Whenever something comes up that requires planning and a new dress, like soirees and charity balls, my friends all want their hair put up.
But I’ve been told, and think it’s true, that if the guy likes your long hair he want to show you off to his boss/friends that way. And he may easily hate a do that looks like it might work for Flo of Mel’s Diner.
I have to agree in general with that, at least for myself. I usually find myself preferring the simple hairstyle. If she put her hair up and went to a lot of trouble for the look, I would probably seem to like it, but still prefer it down. But that’s just me.
Hate it.
RotorHead - What model? Is that the latitude for Florida?
oops - coordinates
Radar Ralf- Chesapeake, VA (on the southern end, by the coast)
Right now, Bell 206. You fly?
Radar Ralf- but I’m envious of your location.
I was merely a passenger on “hueys,” but loved the ride. Are you close to Little Creek?
Yessir, Alaska is very nice this time of year. I am going to a new work location in a month, though. I will be working on a pipeline project in Georgia/Azerbaijan/Turkey.
I must say that I did have some interesting times in your neck of the woods, too. Little Creek, Pungo, Dam Neck…
I’m a few miles from downtown Norfolk and the shipyards and such. Not sure of those locations. I’m just squatting for free in a borrowed house. Been working on incorporating a business, and quit working in Feb. to work on this, so I have to live as cheaply as possible. Really from NC. Went to AK as a kid. need to go back.
Maria- I’m sorry we hijacked the thread like that.
Well, since most fancy occasion 'dos are swept up, it at least gives the guy that cool ‘wait until the end of the evening when I can wind my hands in it and pull it down’ intimacy thing. That’d be some compensation, anyway.
My two cents: if doing your hair makes you feel confident, that will come through. If a new hairdo makes you feel self-conscious, that will come through as well.
That being said, I’ve noticed that many men like long hair. However, as I’m not a man, my opinion may not count for much in this particular thread.
My two cents: if doing your hair makes you feel confident, that will come through. If a new hairdo makes you feel self-conscious, that will come through as well.
That being said, I’ve noticed that many men like long hair. However, as I’m not a man, my opinion may not count for much in this particular thread.
I personally don’t give a damn what a girl does with her hair as long as she doesn’t cut it short; I’m cool with it.
I like those formal hairstyles myself.
I like long hair. Elaborate hairstyles don’t do it for me. But it seems to do it for girls, and they probably aren’t stopping anytime soon.
Fancy events have their own special fashion customs. It’s no different from putting on a fancy dress (for her) or a tuxedo (for me).
I like long hair on girls, but I also think they look cute when wearing men’s shirts that are way too big for them, and I wouldn’t dream of telling her to dress that way for a fancy event!
If she asks me which I prefer, I will tell her. But if she asks me what to do for the event, I’ll tell her what the custom is, so she won’t feel out of place.
“When in Rome…” and so forth.
If someone can explain to me why girls with straight hair curl it for formal occasions, and girls with curly hair straighten theirs, I would appreciate that clarification also.
Particularly since the only time I’ve had my hair done for a formal event (bridesmaid in wedding), the hairstylist just whipped it up and started curling it. I have intensely straight hair, and it went without saying that I’d want curls. You know, just…because.
[sub]And the frightening thing was, I didn’t wash it for two days post-wedding and the curls wouldn’t die. I still don’t understand how she managed that.[/sub]
As per the OP, no, I don’t think the guy really gives a flying monkey what she does with her hair. Anymore than he cares what she does with her nails, or whether she uses glossy vs. matte lipstick, or if she’s wearing cute shoes. I think the majority of “dolling up” for events like this is done to impress themselves and other women. The men are just arm-candy.
Not only does he “not care”, he doesnt like it. It make him feel unconfortable.
I dont think men like “change”, esp since they never change their own looks, and they just plain dont understand the concept.
They have absoultely no inkling what it feels like to get a new outfit, new shoes, new nails, or change of hairstyle or color.
Whatever you change, lots of men wont like it.
Also, if you do change your hair style, men wont like it. If you leave it, and keep that new style for a year or so, once they become accustomed to it, then they wont like it if you change it back exactly to the way it was. It doesnt matter if you had long hair and went to short, had curly hair and went to straight, went from blonde to brown or brown to blonde, etc.
myself, i’d put a big hunk of money on betting that if you dye your hair (a realistic shade of) red, they’ll love it, regardless of what color it was before.
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