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Things that confuse me about haircuts

Nessie
over 4 years ago

Neurotypicals seem to place quite a high priority on how their hair looks and I really don't understand their fixation with it. For example:

  1. Why they talk about going to the hairdresser (who cares?)
  2. Why they enjoy having their hair cut (bright lights, horrible chemical smells and a hairdresser who talks incessant b*****ks)
  3. Why they walk up to you periodically with a big grin and say, "So, what do you think? Do you like it?" (as if I'm expected to notice that something has changed. Hint: I never do)
  4. Why they constantly brush, fluff-up or re-style their hair throughout the day (I ran a cursory brush through it when I got up, and I go to work to, y'know, work, not play with my hair all day)
  5. Why hairdressers are always trying to convince you to 'try something new' (err, it's taken me a decade to find something that both looks and feels acceptable, why would I change that?)
  6. Why they cost so much (especially with the amount of torment we have to put up with, per point 2, frankly we should be paid to be sat there)

Do you understand it? Funny stories and explanations both welcome and encouraged.

Parents
  • over 4 years ago

    I'm not into fashion and style in the usual sense for females but I take my own sort of interest in it. A good haircut is part of my identity and always has been. This used to be and probably still is tied to notions of the music I like. Having said all this, I don take time to style my hair, it's wash and a 2 minute dry. I don't understand how people can mess around with their hair as much as they do.

    If you saw me you probably wouldn't think my hair was out of the ordinary however, growing up it was the norm for girls to have perfectly straight hair, and many girls dye their hair. I've never felt I had to do this. So embracing my curls and greyness was my way of taking a stand against this as I have never felt like a typical female or felt like I need to fit in.

    If "NT" people want to fettle and faff with their hair then that's entirely up to them.  I woukd leave them to it and not judge just as I would like them to let me be.

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  • over 4 years ago

    I'm not into fashion and style in the usual sense for females but I take my own sort of interest in it. A good haircut is part of my identity and always has been. This used to be and probably still is tied to notions of the music I like. Having said all this, I don take time to style my hair, it's wash and a 2 minute dry. I don't understand how people can mess around with their hair as much as they do.

    If you saw me you probably wouldn't think my hair was out of the ordinary however, growing up it was the norm for girls to have perfectly straight hair, and many girls dye their hair. I've never felt I had to do this. So embracing my curls and greyness was my way of taking a stand against this as I have never felt like a typical female or felt like I need to fit in.

    If "NT" people want to fettle and faff with their hair then that's entirely up to them.  I woukd leave them to it and not judge just as I would like them to let me be.

Children
  • over 4 years ago in reply to out_of_step
    out_of_step said:
    growing up it was the norm for girls to have perfectly straight hair, and many girls dye their hair

    Same here. I was bullied for not doing these things. I tried dying my hair a few times but it always looked even worse.

    out_of_step said:
    I woukd leave them to it and not judge just as I would like them to let me be.

    I think that's actually really healthy advice. It works both ways and I hadn't thought of it like that before, so thank you.