Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => Bald Stories => Topic started by: zzaapp on October 11, 2008, 10:30:49 PM
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OK, a Warhawk-like question for you...
It seems like baldness is the one physical characteristic that many people don't feel a need to be "polite" about. We've been told since childhood by our parents, that its not polite to make fun of somebody because they are fat, smelly, buck toothed, big eared, etc., but bald guys seem to be considered fair game for comments, put-downs and jokes.
So, what has been your experience with such things since going sly?
Personally, I used to get a lot of comments like "getting a bit thin up there", or "your hair ain't there". After I shaved my head, no more comments or jokes.
Anybody else notice something similar, or has your experience been different?
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I've never gotten many comments before or after going sly -- with the exception of older guys in their 50s and 60s, who always seem to be thrilled to see someone who is younger than they are and bald -- either because they are bald themselves, or because they still have their hair and think that is an accomplishment on their part.
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I have gotten 1 negative comment in 3 years. A very opinonated lady, whom by the way I hardly know, said I look like a skinhead one night as my wife and I were going to church !! Other than that comment everyone else has either said nice things or remained silent about the bald head.
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I used to get 'em relating to my MPB.
Now since going sly, I get nothin' but respect! 8)
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One guy I work with told me I look like the Grand Dragon of the KKK. I told him I do have white sheets...but they are usually on the bed!
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A neighbor known for being a grouch and who I've NEVER seen without a baseball hat on said "hey baldie". I smiled and said "nice to see you too". He replied, "sensitive?". I said "If I was sensitive I'd probably always have a hat on."
There was no response.
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A neighbor known for being a grouch and who I've NEVER seen without a baseball hat on said "hey baldie". I smiled and said "nice to see you too". He replied, "sensitive?". I said "If I was sensitive I'd probably always have a hat on."
There was no response.
Well done, PoC!!!
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A neighbor known for being a grouch and who I've NEVER seen without a baseball hat on said "hey baldie". I smiled and said "nice to see you too". He replied, "sensitive?". I said "If I was sensitive I'd probably always have a hat on."
There was no response.
Excellent!! O0
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LOL.....good come back POC.... :*))
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Good thinkin' POC.
I usually make the first joke. Usually something about letting my hair down, or riding w/ the top off the jeep and the wind through my hair.
If it's someone that is in denial making the joke, I just look at 'em and ask, "So what is your point?"
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I think this kind of goes back to the whole confidence thing again. I never got any bad remarks when I was starting to thin. I think it was because of the way I carried myself. I didn't really let it bother me and I never really brought it up accept discussing it with my wife once in a while. I only ended up shaving because I...Well, just felt like shaving to try it out. I actually received more "bad" remarks after I went Sly. Like a few joking name calls and jokes about the slick dome. But they were mostly all in fun. People will react to anything like that if it's something out of the norm. Like for example, when I first shaved my head slick it was a shocker to most people. So of course they're going to make some sort of comment about it for a while. Whether good or bad there are going to be comments made when you do something "extreme." The one thing that I really can't stand...Or the comment that keeps being made to this day is from my mom. She is always saying to me, "Why don't you just try some of that Rogaine stuff that will help hair grow back in if you don't like the thinning instead of shaving?" But what she KEEPS failing to realize is that it's not really the thinning I'm worried about. That's not the whole purpose of me shaving me head. I tried it once just to try it and liked it. Yes, maybe I was more interested in trying it because I was thinning but the point is I didn't let the fact that my hair was thinning make me feel bad about myself. She, and people like her, will never get it. Oh well.
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Good thinkin' POC.
I usually make the first joke. Usually something about letting my hair down, or riding w/ the top off the jeep and the wind through my hair.
If it's someone that is in denial making the joke, I just look at 'em and ask, "So what is your point?"
same here. ill also tell them that they should be jealous, because i save money on haircare products. (neglecting to tell them that i spend a small fortune on razor blades.... ::))
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I've noticed that people now tell me who they think I look like in the first two or three sentences. (Phil Dalhausser, John Malkovich, Joe the Plumber.)
Previously, when with hair I looked more like Alton Brown, people would wait until we were talking for a while, and then be more tentative about it, "Has anybody ever told you you look like...?" Now they just blurt it out.
Confidence gets confidence in return?
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I have developed a thick skin all these years due to the constant comments from my extended family members on my mother's side about my weight, hairloss, and any other physical imperfections they may find in me.
Heh, I never thought I'd find a use for them but they actually made me develop an extremely thick skin that's a very useful armour in the outside world :/O
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A neighbor known for being a grouch and who I've NEVER seen without a baseball hat on said "hey baldie". I smiled and said "nice to see you too". He replied, "sensitive?". I said "If I was sensitive I'd probably always have a hat on."
There was no response.
:*)) :*)) :*))
What a tube he was guys eh?
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So far, I have only had two people give me negative comments. One in a joking manner, the other one, very malicious. My neighbor upon seeing it for the first time, went into a tyrate telling me how bad I looked. I thanked her for explanation of her displeasure and told her it was my choice and that I loved it. Also that she better get used to it as it was here to stay. Since then, we have visited but I notice a coolness in her so called friendship. I always thought we were better friends than to let a little thing like hair come between me and her family. Go figure!!
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So far, I have only had two people give me negative comments. One in a joking manner, the other one, very malicious. My neighbor upon seeing it for the first time, went into a tyrate telling me how bad I looked. I thanked her for explanation of her displeasure and told her it was my choice and that I loved it. Also that she better get used to it as it was here to stay. Since then, we have visited but I notice a coolness in her so called friendship. I always thought we were better friends than to let a little thing like hair come between me and her family. Go figure!!
.....what? dont you love it when people who have no say.... say something? they love it when you laugh at them after that. >:D
sounds like she has a crush on youuuuuuuuu. haha
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<.....what? dont you love it when people who have no say.... say something?>
I like that line, Peripheral.
I've had plenty of folks comment, indicating they noticed the change from buzz to Sly, but I've not had any really negative comments. There were a couple of 'em that said, "Where's your hair?!" or "What did you do to your hair?" to which I responded, "it's in the sink."
Most comments seem to be made out of curiosity, like, "Do you use electric or blade?" or, "Do you have to shave every day?"
I get some good-natured ribbing about the shine and tell 'em I use Turtle Wax. I have not had a malicious comment during my year and a half of Slyness.
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Worst comment I got: a former supervisor I worked with when I had hair came to our site and when he saw me he playfully said straight out "Hey baldy!" and "It's not you!" I said "Sure it is, you'll get used to it." This guy is about 60 years old and a straight shooter and ruffled a lot of feathers with other employees but his comment didn't shake me. He actually jokingly messes with people that he likes but a week later he got sent to anther site for rude comments to others.
Best recent comment: guy at the gym respectfully told me that I looked intimidating. That's fine as long as I don't scare away the girls.
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Mom told me that my head looked like her butt, I threw down saying "But mom, there's no hair on MY head!"
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Mom told me that my head looked like her butt, I threw down saying "But mom, there's no hair on MY head!"
LMAO!
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Mom told me that my head looked like her butt, I threw down saying "But mom, there's no hair on MY head!"
!@!@
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Mom told me that my head looked like her butt, I threw down saying "But mom, there's no hair on MY head!"
:o that your mom has a hairy butt but :*)) :*)) :*)). Well said O0
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Well, a few years back, an older guy - with a horseshoe - completely just went off on me for having a full head of hair and shaving my head. He was so mad that I could grow it and I didn't want it and he wanted it an couldn't grow it. I honestly didn't know what to say to him. I listened to him bitch for a little while and just got up and left. I didn't really mind though, he was the type of guy that had to feel sorry for himself every chance he got, he always had a pity party for himself.
Other than that I just get guys telling me that they wish they could pull off the shaved head as good as I do. O0
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I've never really gotten any negative comments. The occasional good-natured ribbing and that's fine.
Children, occasionally, may say something that seems rude. A three- or four-year-old recently sort of shyly said to her mom (pointing to me), "He doesn't have any hair." Hard to interpret that as anything but pointing out the obvious and my bald dome may have been a new experience to the kid. Mom seemed a little embarrassed.
Most folks say nothing and the few who do comment are almost always complimentary.
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One time I was in a TJ Maxxx and a 3 year old girl pointed to me and said, "Daddy!" I smiled and her mother told me that the girls father had a shaved head, and she (the mom) thinks they're hot
I've heard cancer patient (which I usually reply with: "You probably know someone with cancer, do you really want to make that joke?")
I get Hitman and Daughtry references, which I don't mind- those dudes seem pretty cool...
I've had people ask me when I'm gonna grow it back- I usually reply with, "I wasn't really that happy with hair, I'm happy now"
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"I wasn't really that happy with hair, I'm happy now"
Looks like that beauty sitting next to you is happy too! O0
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Prior to going sly I would get a lot more negative comments about my hair loss.
After going sly, which I am clearly more comfortable with, I havent gotten many comments at all. Ive either received compliments or no comment at all.
The one comment that did stick out to me was when I was playing basketball outside my
neighbor(who has a full head of hair and is pretty obese) said "nice haircut"...but it was said in a somewhat insulting way.
I took the high road and said "thanks, I love it" No response. :)
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Well, a few years back, an older guy - with a horseshoe - completely just went off on me for having a full head of hair and shaving my head. He was so mad that I could grow it and I didn't want it and he wanted it an couldn't grow it.
Guys like him ought to be thanking guys like you -- because without people who shave full head of hair because they like the look, the shaved head would just be a new version of the combover in a lot of people's minds.
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Hows this one guys?
Had to pop in to work last night. Had just freshly shaved and was lookin particularly shiny. One of my colleagues said to me "I see you have just been for a short back and polish" :*))
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Hows this one guys?
Had to pop in to work last night. Had just freshly shaved and was lookin particularly shiny. One of my colleagues said to me "I see you have just been for a short back and polish" :*))
Ha ha, love it :*))
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Yesterday i was at the local bowling ally, one of the employees there (who was also sly)walked up to me as i was polishing my ball at the machine and asked, "how to you get your dome to be so shiny?" i replied, "i just throw a couple quarters into the machine and im good to go!"