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sj.brodiesj.brodie Posts: 468
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i'm a guy and i'm growing my hair. A few questions! Do women prefer long hair? I'm becoming part of a minority group. How much abuse should i expect to receive?..i guess lots since i'm not protected by any discrimination laws!
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    sj.brodie wrote:
    i'm a guy and i'm growing my hair. A few questions! Do women prefer long hair? I'm becoming part of a minority group. How much abuse should i expect to receive?..i guess lots since i'm not protected by any discrimination laws!

    You'll get lots. People just think there's something wrong :D
    I've grown mine a bit, after shaving my head pretty much, for the last 13 years. And people just think there's something wrong with me I'm sure..so be prepared, just smile at it. People aren't comfortable with the unconventional :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    That's weird. I was just thinking I've always wondered about dreds, and I found this thread.

    Trouble is you've got the embarrassing stage where it's not in dreds, it's just long and stuff. And I reckon I'd look stupid with long hair.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I have long hair, about 3-4 inches below my shoulders. I receive little abuse, apart from chavs, except from my father, whom I ignore :) I think you'll find that not as many women prefer it as you'd like to think. Don't let that stop you though. You don't want one who is shallow enough that hair length would bother them anyway :p
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Mine's getting pretty long. It has to get to at least 10 inches long in order to donate it to 'Locks of Love'. It's getting there.. in fact, I thinlk it's already there. I can't wait to get it chopped off... the fucking shit is driving me crazy.
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  • sj.brodiesj.brodie Posts: 468
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    That's weird. I was just thinking I've always wondered about dreds, and I found this thread.

    Trouble is you've got the embarrassing stage where it's not in dreds, it's just long and stuff. And I reckon I'd look stupid with long hair.

    i look stupid now, a few more months to go i think
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    When I was at home I got muchos abuse when I had long hair. Kids would try and pull it, people would shout at me asking if I wanted a sex change etc. etc. It was quite amazing how un-tolerant people were. Heck, I had abuse at me for my 'long hair' if it was any longer than a buzzcut. But when I moved to Manchester it was much different. I guess being in a city there's a bit of every kind of person around so everyone's much more tolerant.

    So guess it depends really. I found people were more accepting of long hair if it looks styled and in some kind of hair cut. Otherwise you'll end up looking like a grunge knockback who's scared of the barbers.
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  • pjamdude69pjamdude69 Posts: 174
    Fuck it, if you can still grow it (i.e., no receding hairline or male pattern baldness) DO IT!!! I wish my hair didn't recede in my early 20's or I'd still have it long... Shaved mine off at 25, been bald for the last 14 years.. Didn't wanna be one of "those" dudes, with nothing on top and some scraggly shit growing out the back and sides.. Fuck that.. All or nothing..
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    sj.brodie wrote:
    i look stupid now, a few more months to go i think

    I'd actually love to have dreds, just chicken about the in between stage and getting laughed at.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • sj.brodiesj.brodie Posts: 468
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I'd actually love to have dreds, just chicken about the in between stage and getting laughed at.

    grin and bear it, it's all part of the process!
  • pjamdude69pjamdude69 Posts: 174
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    Me at 24, winter of '93, up in the Big Bear mountains.. Got the shirt at the Indio show in November of '93... Notice the "fivehead"... Few months later I shaved it all off, never to be seen again... Miss the hair.. And the shirt too..

    So, yet again, the moral of the story is.. If you can grow it, do it.. Fuck what everyone else thinks..
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    I have fairly long hair right now and I always get compliments on it. The thing is you can't let it get too long or it just looks like you're a dirty metal guitarist or something.
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  • sj.brodiesj.brodie Posts: 468
    pjamdude69 wrote:
    Fuck it, if you can still grow it (i.e., no receding hairline or male pattern baldness) DO IT!!! I wish my hair didn't recede in my early 20's or I'd still have it long... Shaved mine off at 25, been bald for the last 14 years.. Didn't wanna be one of "those" dudes, with nothing on top and some scraggly shit growing out the back and sides.. Fuck that.. All or nothing..

    haha you were at the infamous 'shoe-throwing' show!

    and thanks for your input

    edit: must be some amazing memories associated with that pic...
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    That's weird. I was just thinking I've always wondered about dreds, and I found this thread.

    Trouble is you've got the embarrassing stage where it's not in dreds, it's just long and stuff. And I reckon I'd look stupid with long hair.

    Funny about the 'long and stuff'. :D Cause you're like soooooo with it... or something...

    I always imagined you with long hair before I saw your picture!

    To the OP, do what you want. My personal preference is short but I kinda like guys with long hair because I feel we might have similar music tastes. (I'm shallow). :D
  • WildChildRoseWildChildRose Posts: 568
    I like longish hair on guys. Not really into the short look. But I don't really like super long hair on guys. To the shoulder is usually long enough. :)
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Girl like it----my son is a jr. in high school and his hair is way past his shoulders. They sit in class and PLAY WITH HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!! and he LETS Them!!! ;)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Lizard wrote:
    Girl like it----my son is a jr. in high school and his hair is way past his shoulders. They sit in class and PLAY WITH HIS HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!! and he LETS Them!!! ;)

    :D hehe! Smart kid!
    NOPE!!!

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  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    my hair is around the 5 inch mark.

    i say grow it before you lose it!
  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    I have quuuite long hair now, what I find is this....a standard chavvy girl will call you a freak with long hair, fine!! you dont want them anyway, but all the sexy classy women will like it, and rock chicks:P thats what I find anyway, ive had girls say they want to pull it while I.....ANYWAY....grow it! go for it!










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  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I did not read the posts here, but I had long grunge style hair in my late teens and early twenties and I "dated" more woman during that time then ever. Grow it man, It gives you strength. If my wife was not such a preppy, I maybe would again............naaaa. To old to pull it off now.
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    I grew mine out a little over a year. Go for it. You will get some in between stages that are just awful, but just tough it out. My hair was at my shoulders about. You'll get a little abuse, but not too much.

    Funny this thread popped up, I just got it cut today.

    :(
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  • tony vitony vi Posts: 72
    I HAVE LONG HAIR , AT LEAST 40 INCH LONG , AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYBODY THINK OTHERWISE YOU WILL NEVER BE CONFIDENT OR BE YOUR SELF , AND THERE IT IS YOUR HAND YOU ARE GOING TO DATE ( it is just an expression )
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    I'm a girl too, and i love men with long hair. Doesn't matter how long. I don't mind facial hair either, as long as it's not a proper beard.

    but i hate chest hair, back hair.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    acoustic guy wrote:
    I did not read the posts here, but I had long grunge style hair in my late teens and early twenties and I "dated" more woman during that time then ever. Grow it man, It gives you strength. If my wife was not such a preppy, I maybe would again............naaaa. To old to pull it off now.

    shut up! guys are never too old to pull it off, and you're only in your 30's, and i wouldn't call you old! i've seen plenty of metal guys with long hair who are past your age and they still look great. :)
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    hehe, i had to go back to this thread to say this:

    yep, i like long-haired guys and i do like how metal guys look, but from what i've heard my ex tell me recently is that they are bunch of guys with mental problems, which is funny cuz he himself has got a problem and he is a metalhead :D from another dude i heard that they're too fucked up ( drunk ) to have a proper convo. and to me they are just sexy looking jerks :D
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    I have long hair. When I was 15 girls loved it. Now I'm twenty and nobody cares.
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  • ChazzChazz Posts: 1,135
    Long hair on some men is VERY attractive - I'm thinking Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire....

    However - if your starting to loose it, shave it off - there's nother less attractive than a guy with receding hair on top and long at the sides/back (now I'm thinking of Michael Bolton in the 90's). I think men look less bald when they keep their remaining hair really short - just my 2 penneth.....so if you got it - grow it!
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  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    Long hair on men is the biggest turn on! Meow!
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  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    I had long hair for 5/6 years (started when i was in high school). I can't says i got any abuse really buddy. A little when i was in school but only from the first years. I know a girl who really likes guys with long hair and she's HOT. Just go for it dude, long hair's cool.
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    If you have good hair (and not straggly bits), grow it! I LOVE long hair. Nothing like running your fingers through luscious long hair. MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm :D

    Funny you say you are a minority.... I see so many men with long hair, all walks of life too, from hippie, to metal guy to accountant (but in a ponytail for work!).

    Too quickly you will start losing it, so take advantage of long hair while you can!
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    genie wrote:
    back hair.

    If there was a little green, puking emoticon available, I would use it here.

    Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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