Tell me please, does your natural hairline extend to your temples; i.e., in front of your ears? Is such a hairline unusual, unnatural or abnormal?
My roommate’s boyfriend, like unto her, is passive-aggressive. He today made reference to my “sideburns.” I think that using this term implies that there is somehow something masculine or abnormal about it. Certainly it’s unflattering.
You never hear ANYONE publicly referring to a woman’s “sideburns”. But… don’t most women have a lock of hair in front of their ears?
The only woman I ever knew who had genuine sideburns (shorter, curly hairs running almost to her chin) had them removed by electrolysis. If you can tuck them behind your ears, if only temporarily, they’re nothing out of the ordinary. And even if they were, why the hell is your roomie’s boyfriend commenting on them? Sounds like he’d comment on anything just to get at you– lopsided ear, oversized head, weird mole, whatever.
I got sideburns. Don’t sweat it. Mine’s a little triangle that extends about halfway down in front of each ear. I’ve never thought of them as sideburns though, just part of my hairline.
Mt hairline runs down about halfway to the bottom of my ears. It’s just as long as the other hair on my head (below the shoulders) so it doesn’t look “sideburny.” However, I can imagine with the wrong haircut, it definitely could.
Sure, my hairline is high at the forehead and then pushes a little forward of my ears. A little grows right in front, so I would have a lock of hair in front of my ears if I wore it down that way.
That’s perfectly normal, I’m pretty sure. What a weird thing to comment on.
I’m a guy, so perhaps it’s inappropriate for me to respond. But it sounds like your hair is perfectly normal. I might point out however, that the asshole in question will someday be going bald, and have random hairs growing out of his nostrils and ear canals, along with stray wild hairs sprouting from his eyebrows and ear lobes. His fate is not a pretty one.
3acresandatruck, you rock hard! I had no sense of humor about this until you said that!
And ladies, thank you. I just really lost my temper, because, well, I have self-image issues right now. It makes me feel worlds better to ascertain that I am not a freak of nature!
When I had really short hair (as in buzz-cut short), my stylist referred to the hair on that part of my head as ‘sideburns’ even though they were definitely not in the tradition of Elvis–I just happened to have my hair very short and she made the logical association.
My hair also comes down in front of my ears, to about half-way down the ear. I’m trying to imagine hair that only comes behind the ear, and can’t quite visualize it. To the extent that I can see it, though, it looks kind of odd.
In this video on how to style short hair, the woman mention her sideburns twice. I know I already commented, but I found this video today and wanted to share it with you.
They’re more like earlocks than sideburns, but yes, I have them. They aren’t wirey and uber-curly like facial hair is (and my facial hair, such as it is is not wirey etc either), so therefore, they are NOT sideburns. I’ve never seen a woman with sideburns per se.
My hair is shoulder length, with the hair surrounding my face slightly shorter, so these earlocks are about chin length.
That guy sounds like a real jerk. He’s no prize, either, I must say.
