Hair Today Gone Tomorow

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A good friend of LITGM and frequent commenter, Annie, recently cut her long, red hair. I love long hair on women but for some reason when certain women reach a certain age (in their own minds) long hair no longer feels attractive to them. My wife went through that same phase a few years back. This was not Annie’s M.O. She regularly donates the hair to Locks Of Love.

Long hair or short, Annie would look great in a used wet burlap potato sack. She’s a real doll.

Now I have a confession. One month ago I suddenly decided to cut my hair. Out of the blue. My hair has been quite long (for a male) most of my life but for the past twenty years it has been as long as 2-3’ down my back.


To me, my genetically very straight hair was best suited either for a buzz cut (had one in the late 80’s) or long enough to tie it in a hair band. It seemed foolish to me (and still does) to spend more than one minute each morning fussing with my hair and all the paraphernalia such as brushes, combs, blow-dryers, mousse, sprays and all that commercial hair care crap. I never was nor would I ever be a metro-sexual. Having never been a slave to fashion I prefer the no-maintenance extremes.

My haircut frequency was once per year. The wife would snip off at about a fistful length or two and that was that. It would grow about 6” per year or more, slightly longer than the width of my fist. Saved me some money too.

Exactly one month ago for no reason whatsoever I walked into a local Great Clips and asked for a military buzz. It just hit me, I can’t explain why, just how and when. I stopped short (pun intended) of having my head shaved.

After being draped with a bib, I sat in the special chair while three different hair-dresser (young chicks) approached me and asked me to reconsider. They all told me they were jealous of my hair and that most women would kill for the quality of my locks. Snip away, I told them. Then be gone with you, wenches!


My hair was tied up with two bands that day. There were times when it was long enough for three bands in order to keep the wind from knotting up the stray hair while driving in the topless, doorless Jeep Wrangler, out on the boat streaking to a hot fishing spot or on a poker run with the Harley. The first thing my cutter did was clip off the tail for me to save. Should I will it to my children? Would I hang it on the wall like taxidermy? How would it look mounted to a piece of distressed knurled wood as a trophy? Heep big scalp, chief.

Years ago my daughter requested that if I ever cut my hair I should get it cut and styled into a “mullet”, just for fun photos, shits and giggles before having it buzzed. That’s was never gonna’ happen even if I am a huge Chicago White Sox fan.

Many asked me after the cut how it feels to have shed so much hair (for a guy). It makes no difference to me since 60% of the time it was tied up.


Annie is donating her cut hair to Locks of Love and I will do the same since its of no use to me.

I don’t think human hair can be used to tie homemade fishing flies. But if Johnny J. responds asking for some hair that would enhance his custom tied flies I would be happy to send him some.

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