# Am I the only guy who hasn't gotten a haircut since February? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169 "2020-07-24T00:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/83 "2020-07-27T14:32:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m curious about my gf’s hair. It is the exact same right now as it was at the beginning of shutdown. I know she’d never cut it herself, and I’m certain she has some color/highlight stuff that she normally gets done. > > I guess it’ll remain a mystery, I’m not asking . My wife’s hair looks the same (to me.) She apologized that she hasn’t been able to take care of it and just thought I was being kind when I said it looks as good as it always does. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/84 "2020-07-27T14:36:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > My wife’s hair looks the same (to me.) She apologized that she hasn’t been able to take care of it and just thought I was being kind when I said it looks as good as it always does. Yeah, I’m oblivious to the usual subtle changes my gf’s hair experiences (she once told me that the reason she pays $$$ for haircuts is because it doesn’t look like she had a haircut). 💈 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/85 "2020-07-27T14:39:45Z")
The Daughter fired up the clippers yesterday, so both Mr VOW and I got scalped. IT’S FREAKIN’ WONDERFUL! My hair was getting unwieldy. I sleep mostly on my right side, and I looked like I survived a collision with a wall. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/86 "2020-07-27T15:16:02Z")
My last haircut was February as well. I’m starting to look like a chrysanthemum. ---
**Author:** ![Dadtheinhaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dadtheinhaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dadtheinhaler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/87 "2020-07-27T15:36:55Z")
I was getting a little shaggy before Covid and haven’t touched it since. Now it’s down to my shoulders. I toyed with the idea of having my daughters cut my hair or shave my head or something but the window on that has closed since now I’m out of work and need to look at least sort of like an office guy on short notice. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/88 "2020-07-27T22:41:13Z")
I was already a bit overdue for a haircut in mid-March, my previous haircut being from the second week of January. At first it was fun going shaggy. Then, annoying. I pondered letting it grow long enough for a ponytail or man bun. That was in April. By the end of May it was just too hot, and my hair was getting into my eyes all the time, while not being long enough yet for a pony tail or a man bun…Which apparently would take me upwards of a full year to do, at least. So I subjected myself to the Spousal Hair Salon. It wasn’t too bad. I looked like a trimmed hedge, but felt much better! I also shaved or trimmed down all the facial hair I was letting grow out to see what would happen. What happened was basically not very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/89 "2020-07-27T23:44:26Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > By the end of May it was just too hot, and my hair was getting into my eyes all the time, while not being long enough yet for a pony tail or a man bun…Which apparently would take me upwards of a full year to do, at least. But once it gets long enough for a ponytail, you _never_ have to worry about it again. Seriously. My hair got long enough for a ponytail when I was in high school. It worked. Easiest hairstyle in the world. Shower, wash, put a rubber band in it, you’re done. Still have the same hairstyle. I’m 60. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/90 "2020-07-28T00:34:15Z")
My last haircut was in 2014 or 2015, I don’t remember exactly. It’s just not something that’s even on my radar. When I do get a cut, I usually promise myself to do it at least once a year, but that never sticks. Honestly, my hair looks pretty good. It’s really long and wavy. I do my own color and it comes out with natural highlights because I have so much natural gray. I usually just wear it in a high ponytail, occasionally I’ll change it up and do a side braid. Sometimes I get motivated to make a little effort - on those days I grab some styling spray and my spiral curling iron and make what the fashion magazines call “beachy waves”. This state of affairs works for me. I probably should make some effort to get it trimmed up soon, but I say that a lot and never follow through. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/91 "2020-07-28T18:28:37Z")
May I acknowledge the respondents for mercifully restraining from providing visual evidence… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/92 "2020-07-28T18:31:38Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > May I acknowledge the respondents for mercifully restraining from providing visual evidence Too late. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/93 "2020-07-30T17:51:12Z")
Same here, got my last haircut around Feb 28th, just after my last flight from Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/94 "2020-07-30T18:04:58Z")
I’ve gotten haircuts. My kids or my husband trims up the back. I do the front. I’ve been wearing it short - and the back needs regular trims to prevent the mullet - and I have managed to prevent the mullet. I’ve done my husband and kids. I’ve also done my own color and my own manicures and my own facials. My rule for haircuts is that if you’ve ever paid for a worse haircut, you are doing JUST FINE. And I’ve paid for some bad haircuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/95 "2020-07-30T18:12:06Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Same here, got my last haircut around Feb 28th About the same for me. Maybe even early February. I typically only get ~three haircuts a year. Cut short - grow long - cut short. Partly laziness, partly I kind of like the variety. But we’re well beyond my normal limit and it is starting to bug me. But not enough to attempt it myself. I’m pretty certain that would be a hideous botch job. So I’m just shrugging and getting progressively shaggier. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/96 "2020-07-30T19:30:10Z")
If memory serves, my last haircut was in December; I was about due for another in March but kept putting it off because of health issues, by which time the pandemic hit. I’d been getting my haircuts at a local Avedo school because they were inexpensive. Earlier this week I checked their website to see if they were open. As I had expected, they’re no longer doing walk-ins and customers are requested to wash their own hair before coming in. However, they also are requiring that payment be made through some sort of “Salon App” rather than cash or credit card. So I have to download another stupid app that I’m only going to be using every three months or so. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/97 "2020-07-31T04:16:23Z")
I was doing fine with no haircut since early in the year, but I broke down this week. I got a haircut first thing in the morning before anyone else was at the shop, so it was just me and the hair cutter, both of us masked. We were both so rushed to get it done fast, that once I left and went back home I discovered one side was 3/4 of an inch shorter than the other side (it’s curly, so wasn’t immediately apparent). Easy enough to fix. Hopefully it’ll last another 7 months. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/98 "2020-07-31T10:59:40Z")
Earlier this year it was past time for me to get a haircut. I thought I had registered online, went to the barber and found that I didn’t register and there was a long line. So, I was planning on going soon. Then things shut down. I still haven’t got my hair cut. I have an opportunity for what should be safe. But, I’m letting it grow for fun/making a statement, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/99 "2020-07-31T18:59:27Z")
I am fortunate as my wife has been giving me haircuts ever since we were married, 68 years ago.She used an electric clipper that was an antique, but it still worked. Recently we got a new one that has ten “combs” or whatever they are called, so took a while for her to figure them out, but we still have the antique one if needed. Since the lock-down she has also been doing our son’s hair (who lives with us) and he said it was much better than he got at the barber’s. High praise. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/100 "2020-07-31T19:33:48Z")
I cut my daughter’s hair, and I didn’t really know what I was doing but it seemed to turn out okay. She’s just going to dye it green anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/101 "2020-07-31T23:27:39Z")
Haven’t cut it since October… …2017 😉 (Seriously though, I grow it, shave it, donate it to places that make wigs for kids.) I have super hair, and am too cheap to pay for a haircut. I don’t do a shaved head well. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169/102 "2020-07-31T23:44:47Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I haven’t had a haircut since last December. It’s not that I’m worried about catching anything, because I could just have my wife give me a shear with the clippers; it’s just that I retired, and I don’t wanna bother doing it. Preach it, bro! I can’t even remember when I last got a haircut, but it was long before February. Why do I avoid haircuts? Because I’m retired, and I can. Do I look vaguely like a homeless bum? Maybe, but I can tell myself that I look more like a rock star, and who’s gonna argue? 😜 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-guy-who-hasnt-gotten-a-haircut-since-february/916169.md?page=6)