As I entered my 30s, I became aware of how annoying and prevalent male pattern balding is. My hairline had a brief receding period in my early 20s and stopped. I remember being teased by my peers as if they were permanently immune to balding. By 30, a few of them had some serious balding, one was even almost completely bald. And my hair remained at the Norwood 2 (if anyone here knows what that is). And now, I have noticed an increase in the number of men starting their trip down the balding journey.
Earlier this week, my best friend was dumped for having a noticeable, though minor, thinning spot on the back/top of his head. He's 36; she's 32. This has hit him pretty hard. He picked me up at the airport wearing a ball cap. Never seen this guy wear a hat, ever. He's got a supply of rogaine to last a year. And this guy is just broken now. He knew about this balding spot starting to form about a year ago and didn't seem too concerned about it. His girlfriend said she didn't care either...until he buzzed his hair last week. Apparently she told him that he just looked...different without hair, and although he's not bald now, she has had a glimpse at how he will look one day, and she knew she just wouldn't be attracted to him and it would be embarrassing to be seen with him.
Ok, so first, I'm pissed that this happened to my friend. But what I'm really pissed about is this lady gave me some real $hit about me saying women should make it a priority to stay a healthy weight if they want to keep me around and have a healthy sex life. My friend and I talk about this all the time, but he remained silent during this debate with his girlfriend. I only brought it up because she made a comment about him needing to stop his ice cream cone binges because he was losing his six pack. I couldn't help but call her out on her being 30lbs overweight and thus having a double standard. Basically she said a woman is built to be curvy and I wasnt understanding about it and probably need a smaller woman because I feel small. At 6'1' 195 lbs and 33 inch waist?
But here she goes dropping my best friend like a hot potato over a thinning hair spot on the back of his head. Something he has no control over, unlike excessive weight gain which is reversible and only happens when you choose to shove too much food down your pie hole.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I guess it's good timing that I have recently given up on women being more than an hour of sexy time. Looked in the mirror when I got out of the shower this morning and thought my hairline has started thinning again. Maybe I should buzz my hair and see who still decides to date me.
I really love my hair though. And that has me thinking of something more valuable to me than women - my hair lol. It really has me thinking about what if I go bald. I mean I think I would really be depressed, not because of what anyone thinks about it, but just because it's my hair. It's like losing a limb. Well, not really. But I just remember being obsessed with how awesome my hair was when I was in high school. So I guess it's the realization that my youthful days are coming to an end sometime soon.
Earlier this week, my best friend was dumped for having a noticeable, though minor, thinning spot on the back/top of his head. He's 36; she's 32. This has hit him pretty hard. He picked me up at the airport wearing a ball cap. Never seen this guy wear a hat, ever. He's got a supply of rogaine to last a year. And this guy is just broken now. He knew about this balding spot starting to form about a year ago and didn't seem too concerned about it. His girlfriend said she didn't care either...until he buzzed his hair last week. Apparently she told him that he just looked...different without hair, and although he's not bald now, she has had a glimpse at how he will look one day, and she knew she just wouldn't be attracted to him and it would be embarrassing to be seen with him.
Ok, so first, I'm pissed that this happened to my friend. But what I'm really pissed about is this lady gave me some real $hit about me saying women should make it a priority to stay a healthy weight if they want to keep me around and have a healthy sex life. My friend and I talk about this all the time, but he remained silent during this debate with his girlfriend. I only brought it up because she made a comment about him needing to stop his ice cream cone binges because he was losing his six pack. I couldn't help but call her out on her being 30lbs overweight and thus having a double standard. Basically she said a woman is built to be curvy and I wasnt understanding about it and probably need a smaller woman because I feel small. At 6'1' 195 lbs and 33 inch waist?
But here she goes dropping my best friend like a hot potato over a thinning hair spot on the back of his head. Something he has no control over, unlike excessive weight gain which is reversible and only happens when you choose to shove too much food down your pie hole.
I cannot wrap my head around this. I guess it's good timing that I have recently given up on women being more than an hour of sexy time. Looked in the mirror when I got out of the shower this morning and thought my hairline has started thinning again. Maybe I should buzz my hair and see who still decides to date me.
I really love my hair though. And that has me thinking of something more valuable to me than women - my hair lol. It really has me thinking about what if I go bald. I mean I think I would really be depressed, not because of what anyone thinks about it, but just because it's my hair. It's like losing a limb. Well, not really. But I just remember being obsessed with how awesome my hair was when I was in high school. So I guess it's the realization that my youthful days are coming to an end sometime soon.
