An unfortunate visit from reality
Ok, every once in a while we all come face to face with some bit of truth we'd like not to believe, but it's just too obvious to ignore. For me, this came about last Wednesday.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this or not, but I'm 30 this year (all year long). With this comes certain assumed behaviors, one of which is denying the inevitability of aging. This all came crashing down for me right at the end of my haircut last week, when I was shown the back of my head in the mirror, including what can only be decsribed as a massive bald spot. I'm balding. I say balding instead of bald because it's clearly going to continue to get worse before it gets better (especially since it's not going to get better). For years I've contended when people accused me of having a bald spot that I just had a short haircut, or fine hair. Well, now that's over. I'm balding. It's in black & white (or whatever font I have going here when you read this).
But that leads to an interesting question. Now that I've come to terms with the exodus on the top of my head, what's the next step? As it is I wear my hair relatively short, which does nothing to hide the issue. The way I see it, I have four options:
1. Continue to cut and wear my hair the way I do now, laughing in the face of baldness. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (Or something like that)
2. Try to grow my hair long, pushing for a little more "coverage". This will lead to the inevitable comb-over jokes, and worse yet, to deserve them. On the plus side, the long hair could end up looking good. Of course, it'll take forever to grow and in the mean time I'll look like a homeless guy. I'm gonna put this one on the back burner.
3. Shave my head. Now this one is a pretty popular option these days. And that would be all well and good if I didn't already have friends who call me Charlie Brown because of melon-like round head. This is going to stay just a contingency unless things really start to get out of hand.
4. Wear hats. This isn't really as far out as it seems, but I just don't know if I can be a hat guy. And if you're a hat guy, do you have to wear the same hat every day? Do you rotatae through a few? Do they need to match whatever else you're wearing? These are all questions I'd need answers for ahead of time.
Ok, so I've got some thinking to do. In the meantime, I should probably start drinking or something.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this or not, but I'm 30 this year (all year long). With this comes certain assumed behaviors, one of which is denying the inevitability of aging. This all came crashing down for me right at the end of my haircut last week, when I was shown the back of my head in the mirror, including what can only be decsribed as a massive bald spot. I'm balding. I say balding instead of bald because it's clearly going to continue to get worse before it gets better (especially since it's not going to get better). For years I've contended when people accused me of having a bald spot that I just had a short haircut, or fine hair. Well, now that's over. I'm balding. It's in black & white (or whatever font I have going here when you read this).
But that leads to an interesting question. Now that I've come to terms with the exodus on the top of my head, what's the next step? As it is I wear my hair relatively short, which does nothing to hide the issue. The way I see it, I have four options:
1. Continue to cut and wear my hair the way I do now, laughing in the face of baldness. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (Or something like that)
2. Try to grow my hair long, pushing for a little more "coverage". This will lead to the inevitable comb-over jokes, and worse yet, to deserve them. On the plus side, the long hair could end up looking good. Of course, it'll take forever to grow and in the mean time I'll look like a homeless guy. I'm gonna put this one on the back burner.
3. Shave my head. Now this one is a pretty popular option these days. And that would be all well and good if I didn't already have friends who call me Charlie Brown because of melon-like round head. This is going to stay just a contingency unless things really start to get out of hand.
4. Wear hats. This isn't really as far out as it seems, but I just don't know if I can be a hat guy. And if you're a hat guy, do you have to wear the same hat every day? Do you rotatae through a few? Do they need to match whatever else you're wearing? These are all questions I'd need answers for ahead of time.
Ok, so I've got some thinking to do. In the meantime, I should probably start drinking or something.
posted by MrOctopus at 8:26 PM
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