It was only a few short weeks ago that I realized my hair was getting too long.
"Nah." I said to myself, "It's not unmanageable. I can still deal with it. It must just be my imagination."
And then a few days later when I looked in the mirror, my hands started to tremble and my palms started to sweat.
It was officially time. I had sleepless nights and visions of horrible short haircuts haunted me at inappropriate times until I could take it no longer.
Everytime, I ask for an inch off, I end up looking like this:
"This," I tell my husband "is why so many women have long hair. You can't mess up long hair."
And he says reassuringly, "It looks fine." But I can read his face.
I tried to put those bad images out of my mind, took 2 excedrin and mustered all the courage I had. I didn't have much. I tried the power of positive thinking. Happy thoughts and sunshine. Kittens. Warm cookies.
After she strapped me in the chair, and choked me with the cape, I gulped as I told her to take just an inch off. "OK!" she said as she nods. Then she began the conversation: "So are you retired?"
Um, excuse me?
It's not often I pay to be insulted and get a bad haircut, but it must have been my unlucky day. And as my consolation prize I was rewarded with not 1 but 4 inches off! "Now you come back if you need me to fix it!" she said as I left. "How can you fix too short?" I began to say, but I caught myself. At least now my trembling can stop and I won't have to go back for awhile. I look like this:
so it will take awhile to grow out.
But it could be worse. I could be this guy:
2 comments:
Why is it so hard to find a hair stylist that will listen to what you say you want?? How hard is it to just cut one inch off instead of 4??
I'm so sorry for your bad hair cut experience, but if I know you, you still look great! You always do!
just remember, hair always grows back. :) I've done crazy things, but I know it cant last more than a month, tops before it will be manageable again (if they mess it up). :)
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