Pros
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You look really good like a photoshoot model in the sun
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Infinite hair style options
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Can wear it up or down depending on your mood
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Keeps your head and neck and ears warm when it’s cold
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Can be masc or fem or both or neither at your whim
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Smells nice when you wave it around
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People like touching it if you want them to and it feels nice
Cons
- WHY THE FUCK IS IT STILL WET I WASHED IT HOURS AGO WHY WON’T YOU JUST DRY OH MY GOD PLEASE
It’s a tough choice tbh
It is a tough choice tbh!
After covid started I stopped bothering to get a haircut and let my hair grow all the way down to my butt. People compliment me on it and stuff but it’s actually kinda bothering me in a sensory way. It’s always getting in the way, getting tangled, so then I tie it up in a bun, but then that bothers my scalp sometimes, and then it’s a pain to wash and dry it and brush it, and it keeps getting more and more split ends as time goes on. Maaannn… I might just cut it. But it’s so cool to have like, Rapunzel hair, or fuckin like, braided long-ass Valkryie hair you know? Takes years to grow that shit out. Idk… I’ve been going back and forth on it for months.
I’m in a very similar boat. I’ve got the COVID long hair down to my ass and I definitely enjoy how unique it is for my peer group and professional life. I don’t have quite the annoyance you seem to have with it, but I still get some. As an otherwise very obviously cishet guy, there’s a certain fun to try on just a little gender non-conforming stuff, like when I used to wearing nail polish in high school and college. Like you, I love having this like viking mane that I tame right before I start lifting or something.
But I know I’ll never grow it out again. And as a guy well into middle age that still has not only hair, but a full head of it that goes all the way down my back, I feel like I need to live this life for my balding brethren that have no choice in the matter.