I know it's no real big deal. it's just yes I have got in to a lot of fights over it. It's just evry where I go in lubbock someone says somthing crapy to me, Guys and girls... I just wonder why do so many people talk smack to me. but I guess it's this this good for noting town.







My your life be like the road
Long and wide and never ending

 

I've been through a lot of stuff getting my three kids through their teens and I've learned that telling someone how to feel about anything is crap. People are gonna feel the way they feel about an issue no matter how many times somebody says "Oh, don't feel that way about it". So I'm not going to tell you how to feel about the long hair thing. What I will ask you is, what are you going to do with the feelings you have?

Here's an example. I used to get really bent when another driver pulled a stupid stunt. I took is very personally and it made me a very bad driver at times in the process of "getting even". I still feel a lot of guilt about some of the stupid and crazy things I did. A counselor talked with me about it and now, even though I still feel angry and upset, I quickly remind myself that

1. That other driver has a problem.
2. I have plenty of my own problems.
3. I'm sure as hell not going to add their problem to the ones I've already got.

It's amazing how quickly I settle right down and give that other driver a wide berth. Sometimes I even find myself feeling genuinely sorry for them and the kids that have to ride with them. I find I also enjoy driving a LOT more now.

You might try something similar. Remind yourself that those folks have a problem - why should you make it yours? I'll bet you're a nice guy but still have plenty of problems without adding theirs to your pile. An answer like "Yeah, gotta see about getting it cut one of these days" with a laugh might diffuse the situation and let you enjoy life while not taking on their problem. If you think winning a fight with them is going to change their mind about long hair you're dreaming.

Mil1ion and other previous posts made several good points and I'll add just a couple. Most folks are used to men with shorter hair - me included. Sometimes it takes me a split second to remember that it's no big deal for a guy to have long hair. It does take an effort, though, because of all the stereotypes we see in the media (as noted in previous posts). I suspect the folks you are having issues with are not the kind to put ANY mental effort into considering these sorts of issues. Now don't think that makes you better than them - just better informed about this particular issue.

The second thing is, I used to have longish hair. The ONLY reason I wear it shorter now is that it's easier for me to get grease and dirt out of and it stays off my glasses and eyes. It's more of a lazy guy thing, not a judgment of the relative merits of various hair styles. My wife sums it up this way - she says I'm socially inept and morally bankrupt. I'm starting to think she's kidding about the morally bankrupt thing after 25 years together, but with respect to the socially inept part, she's right on the money. I have no taste and freely admit it. Except when it comes to whom I marry.

Enjoy life. You'll come to find it's too damn short to get involved in everybody else's problems. And it's way too short to try to fix everybody else's problems.

George

 

I've got a mullet but usually wear the back in a ponytail, so don't get any crap over it. I just hate the nasty looking stuff I have to clean out of the shower drain every so often...

 

There was a time when my hair went past the middle of my back.

But after high school I discovered something -

When it gets wrapped around the axle of a creeper, you can't just reverse direction and roll out from under. The wheels pivot 180 and keep on wrapping it tighter.https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/Images/cussing.gif

The very next day I showed up at the car shop with more like a Kenny Rogers style cut...

(I think that also qualifies as one of my most embarrassing moments)

 

>I've got a mullet but usually wear the back in a ponytail,
>so don't get any crap over it. I just hate the nasty
>looking stuff I have to clean out of the shower drain every
>so often...

Oh my god, Mullets rock the house. I'd never get one but on others they rock!

My neighbor(guy) has a permed mullet, it rocks so much.

 

heck yes, for all of you ROCKERS out there sporting that great American haircut, I SALUTE YOU! Nothing says metal like a mullet. I am like fiend, I don't have one, and due to current regulations at my institution of higher learning, I won't be able to, but I love that haircut. Any takers on renaming the Navajo mullet? TK

'77 F100, 302 (the aftermarket Prodigy), C4
Cadet Second Lieutenant John F. Daly III
South Carolina Corps of Cadets, The Citadel
The TorqueKing

 

The length of a persons hair is part of the freedom that we all enjoy by virtue of being citizens of the best country with a system of gov't that protects the rights of us all and i support that right ----what i don't like is someone who has long hair that hasn't washed it in about a month and looks like they sleep with the hogs every night and smells accordingly---------so i guess its a matter of interpretation and pushing the envelope with whatever "right " that happens to be under discussion at the moment...fd

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 25-Aug-02 AT 09:22 PM (EST)]Yesterday, SWMBO cut about a foot off my
ponytail, but It's still mid back length...
and I trimmed about 4" off my beard,
people tend to leave me alone when I'm cruising
around stores, little old ladies don't ask me to
get that can off the top shelf, they beleive I'm
an *EVIL* biker type, which is cool with me...


Steve & the Rockette
'63 F100
'68 F100
'72 Capri 2L
'73 Capri 2.6L V6
'73 MG B GT 2.6L V6(Ford)
'98 Contour SVT 2.5L V6 (Mods)
'01 ZX2 (No Mods yet)

 

I am way out of this. Okay, dumb question of the day.

What exactly is a "mullet" hairstyle?

I was always partial to the 101st Airborne "screamin' eagle" mohawk myself. I can't wear one though. Salesman is one of my long list of jobs and older people (most of my clientel) prefer the clean-cut type.

Some days ya do wanna break free though. I was gonna get my son a mohawk for football season (which would work great 'cause his hair sticks up naturally), but his mom said emphatically- NO!

Wear it however you like it is what I say. Unfortunately, in certain places it may disqualify you from getting what you want though.Keep that in mind. People are very stereotypical-minded

When you hair gets like mine (a little less each day), you're just thankful to have some regardless of the length.

 

See the movie "Joe Dirt" -- mullet is basically short on top and sides and long in back (I think sideburns are optional). I don't think the haircut itself is so bad as the stereotype of the dude who usually sports it.

 

That's right, business in the front, Party in the back! The official haircut of Rock and Roll! TK

'77 F100, 302 (the aftermarket Prodigy), C4
Cadet Second Lieutenant John F. Daly III
South Carolina Corps of Cadets, The Citadel
The TorqueKing

 

mullet=Billy ray Cyrus of old..lol, hope i didn't offend anybody by this, i AM partial to some of his tunes

 

Mullet. I thought that was a Fish. a mullet is new to me, I guess it's not to hot in texas, cuz i've never even seen one befor.
I miss my hair it use to go past my butt ya thats right my butt, but it got burnd off . Well not all of it but a lot of it. But it's geting there again =)



My your life be like the road
Long and wide and never ending

 

Nomad: Don't sweat it. Times used to be that long hair would get you:
A) Beaten up

B) Locked up

C) Cut up

Well: Thankfully those days are gone. I had long hair from 1969 through 1979. I had some tough times. Especially in Georgia one night when I was hassled by a couple of county sherrifs. If they ever found what they were expecting to find, I would have enjoyed their hospitality for a long while, I think.

I think times have changed enough so that if all you need to worry about are snide comments, then just go about your business.
It may get in the way of job opportunities, so just do something that does'nt depend upon narrow minded people.

Icelander: I surfed from age 12 till age 18, all year long. Wetsuits and all. Best surf was in the winter anyway. All up and down the coast from NJ to Fla in summer. We would forget Fla, went once and waves were 1 foot. Storm surf there is good but it was rare. Best consistent beaches were from Bay Head NJ south along Jersey Shore, as were Virginia Beach and the NC coast. Best times of my life. Always had short hair, so as to have it dry quickly, along with my nylon baggies, in the summer.

I may return to the water, as I have noticed some RI beaches sport some good waves. I wonder if you ever lose the knack for the sport. I used to be able to knee paddle out, grab a wave, carve it up, roller coaster, and continue until it petered out. I wonder how long it would take to get it back?
Brien

 

Way back before most of it fell out I to had long hair. Halfway to my butt. As time took its toll and it started to thin I kept getting it cut shorter & shorter, now it never gets over 1/4-1/2" long. Same goes for the beard every year that goes by it gets shorter. Years ago I had a t-shirt that said " I DONT WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOU OR BE LIKE YOU SO STAY OUT OF MY FACE " The shirt is long gone but I still believe in that. One the great things about this country is that you are allowed to be yourself. If you want long hair then grow it to hell with what anybody else thinks. Its whats on the inside that counts. By the way, this is what I look like now ---