All responses have been positive so far, today I ran into an acquaintance (also mpb)  I hadn't seen since going sly, he patted my head and said it was a nice looking haircut.  I was a little taken aback and then proceeded to use it as an opportunity to tell the virtues of going sly...

Any similar first time reactions from other non sly mpb?

Head rubs are always nice.

I like getting my head rubbed. Especially from girls in my class!   

Head Rubs Always Welcome here 

Got to admit head rubs are very nice!

You can expect a few more of those. Part and parcel of being slick bald !

For a while, one of my colleagues rubbed my head every morning to check for smoothness.

I got my first head-rub about day 3, from a very cute young lady, (a cashier at our local market), I gotta say that at my age it felt very good and was much appreciated.