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Read this if you're thinking about shaving... by grizzly on 11 Jan, 2010 23:03
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I want to thank all of you guys who posted comments promoting shaving your head. I have been hiding under a hat for 10 years. I was psychotic about the size of my head and going bald. It affected every aspect of my life. Good friends I've had for many years never saw me without a hat on. I hesitated to go on overnight trips because I would have to take my hat off to go to bed. I wouldn't go swimming with friends or even out to eat where you couldn't wear a hat. I dreaded going to clubs and being asked to remove my hat. My buddies wanted me to fly to Florida for a fishing trip and I wouldn't go because I might have to remove my hat for airport security. Even my wardrobe options were limited while wearing a hat. I could go on for hours...
I had always wanted to shave my head but was way too scared of how I would look. I'm not extremely hideous but very very self-conscious. I have a very attractive wife.
Then I found this website and it had the answers I was looking for. I thought I was the only one hiding under a hat but there's lots of out there!! So I finally did it. I went to the barber today and had him shave it as close as he could. Then I went to Walgreens and bought a headblade razor. It was very nerve wracking today but I love it!!!!!!!!!!! My big forehead is not so big anymore and I don't have to worry about my hairloss.
I'm @#$% FREE from the chains and shackles and it feels so good. Still a little nervous about how my friends might react though.
My wife loves it, the kids are unsure. I will repeat the same thing many have on this site over and over. 'WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS YEARS AGO???"
If you're debating it, just do it. You can't be as psychotic about it as I was and you'll love it. -
#1 by Sgt. Pate on 12 Jan, 2010 01:19
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Welcome aboard Griz!
Great post!
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#2 by ozzie on 12 Jan, 2010 02:57
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Welcome to the SBGs, grizzly. I know you're going to inspire a lot of folks with your post.
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#3 by Paul on 12 Jan, 2010 04:12
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Welcome grizzly. Thanks for the great post, it is sure to hit home for many who read it. Now go out there and enjoy that freedom
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#4 by Mikekoz13 on 12 Jan, 2010 04:53
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Welcome to the Forum Grizzly! Nice intro! Now post up a photo for us...........
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#5 by D.A.L.U.I. on 12 Jan, 2010 06:57
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Welcome, great intro.
Note to lurkers: Another satisfied customer who took the message of SBG to their mpb issue & solved it--and you can too. -
#6 by joergHH on 12 Jan, 2010 08:05
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Welcome hee, Grizzly!
Congrats on your decision and your post. Thank you for sharing.
Enjoy your new sly life
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#7 by Papa Don on 12 Jan, 2010 08:21
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Grizzly, welcome to the good life. So happy you found us, so come back and enjoy the brotherhood, coversations and information this site provides.
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#8 by Rob on 12 Jan, 2010 09:48
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congrats on taking control of your life: bet it feels GREAT!
Post a pic soon!
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#9 by Tyler on 12 Jan, 2010 11:04
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Great post! Welcome to Sly Bald Guys!
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#10 by Mauser on 22 Jan, 2010 08:24
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I apologize for resurrecting an old thread rather than starting a new one. I just wanted to chime in and say I was you until five minutes ago. Everything down to the obsessive fear of going places where I might be asked to take my hat off. I've missed so much these past five years. Everything you've mentioned, I've lived a thousand times over. I must say that after combing through these forums(no pun intended) relentlessly for the past three days and reading hundreds of stories similar to my own on various forums, it was your post that finally struck a chord with me and prompted me to grab a shaver and go to town. I've been having so much doubt about going through with it. I was content to crawl back into my hole with my hat on. I quite literally stood in front of the mirror for two and a half hours this morning, staring at my head and working up the courage to do it. Finally, something clicked and I did it. Like ripping off a bandaid.
I just wanted to thank you for having the courage to post here and share your story. I hope you've found the liberation you've been seeking all these years. I'm still not sure about how I feel. Better off, would be one way to describe it. But I still need to find myself and grow into my own skin.
Cheers