Wow, that was fast... Well this has been going on for about a year now with me feeling down about the hair thing and in more recent months my wife make comments about my bald head all the time. i have spoke to her about it and she has made it very clear she does not like bald heads. I do have hair on the sides which she wants me to grow with like a comb over effect. No way on this earth....... i do shave the back and sides and she said i look like a thug. thats the long and short of it, no pun inteded.
Dude, I feel your pain. The Lovely Mrs. Schro hated the sly look on me (I'm still not certain she's fully on board with it). Well, I'll be celebrating my 5 year anniversary of being sly this New Year's Day. I changed my look for
ME. Along the way, I found out I experienced a major health benefit from shaving my head....complete relief from a painfully itchy scalp condition, sebhorreic dermatitis.
Although that is the main reason I have maintained a shaven dome, there are many others:
1)
Confidence. I never thought I lacked confidence due to my hair (yes, I was sporting the "
hairy toilet seat" like you), but I feel a lot better about myself now that I am sly. I especially like it during the summer months out by the pool, golf course, wherever.
2)
Ease of Maintenance. One shave in the morning, and you're good to go. Worry free and out the door.
3)
Cost. It's actually cheaper to be sly then mess with shampoo, conditioner, and haircuts. I did a (non-scientific) study on this and posted it somewhere here on SBG.
4)
Combover? WTF? OK, that's not a reason to go sly, but why would you (or your wife) ever consider it? Although your hair (or absence of it) is only a part of your appearance, I can name many handsome bald dudes....I struggle to think of one that looks good with a hairy toilet seat. Plus, the stigma of a combover is (in my opinion) too much to overcome.
Look, do whatever you think is best for YOU. I think you need to consider all options. But remember, there are many guys that are BBC (Bald By Choice), but no one is CBC (Combover By Choice).
Good Luck!
Schro......PROUDLY SLY!