I was at a bar a while back, and went to the bathroom, where a few women were doing their thing around the mirrors. One of the women had a long blond pony tail. I went into a stall and overheard one of the women complement pony-tail girl on her hair. Oh, she said, it’s fake! You can just take it off! To my surprise, all of the other women chimed in to say they were also wearing fake hair (I think there were 3 women in the bathroom).
When I reported this finding to my husband, he was horrified.
How do others feel about it? Say you end up going home with a woman you’ve just met, who has pretty, long hair, and when you get there she takes it off and puts it on the dresser. Does this freak you out?
Depends how you find out about it. I went on a date with an eccentric artsy girl who was wearing a vintage dress and a modest beehive wig that matched the color of her real hair. I thought her 'do was neat and she instantly confessed she couldn’t figure out how to get her hair into a beehive, so she got a wig. I still thought her look that night was charming.
If I went home with a girl that I always thought had long hair and she tossed it onto the coffee table when she got home, yes, it would freak me out.
It’s decorative only, so it doesn’t bother me at all really. That’s assuming there’s some real hair under there also. I mean it would bother me if there was pattern baldness, and a wig had to be worn all the time.
If the blonde bob comes off and it’s Julia Roberts’ long red curls underneath, I’ll get over it. But otherwise, I like women to be real from head to toe.
My ex-girlfriend liked getting weaves, and she could look very striking with a good one. However, one of the things I like is being able to run my fingers through my partner’s hair… something that you can’t really do when fake hair is sewn or glued to your real hair. Maintenance was also a pain, they began to look shabby quickly, and caused her real hair to be severely damaged or accidentally dreaded.
She had a good collection of wigs, too, which I preferred over the weaves; she got the look of long hair, but she could take it off when she wanted. Again, she could look striking with a good one, like a torch singer or film noir actress. I still couldn’t pet her or anything while we were out, lest I knock the wig askew, and vigorous activity-- whether going for an impromptu hike or hitting a dance club-- was a no-go when she was wearing one.
Overall, I preferred her real hair, at least long enough for me to run my fingers through and play with. She might have looked more plain, but she was better able to play with me. What she wore was her choice, though, and I never was upset by the “fakery” going on, just the limitations imposed on other things by wearing fake hair.
I’ve just met her, and she takes the hair off and puts it on the dresser. So we’re in the bedroom? Unless she also turns out to have a penis*, I’ll deal with it.
I’m a chick, so, I’m not your target responder here-- but I am wearing fake hair as I type this. Clip in extensions, which I wouldn’t wear if there was any chance of some dude petting me. For a while, I had sewn in hair extensions (so there were “tracts” all over my head, heavy ass fake hair sewn into the tracks with a needle and thread, etc) and obviously I couldn’t take those out when I was about to have some guy running his fingers through my luxurious hair (from some lady in India, but purchased down the street).
Once, I was cuddling with a new guy on the couch and he was running his hand gently along the side of my face and slowly moved towards my hair. As his hand touched my hair, it landed right on one of the tracts. He paused for a second, then continued. I laughed and explained that I have extensions, which he didn’t mind at all. No one else ever said anything either.
As far as the clip ins, I see them as no different than a push up bra, fake nails, or fake eyelashes (all of which I’m presently wearing as well. What? I’m classy ;)). FWIW, my hair is naturally down to about my bra band in the back. When I had the sewn in weave, my hair was right above my shoulders (and that haircut made me cry, hence the extensions). Right now, the clip ins extend my hair from the top of the bra band to about the middle of my back. I mostly use them for volume.
Amen to that. I saw a guy on the bus a couple of days ago who had to be in his 60s. 50 feet before we got to the stop where he was standing, I poked my wife and said, “check out Mr. Floorcraft”. The guy was wearing a rug that put Blago to shame for the amount of brown hair piled on his head. And, of course, there were the gray wisps of what was left of his own hair peeking out from underneath around the edges and back. He looked completely foolish.
How is wearing fake hair any different than wearing makeup or a hat? If it’s because it somehow means that a woman is faking her looks, then makeup should be a problem as well. Really, for the women I’ve known who wear wigs, it’s just another decorative head covering, something to wear to coordinate with an outfit (or, in some cases, to conform to Jewish rules about covering one’s head). Adding wigs to the wardrobe adds more versatility to creating a look.
Not a man, but I just asked hubby what he would think if I got a fall - he said he thought it would look nice for a special occasion but as I have a lot of hair anyway it would be weird/unnecessary for me to wear it everyday.
It’s along the lines of dyed hair, for me. My wife dyed her hair for 15 years to hide gray. When we retired, she stopped doing it and behold! a beautiful head of spun silver appeared. Thank og, cuz the smell of the chemicals was disgusting.
