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Anyone one old enough to remember being told "Get a haircut" as a kid/teen?

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DoberDaddy:
I was thinking about this the other day.

It was a major battle between myself and my dad me. Threats of "if you don't go to the barber, I will shave it off myself," etc.

Of course, once I started shaving it, that was never an issue, and it became the opposite, "when are you going to grow some hair" until he realized I couldn't.

I think the fight over hair length went out with the 8-Track player in cars.

reddog:
I definitely remember it! I was fired from my job in 1973 for refusing to get a haircut.

A few years before that, when I was about 13 yo, my mom picked my brother and I from school to go to the barbershop. The Beatles were getting popular then so we had longer hair growing over the ears. My dad ordered crewcuts for us, and we weren't happy! So my brother went first, and with his light colored hair, looked nearly bald. When it was my turn, I bolted out of the barbershop and refused to get it cut. Well, my dad was furious, and took me back the next day. I got the crewcut and it wasn't that bad, just got ribbed a little at school the next day.

clint902:
Oh I remember the term "hey hippie!"  Back then I thought long hair was cool(at least according to my friends).  Well, turns out it wasn't really that cool.  I just went with the flow then a couple of my friends got bald on top.  There's no way I can describe the shift in attitudes.  I guess it was just a "peer" thing.

slybeard:
I never really got into the "long hair" thing that was going strong in the 70's, so it was never really an issue for  me.

Razorhead:
Yeah I remember those days! I hated getting a haircut. I had that classic 80s look with the center part and hair over the ears. Dad didn’t like it at all. For my one haircut, my dad told the barber to “sandpaper” the sides. I went from having the longest hair in my class to Army short. Going to school was brutal.  I grew it back out though.

Once I got into my 20s, it was a different story. I wanted my hair short and eventually worked up the nerve and got my first flattop. Eventually, I started getting high and tights, then clipper shaved.  I was getting a haircut every 2 weeks.

In hindsight, instead of teen rebellion with my Dad I should have just fallen in line and kept that sandpaper short haircut.

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