just shaves it all off and trying to hang on to it always looks so much better. well not always. i think you really have to have the face and head to pull it off.

[abcdefz]

My ultimate board dream is to do groceries with a-z and keep the bitches off :D




....not all the bitches, thankx. (y) (y)

[abcdefz]

the whole 'hes gotta go get his hair trimmed,' uh so old. people think they are so witty and clever.




Yup, yup. Like a guy with a shaved head hasn't heard that a million times already.

What REALLY sucks is if you don't react. then they repeat it, as if you didn't get the joke.

[abcdefz]

maybe. a man who just shaves it all off and trying to hang on to it always looks so much better. well not always. i think you really have to have the face and head to pull it off.



That's true. Some guys just look freaky with a shaved head.

I'm also not nuts about the oh-I-shaved-my-head-so-I-might-as-well-go-with-the-demonic-look thing. Yikes.

[miss soul fire]

....not all the bitches, thankx. (y) (y)
Bald asshole.:mad:

:p

[little j]

Women like to touch it.
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yep

[CrankItUp!]

That's true. Some guys just look freaky with a shaved head.

I'm also not nuts about the oh-I-shaved-my-head-so-I-might-as-well-go-with-the-demonic-look thing. Yikes.

Rob Zombie isn't bald and he's demonic as hell.