Sly Bald Guys Forum
New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: Argyle on January 01, 2007, 02:38:41 PM
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Hi Guys,
I stumbled across this Site a few days ago while surfing the web in a moment of baldness related insecurity to convince myself that I was happy with the whole hairless situation. Anyway, I liked it so i thought i would stop on by properly this evening and say hi. I hope to become a regular poster on here.
Well anyway, by way of intro, I am 28, from West Yorkshire in the UK and have been losing my hair for probably the last five years of so. It is only really in the last two years that it has started to bother me.
I have been getting progressively shorter and shorter until last November while on holiday in Budapest I decided to go the whole hog and get out the Mach 3. Now if any of you have been to Budapest in November then you will realise that this was a baptism of fire!!
Nonetheless, I fought through people at work talking about it etc etc and I am still doing it to this day.
I wouldnt say I have arrived at peace with my bald head yet, I still think I am losing it worse than most and spend far too much time trying to convince myself otherwisem but Sites like this help and every day I become more and more comfortable with the total lack of hair on the top and some of the sides of my head.
Anyway will leave it at that for now as I suspect that is a long first post, but hope to say hi to some of you guys soon.
Take care,
Chris
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Welcome, Argyle!
The Noggin looks good.
Happy New Year!!
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Welcome! I'm a newb here myself and only recently did I decided to shave my head as well. I know what you mean about the baldness related insecurity, lol. I'm still getting it from time to time myself.
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:) :) :)Welcome, Argyle. I too know what you mean about baldness insecurity, having shaved it all off only on November 4th. It gets less every day, especially with the support and insights of the mates in the SBGs community. My own experience is overwhelmingly positive: my wife loved it from the first, most women respond positively, and I have noticed the bald look becoming more prominent, even mainstream, in academe and the professions. The guys can help with their own reflections and advice on shaving and products. The alternatives--slow natural balding, wigs, the infamous crossover, and transplants--are all less attractive. Follow some of the threads on the site; we've all been there. All best in the new year. Professor Melon
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welcome to SBG. it looks fine in the pic. if you have any concerns/comments let us know. everyone has been there. we will all be glad to help anyway we can.
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Hi, welcome, and Happy New Year Chris!
You've taken the first step... and as with most of us here, you'll come to terms with the slick noggin fairly quickly!
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Hi Argyll - the dome looks great!
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Wow guys thanks for the reponse, when i logged onto this site last night, I wondered how active this community was, I am pleasantly surprised!!
I look forward to becoming an active member and getting to know you guys.
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Welcome to the site Chris, from a fellow baldy the other side of the Irish Sea.
Really no need to be worrying about the hair (or lack of) ... going by your pic the look suits you. What does the missus think?
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Top of the evenin to ya then!!
The missus says she is pretty happy with it, and in fact cant imagine me with hair. I am conviced she is just saying that ;) or is it perhaps because i like her trying to persuade me otherwise!!
Anyway she is 17 weeks pregnant with my first child so i guess that is a good sign eh??
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I am conviced she is just saying that ;) or is it perhaps because i like her trying to persuade me otherwise!!
My missus likes me shaved, makes me look younger. It's always a cool "hairstyle" in my opinion.
Anyway she is 17 weeks pregnant with my first child so i guess that is a good sign eh??
Congrats, you dirty dog.
p.s. my missus is also 'up the spout'. convincing evidence if any is needed of the bald man's studliness.
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Congrats to both of you!! That's exciting news. I'll have to remember "up the spout" when my wife gets pregnant. Though, I'm not sure how she'll take it.
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Congrats to both of you!! That's exciting news. I'll have to remember "up the spout" when my wife gets pregnant. Though, I'm not sure how she'll take it.
Thanks Tyler. you could also try 'up the pole' or 'up the duff'. Not much better to be honest :)
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I love some of the expressions from across the pond! Sweet!
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Welcome to the group, Chris! Don't worry about the head, it's a good look for you. Congrats to both Chris and Blagadán. Kids are great.
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kids are great. i agree. .........but i understand, more and more everyday, why some animals eat their young at birth. it is easier. my 13 year old came home from the movies with a hickie last night. damn i feel old.
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kids are great. i agree. .........but i understand, more and more everyday, why some animals eat their young at birth. it is easier. my 13 year old came home from the movies with a hickie last night. damn i feel old.
My friend, it is time you started meeting dates at the door and care the ____ outta them with your large, intimidating bald presence.
Dang these kids are starting younger and younger. I would easily say 80% of HS juniors and seniors are sexually active in some form or fashion. I had at least one girl in each of my classes this semester who already had a baby. In a couple of cases the dad's were still in HS too.
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kids are great. i agree. .........but i understand, more and more everyday, why some animals eat their young at birth. it is easier. my 13 year old came home from the movies with a hickie last night. damn i feel old.
My friend, it is time you started meeting dates at the door and care the ____ outta them with your large, intimidating bald presence.
Dang these kids are starting younger and younger. I would easily say 80% of HS juniors and seniors are sexually active in some form or fashion. I had at least one girl in each of my classes this semester who already had a baby. In a couple of cases the dad's were still in HS too.
the problem with that is that they all know i am not a mean guy. guess i need to change my friendly ways.
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the problem with that is that they all know i am not a mean guy. guess i need to change my friendly ways.
Take up a new hobby... like gun cleaning or knife sharpening!
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kids are great. i agree. .........but i understand, more and more everyday, why some animals eat their young at birth. it is easier. my 13 year old came home from the movies with a hickie last night. damn i feel old.
Schedule a shotgun cleaning the same time your wife invites him over for dinner. Then invite him outside for a little chat.
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kids are great. i agree. .........but i understand, more and more everyday, why some animals eat their young at birth. it is easier. my 13 year old came home from the movies with a hickie last night. damn i feel old.
Schedule a shotgun cleaning the same time your wife invites him over for dinner. Then invite him outside for a little chat.
I actually knew a girl whose dad made it a point to show her dates his large and extensive gun collection, his sharpshooter medals, and all the stuffed animal heads mounted in his den ... He had absolutely no concerns about his daughter.
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Rodney Atkins has a song about that. even if you don't like country you should check it out.
Schedule a shotgun cleaning the same time your wife invites him over for dinner. Then invite him outside for a little chat. quote from tyler.
My SON is 13. don't scare me like that.
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My SON is 13. don't scare me like that.
Sorry, I assumed your 13 yr old was a daughter...LOL
In that case, give your son a high 5 and talk to him about the birds and the bees.
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had that talk a while back. he asked for condoms when it was over. i poured a stiff drink when it was over.
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had that talk a while back. he asked for condoms when it was over. i poured a stiff drink when it was over.
Bro, better to be scared now - and to scare the daylights out of him, than in a couple of years to be known as Grandpa. Since there is so little sex ed in schools, he needs to learn all the facts. We lost a real bright kid last year because he had to drop out so he could support his child. I also have four or five dads who take a less honorable path and just not pay support. Most kids have no thought for birth control - it makes them "less a man". Don't allow your son to fall into this trap.
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Schedule a shotgun cleaning the same time your wife invites him over for dinner. Then invite him outside for a little chat.
When I was in high school I had a dad show me his collection of targets 4-in steel plates. :o
It didn’t work! ;D
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I think the progression of posts is hilarious. We go from Argyle introducing himself to talking about kids having sex and what to do about it...see what you started Argyle!! LOL You never know what's going to happen at SBG. :o
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I think the progression of posts is hilarious. We go from Argyle introducing himself to talking about kids having sex and what to do about it...see what you started Argyle!! LOL You never know what's going to happen at SBG. :o
Never a dull moment around here, that's for sure
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I am conviced she is just saying that ;) or is it perhaps because i like her trying to persuade me otherwise!!
My missus likes me shaved, makes me look younger. It's always a cool "hairstyle" in my opinion.
Anyway she is 17 weeks pregnant with my first child so i guess that is a good sign eh??
Congrats, you dirty dog.
p.s. my missus is also 'up the spout'. convincing evidence if any is needed of the bald man's studliness.
Perhaps now is the time to phase in copious quantities of UK and Ireland dialect and slang. lol
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Perhaps now is the time to phase in copious quantities of UK and Ireland dialect and slang. lol
As long as it comes with subtitles, we'll be OK! ;D
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Subtitles, translation...whatever. Just give us a clue is all I ask.
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jaypers lads, we could be blatherin on like the boyo and ye'd have nare a clue what we're on about :)
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not that hard to figure out.
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After a few beers we would all talk the same anyway, then there would be no need for translation.
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You can talk after beer??? I have got to try that!
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jaypers lads, we could be blatherin on like the boyo and ye'd have nare a clue what we're on about :)
Good dags. D'ya like dags?
Yeah, I watched Snatch with the Pikey subtitles!
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Let me guess..... Mary Poppins for a tru cockney accent too
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Good dags. D'ya like dags?
Yeah, I watched Snatch with the Pikey subtitles!
You so stole what I was going to say, Tyler! >:( I love Snatch & Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great movies.
Last year I was in an army Course were one of my instructors was a British officer. It was kinda funny how by the end we started using a lot of the “English.â€
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You so stole what I was going to say, Tyler! >:( I love Snatch & Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great movies.
Sorry bro, those are two of my favorites also.
Last year I was in an army Course were one of my instructors was a British officer. It was kinda funny how by the end we started using a lot of the “English.â€
Did he smoke fags and talk on the dog and bone?
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No, he didn't smoke fags. I had a friend from Germany that opened me up to that expression.
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No, he didn't smoke fags. I had a friend from Germany that opened me up to that expression.
LOL. My British friends used to use that expression all the time to throw us Americans off.
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It was interesting the first few weeks. We felt like we needed a translator. :) He did actually one day pull in another instructor cuz we just stood there with the deer in the headlights look. :-[
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You want to try living where i live in Yorkshire. I have worked for my company for six years and we have had the same security guy all that time. His accent and dialect is so strong that even now i reckon i only get about 1 out of 2 words!! It is like a French listening exam at school. You have to be dead careul or you miss the punchline - the saving grace is that no one laughs at his jokes more than him :)
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:D Dear Chris: you look really good, and, if the wife's on board, stay with it. I shaved it off two month ago, and have had overwhelmingly positive responses. The alteratives (hair plugs, weaves, rugs, and the comb-over) are all unacceptable. So get used to being totally and happily bald. There is an honesty in this thing, not to mention a cleanliness. Professor Melon
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
;D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8) 8)
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isn't just so great?! ;D
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One big happy family
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uh, oh, I think we are having a kodak moment here. And welcome, argyle, cool name btw.
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After a few beers we would all talk the same anyway, then there would be no need for translation.
Beer?........I like beer.
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
I for one am repeatedly amazed at the comeradery around here. I feel sorry for the poor sap who comes in here and tries to mess that up.
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One big happy family
Yeah and we put the "funk" in dysfunctional
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One big happy family
Yeah and we put the "funk" in dysfunctional
The relatives that no one wants to claim kin too!
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One should never underestimate the "fun" in dysfunctional as well.
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
I for one am repeatedly amazed at the comeradery around here. I feel sorry for the poor sap who comes in here and tries to mess that up.
we have a fix for anyone that tries to screw with our little slice of the world. his name is YETI. lol j/k yall yeti is a nice guy. as long as you feed him barley and hops.
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
I for one am repeatedly amazed at the comeradery around here. I feel sorry for the poor sap who comes in here and tries to mess that up.
we have a fix for anyone that tries to screw with our little slice of the world. his name is YETI. lol j/k yall yeti is a nice guy. as long as you feed him barley and hops.
The rest of that statement is "on a regular basis"
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not that hard to figure out.
Yeah that was a bit too easy, you passed ... this time! :)
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Congrats to both of you!! That's exciting news. I'll have to remember "up the spout" when my wife gets pregnant. Though, I'm not sure how she'll take it.
Thanks Tyler. you could also try 'up the pole' or 'up the duff'. Not much better to be honest :)
you're forgetting "bun in the oven" ;D
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You so stole what I was going to say, Tyler! >:( I love Snatch & Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great movies.
Sorry bro, those are two of my favorites also.
Last year I was in an army Course were one of my instructors was a British officer. It was kinda funny how by the end we started using a lot of the “English.â€
Did he smoke fags and talk on the dog and bone?
hahaha!! you lot are too funny!
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This may be sad, but i can honestly say that finding this site is one of the best things i have done in ages. Not only has it convinced me that bald is cool, and that baldys come in all shapes sizes and hair lines, but i am astounded at just what a cool bunch of people there are on here.
Thanks guys for making me feel so at home so quickly.
Hi Argyle!
there's nothin' sad about what you said,
this group is awesome! ;D
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yeah magma i have kinda come to realise this. I havent posted in a few days recently because i have been having what you may loosely regard as a bad hair day lol. This group is so positive and at ease with their baldness that i didnt want to bring my negative feelings on here!!
It is funny really, my insecurities about baldness are weird. I dont mind the way it looks from the front in fact i am much better without hair than the curly mess i used to have. I dont mind it from the back, i am just insanely paranoid sometimes about the way it looks from the side. This is for two reasons. One is how far down the side it is balding (I would say about 25%) but the main thing is how it receeds, it kinda goes from my sideburns to above my ear in a diagnol line. Most of the time if am fine with this, but occasionally just occasionally i get the feeling of mine is going worse then other people's. I guess i know it isnt true, but sometimes you just feel like a real ugly so and so. In addition to this, none really gets it unless they have either gone through it or are going through it.
That said i am back and thought i would log on from a boring conference in Berlin to increase my post count!!
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Hey we're here to give each other strength.
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you are probably the only one that notices. don't be so hard on yourself bro. bald works well for you.
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This group is so positive and at ease with their baldness that i didnt want to bring my negative feelings on here!!
I think we're not the best at sharing feelings in our corner of the world. Don't know if it's the same in the Uk but if you were to share such feelings in Ireland your friends would just take the piss :)
The lads here are sound though so you'd be better off getting it off your chest. You're not the first and won't be the last to have -ve feelings about balding.
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That said i am back and thought i would log on from a boring conference in Berlin to increase my post count!!
Mmmmmmm.... Frauleins and german beeeeeeeer! O0 b!3r
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Argyle...thanks for sharing...in line with what Paul said...95% of what we're paranoid/worried about just ain't real.
Mmmmmmm.... Frauleins and german beeeeeeeer! O0 b!3r
Meanwhile....
OOMpapa......oom papa...
tall foamy steins & cleavage, ay?
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yeah magma i have kinda come to realise this. I havent posted in a few days recently because i have been having what you may loosely regard as a bad hair day lol. This group is so positive and at ease with their baldness that i didnt want to bring my negative feelings on here!!
It is funny really, my insecurities about baldness are weird. I dont mind the way it looks from the front in fact i am much better without hair than the curly mess i used to have. I dont mind it from the back, i am just insanely paranoid sometimes about the way it looks from the side. This is for two reasons. One is how far down the side it is balding (I would say about 25%) but the main thing is how it receeds, it kinda goes from my sideburns to above my ear in a diagnol line. Most of the time if am fine with this, but occasionally just occasionally i get the feeling of mine is going worse then other people's. I guess i know it isnt true, but sometimes you just feel like a real ugly so and so. In addition to this, none really gets it unless they have either gone through it or are going through it.
That said i am back and thought i would log on from a boring conference in Berlin to increase my post count!!
Good to see you back :)
I think we all have insecurities about the way we look, with or without hair, I know that I do...whether or not it's harder/easier or different because I'm a woman, I can't say, but you're not alone in the way that you feel. I have days when I feel real ugly and don't wanna look anyone in the eye, then there's other day's when I feel fantastic, and like someone said in a thread before, it has a lot to do with confidence. From what I can see of your photo, I think you look great ;)
Obviously, I can't say about having a bald head, well, stating the obvious, I don't happen to have one, but the attitudes and confidence of the guys on here will rub off on you in no time, I'm sure. Be confident with the way you look Argyle, cos you look fine to me :)
mmmm, german sausage... ;D