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To tell your significant other or surprise

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baldbob:
I had been buzzing my hair shorter and shorter and finally just shaved it one August day in 2006. My wife was not at all happy. So I went through a couple years of growing it out and shaving. That only made it worse. When I decided once and for all to keep it sly, I noticed my wife stopped saying anything. Now she keeps my shaving gear stocked up. It was the going back and forth that really bothered her.

slybeard:
It was a surprise for my wife.  I have been cutting my own hair for years (short buy not normally a buzz cut).  So it was a little shock, but I think she knew it was coming.  I had always told her that when I started noticeably thinning or balding, I would choose to shave over the comb-over.  She though I still had enough hair, but I was ready.

clipped:
Either way...mentioning it or surprising her... my bet is that she's expecting it.  For a haircut, it's better to ask for forgiveness (or acceptance) than permission.

My wife suggested that I get a buzz cut once.  Had she mentioned it more frequently, I probably would have gotten the message. My longtime Barber (before he retired) had mentioned a high & tight once, but I didn't get the message, if he was sending one. He was too subtle.  The new barber was younger, and I liked him a lot. After a few years, as he was cutting my short businessman cut with the clippers (back & sides), I happened to mention that a friend had told me his brother had gotten a 2-3-2, and I asked what that was.  As the barber was using the clipper, he explained how the interchangeable blades worked, and that I might look good with a clipper cut. When he finished my haircut, he said, "Well, I just gave you a 2-3-2, except for the very front" which he left so I could comb (like a semi-crew cut).  So, both my wife & I were surprised.  She liked it and said next time tell him to cut it as short as possible. So, when we went on vacation, I got a #1, and one day at Disney, I just shaved it all off.  She was surprised, but not shocked, and accepting.  I didn't stay razor shaved, but went through a long period of shorter & shorter clipper cuts and occasional razor shaves.  For the past 2+ years, I have cut my own hair in the #0s, and razor shave occasionally, lasting 30 days last summer. Even though I am mostly clipper shaved, most people consider that I "shave" my head.   When I do razor shave, no one really notices the difference.  Being clipper or razor shaved is not really as big a deal as most of us think it is. 

reddog:
W/o and I were sitting in a coffee shop one day, I had a full head of silver hair, and there was a guy with a clipped shaved head there. I said how about me doing that, she was totally against it. I said oh come on, just one time. She said ok. Several months later, we were at a festival, and there were 20 or 30 guys with shaved heads, including my neighbor. I mentioned that maybe it was time to buzz my head. So I got up very early the next morning and took the clippers with a 0 blade to my head. Got in the shower with a razor and I was bald! When she got up she was shocked. She said she thought I was kidding about shaving my head. A few hours later she looked at me and said maybe I shouldn't grow it back right away. I asked if she really liked it, and she said she loved it. So did I! So I kept it shaved, although over time she wanted me to grow my hair back, I loved the shaved head.

Bilko1:
I think your wife/significant other may be kind of expecting you to shave your head if you have been clippering it for a while. I would maybe surprise her & just do the deed, bro.

Although I had been getting short haircuts & buzzes for a good while even before we were married, my wife never expected me to have my head shaved voluntarily. It happened one warm summer a number of years ago. I had went to my regular barber for my haircut, and because it was really warm I asked for a shorter cut. He gave me a #2 all over & then asked if I had ever thought of having my head shaved. I said no initially, but he said that he thought I would really suit it. So at his suggestion I said ok & he then shaved me bald. I was a little apprehensive at first but loved the experience of becoming bald by choice. When I went home, my wife almost collapsed in shock as did a few of my friends when they first saw my shaved head, but I also got a lot of compliments. Eventually my wife got used to seeing me bald & now she wouldn't have me any other way except bald. Go for it bro & give your significant other a nice surprise.

All the best,

Bilko

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