My 19 month Tarzan experiment is officially over.
In case you are one of the few who HAVEN’T heard the story (and for posterity).
In August of 2012 I was sporting the clean look.
TheWeeOne (age 5) and I were channel surfing and saw a mid 90’s TV show of Tarzan
She asked
Is that a girl?
No!
Why is his hair so long?
He’s Tarzan, he doesn’t have any scissors! (but apparently he does have a ray-zor and a waxing kit)
She paused for a few minutes and regarded this ape-man and then said
Hm, I like it…
(looking over at my bald head)
…you should do it.
OK!
I agreed and didn’t cut my hair one time; until yesterday.
It was interesting to note how it modified some of my self-perceptions.
Sometimes I felt scuzzy and sometimes I felt like I didn’t have a care in the world.
I didn’t analyze how I might have been treated differently but I’m sure there were lots of subtle differences.
A lady recently asked me on the street ‘You gotta cigarette?’.
It was certainly difficult to power through some of the bad-hair months between 6-10 and I’ve haven’t used THAT much shampoo in a decade.
I really don’t like the maintenance effort involved.
Pony-tails hurt your scalp and I woke myself up sometimes when I roll over on my hair in the night.
TheMommy REALLY didn’t like the look.
and
Right now? My head is cold.
blief 
Welcome back!
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I never thought differently about you. After all, I went through your Dad and Uncle Ward doing somewhat the same thing: letting their hair grow.
I was young and “righteous” in those days and was at first very much against “allowing” my two heirs become like “bums” with long hair. However, their wiser and much more rational Mother calmed me with, “Don’t bug them about their hair; remember, it is Summer. Just wait and we can put the parental foot down when school starts this Fall if need be.”
Before the Summer was over, both boys decided “long hair was NOT ‘cool’ “.and requested a “proper” hair cut on their own.
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Oh, I did have some hesitation about remembering who you were when I saw you after several months!! Ha ha!!
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ok so I’m with the Mommy…….Why hide those beautiful eyes and face…? And what did the Wee one think after all was said and done…..?
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