Not at all. I don’t expect him to.
Even if he noticed I expect he would be worried about getting it wrong (as per don’t ask’s post above).
And I agree that the very best strategy for men is to say “You look pretty” or “your hair looks great” - that way, even if you are wrong about there being a recent change, you’re still golden.
Yes – I should have mentioned this, too. It would be unreasonable of me to be offended by my husband not noticing a minor hair change, since I never notice his haircuts. He gets his hair cut every two weeks and has it cut exactly the same way, so his hair always looks exactly the same every single day. But every two weeks, he comes home and says, “How do you like my haircut?” and I say, “Great!” while thinking, “What haircut?”
My last BF was the King of the “delayed dawning that something is different.” Common conversation:
HIM: Did you get your hair cut?
ME: Yes. Two weeks ago.
HIM: Oh. It looks nice.
If he knew I was getting it done today, and when I came home he didn’t say anything, I would assume that, like don’t ask, he didn’t have anything nice to say. So I wouldn’t resent him being quiet, if saying somethign would either make him be mean to me or lie to me.
But my hair if very short – nape of the neck, above the ears – and sometimes people don’t notice when I’ve had it cut. If I went out and got eight inches chopped off and he didn’t say anything, I would assume he didn’t like it.
Early in my relationship my guy failed to notice several drastic hair changes. Now he is really good about noticing and complementing my hair changes. This transformation did not take place with out some “gentle prodding”.
What really ticked me off is that I love my hair, it’s the thing that makes me feel pretty. So by him not noticing a change in my hair he wasn’t realizing just how pretty I was.
I’m sure he is thankful I 'splained it to him 
Barrels
If you get your hair done frequently, give him a pass. I kind of become immune to the changes when they happen frequently, even if the change would otherwise be noticeable. My general sense is “she changes her hair a lot, but it always looks good, although on any given day I’d have a hard time telling you what it looked like this morning”. However, if you’ve had the same long brunette tresses for the last 5 years, and came back with a blond bob today, I can see how you’d be irritated.
Amen brother! That $90 woulda bought a lot of golf balls.
My husband does the same thing. He’s bald on top and gets the fringe trimmed about once a month and is offended if I don’t notice. Geez. He even asks if I like his beard after a quarter inch is trimmed. Men. :dubious:
I’m glad to learn I’m not the only one that doesn’t notice when the man in my life gets a haircut. Usually it will take about 2 days, and then it’s triggered by my noticing the longer hairs under his collar that didn’t get trimmed.
Since haircuts don’t automatically register with me, I’ve got no problem when he doesn’t notice mine. If he didn’t miss the 13" I took off last summer, I would have just laughed at him.
…and if he doesn’t like it, his options are:
Say you don’t like it and she’ll never forget.
Sorry, no. If I want an argument I’ll pick one over something a little more important.
-Joe
He doesn’t notice his own hair, so no I wouldn’t get mad.
I’d have to say something like, “I just got my hair done, how does it look?” and of course he’s not an idiot and he’d say great.
I asked my wife to keep her hair longer. She just keeps getting it cut shorter and shorter. When she asks me how it looks, I tell her it looks good but I like it better longer. You tell me the one who isn’t noticing.
I never notice when my wife does it. I never notice anybody’s haircut. I never notice what anybody’s wearing either. I’m just not very visually observant. I don’t care what people are wearing or what their hair looks like.
I’m always very observant of what people say, though and have a good memory for it. I can probably recall the conversation I had with my wife this morning almost verbatim, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you what she was wearing if you put a gun to my head.
I’m not a lady doper, but I am a gay doper. Should be close enough for this purpose. 
I used to get irritated but have gotten used to the idea that my man is oblivious to my hair cuts and colors. What does irritate me is that he expects me to notice and comment on his hair when he gets it cut, colors it (he’s a bleach blond), styles it different and so on. Can you say double standard?
No I wouldn’t. Now, if I walked in the door nekkid and he didn’t notice, I’d be pissed.
I wouldn’t care. I mean, if I shaved my head and he didn’t notice I might be a little confused, but just a hair cut/colour? Meh - as long as the guy makes me feel pretty, generally, I’m not too bothered if he doesn’t notice every detail.
My husband notices nothing. I went from blond to bright red and he didn’t notice.
Ladies? We do notice. Most of us, anyway. But the stylists want to cut your hair short, and mostly, us males don’t like short hair. Mostly. (Some dudes love it, especialy on petite girls). So, you come home with your hair shorter, and it’s like you come home with your boobs a cup size smaller. 
But we know better than to say we don’t like your new 'do. So we say nothing, knowing that it will grow back out. Or we say “Whatever you like, darling.”
We can’t win. If you like your new 'do and we don’t we are screwed.
I wouldn’t be irritated, if I wanted to talk about my hair, I’d bring it up, just like he brings up beer if he feels like talking about beer. But if he brushed off the importance of my new $90 cut and color (as is “whatever, its just a haircut”) then I’d be annoyed. All I really expect is some minimal interest in something that I think is important enough to spend $90 on. A response like “Haircut? Huh, oh, yeah, its looks … um, shiny. Real shiny!” is good enough for me.
I seriously thought you wrote 'cut 8 inches off her long back hair." I was like,
“Yeah, I bet you noticed and were happy she cut that off!” :eek:
Dangit, I wanted this poll to go the other way. 
I got my hair done yesterday (as you probably guessed) and he didn’t say anything. It looks good, but maybe not that different, so I guess I’ll have to give him a pass.
Also, I pay for my own stuff, so it’s no sweat to him if I spend $90. If I was going to make a major purchase I might run it by him so he’s not surprised, but otherwise he doesn’t really have a say in how I spend my discretionary income.