Bad haircut stories...?

bebu

I do not have a bad haircut...

Let's just say that my son is not happy now. This was not intentional; it was a matter of misunderstanding what he wanted. I thinned his hair too much. (I think it looks okay, but he is distraught.)

When I was a junior, my mother got angry that my limp hair would not curl like hers could. She thought I was intentionally curling my hair in a way that left it in limp curls along my face. (If you went to school in the 70s, you know what I'm talking about.) So she got me up at 5:30 and chopped it off just below my ear; about 6 inches taken off at once. I jumped out of the chair, and she told me that if I did not sit down again, the trip to France (for which I'd worked 2 years for going thru a summer program) was 'history'. So I got the rest...

I feel terrible.

Anyway, I think everyone's had some horrible experience. Some worse than others. What was your worst?

Anyway...

bebu

bem

I gave my Brother-n-law a hair cut when he was in high-school. one of those flatontopbald on the sides cuts he loved it his mom hated it, she cut it off to the scalp he hated that but when it grew out some he loved it. proved the only difference between a bad hair cut and a good hair cut about 2 weeks and a different barber.

Jim_TX

Hmmm... well two stories...

When I was a wee lad... of 5 or 6... I found some old rusty scissors in the backyard. I showed them to my mom, who promptly made some negative remark about how they were old and useless.

Well... I worked with them... until I got them to 'scissor'... I think they were like 'school scissors'... you know the ones - the rounded tips, so you couldn't hurt yourself.

Anyway, when I got them to work... I had to try them out... on something. So, I took a bit of hair from the top of my head and cut it off. They worked.

Only... my parents didn't think I did such a good job - and I got ridiculed for doing it. *frowns*

Yeah. I know _now_ that I shouldn't have done that... but... there are better ways to let a youngster know that.

.................

Story #2 -

When I was a teenager... well... probably near 18 or 19... there was a Barber College - where they trained barbers. They needed guinea pigs - so they had reduced prices for the general public. I think it was like fifty-cents or so for a regular haircut - no frills.

One time, we went there - sans parent (my mom), and got our haircuts. When we got home... she lambasted us - or me - because it was not 'short enough' - and sent us all the way back to get it cut shorter. *sigh* (Talk about embarassed.)

Soooo... after that... I always made sure I told the fella doing the cutting... "Shorter. It has to pass inspection."

One fella - after hearing that the second time in one session asked... "Inspection? You in the military?"

"No." I replied, "My mom."

My brother - long after that - would still get his hair cut so short... it was a pitiful sight to see.

Regards,

Jim TX

bebu

I showed this picture on the web to my son. He began to laugh.

I adjusted his hair (yes, he let me near him with scissors, believe it or not), and he looks a lot better. His hair is still long enough to be fixed...

bebu

the_classicist

When I was a wee lad... of 5 or 6... I found some old rusty scissors in the backyard. I showed them to my mom, who promptly made some negative remark about how they were old and useless.
Well... I worked with them... until I got them to 'scissor'... I think they were like 'school scissors'... you know the ones - the rounded tips, so you couldn't hurt yourself.
Anyway, when I got them to work... I had to try them out... on something. So, I took a bit of hair from the top of my head and cut it off. They worked.
Only... my parents didn't think I did such a good job - and I got ridiculed for doing it. *frowns*
Yeah. I know _now_ that I shouldn't have done that... but... there are better ways to let a youngster know that.

I did something like that too. Well my haircut now looks rather out of place... I used to have really shaggy hair until one day a few weeks ago when I decided to get it REALLY short. Big mistake, but hey, "it's not the end of the world." (Ed - Shaun of the Dead).

Leolaia

Earlier on this board I mentioned the food fight and riot that occurred on the last day of school in 8th grade. It started as a fight between two boys on the stage in the cafetorium, then everybody was throwing cake and punch (which the school provided us because we were the best class they had, lol), and then suddenly everybody ran for the exits and ran like bats out of hell out of the building and away from campus. It was so unreal; just like in the movies. Anyway, I had a longtime crush on someone and this was the last time I knew I would ever see him, as we were going to separate high schools, and so I had no choice but to run as well to keep up, and we were all -- 200 of us or so -- practically racing down to the highway where all the bus stops were. As I was running, trying to keep up with my crush, some idiot threw a wad of gum into my hair. I was rather embarassed to say goodbye with gum in my hair, so I pulled it out and yanked out a whole lot of my hair. Unfortunately, I lost track of my crush of two years and indeed I never ever saw that person again. When I came home, I was horrified to discover a bald spot where I had ripped out my hair and I had rather short hair at the time. So my mom gave me my first and only perm in my life to cover up the bald spot. Let's just say I spent the summer with a rather goofy perm.

fairchild

A dear friend of mine is going bald, she is only 50. A few years ago, I decided to let my hair grow until it would be long enough so that I could have a wig made out of it, and I would give it to her as a present. My hair is currently so long, it comes below the back pockets of my jeans. A couple of months ago, I started looking into a place that would cut my hair and turn it into a wig. They sent me instructions on how to cut it and how to store it. At first, my friend was very excited about it. She'd look at my hair and say "Hey, 'my' hair looks beautiful today. However, when I was ready to cut it, she began to feel guilty about taking it (the wig - making place told me this might happen). I'm now stuck with hair that's way too long, and still trying to convince her that I don't mind giving it to her. I'm actually really looking forward to that haircut. Haven't had one in years, other than to trim the ends.

Xena

Right before we went on vacation to see my older sister in Colorado I got my bangs cut...way way way to short. Both my sisters kept mocking me by singing the Beatles "yea yea yea" and shaking their heads....yes...I had "Beatles bangs".. So much for meeting boys

In all fairness though several years later I dyed my older sister's hair an interesting shade of orange...quite by accident of course

bebu

In all fairness though several years later I dyed my older sister's hair an interesting shade of orange...quite by accident of course

LOL!!!

I'm actually really looking forward to that haircut. Haven't had one in years, other than to trim the ends.

Fairchild, sounds like your really need to "just do it"!

When I came home, I was horrified to discover a bald spot where I had ripped out my hair and I had rather short hair at the time. So my mom gave me my first and only perm in my life to cover up the bald spot. Let's just say I spent the summer with a rather goofy perm.

Egads, this remind me of a horrid event almost 20 years ago. The day after I had gotten the BEST perm of my life (in Japan, and it was a pricey perm), my hairdryer quit. It was Easter Sunday, and I needed to dry my hair fast. So I leaned over the kerosene heater... and fried the hair at the top of my head to a crisp!

But I'm over it now. I think.

bebu

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