Afternoon guys!
Yesterday I had to take the train to London. From where i live a couple of hundred miles, but a pretty good look at society and all its idiosyncracies.
When I was on the train, I found myself subconsciously focusing on bald or balding guys. Amazingly at any one time there were at least two in my direct eyeline. A number of things struck me.
Guys lose there hair in a massive variety of different ways, shapes, speeds etc. One of my big bald hang ups has always been that i perceive myself to have lost hair more quickly than others and over a greater part of my head. This trip just reinforced that this is cobblers and there are people with less, more, somewhere in between hair everywhere you looked.
Being honest also, I have had a pretty tough time coming to terms with baldness which has been going on through my 20s. But yesterday I felt like a member of a secret society, one that knows that being totally sly is better in almost all circumstances than being balding. The majority of guys on this trip werent sly and I felt like I wanted to say to them, 'stop kidding yourself and let it go'. For me to think like that is a true step change. Dont get me wrong I still have moments where i dont like the shine or shape, but in the main now i look in the mirror and think actually its me, my wife likes it, my daughter likes hitting it and life is pretty great!
Anyway back to the point - I think you read a lot on this Site about how people have problems coming to terms with baldness, but I find that trips like this reaffirm the fact that it really isnt that much of a minority. It also reaffirmed that I feel pleased to have addressed my baldness, dealt with it aggressively and forced myself to come to terms with it and move onto more important things in life like enjoying every last second with my young family.
As with so many of my posts there isnt really a huge point to this other than a reflection and some thoughts during a dull two and a half hour train journey.
