Maybe I can help take the thread in a new direction.
As some men get older -- and this includes me -- the problem isn't one of cutting the hair, it is a matter of if you don't cut your hair, you can look a little silly.
When I go to get a haircut, the barber is always trying to leave some areas of my hair longer. I am guessing this is because a lot of guys like to comb some hair over the thinner areas in an attempt to disguise the situation.
I find that I have to keep assuring the barber that I do not want any longer hair for "comb over" purposes.
I find the best way to handle thinning hair is to keep it short.
Think of young Clint Eastwood versus old.
Young Clint had a beautiful crown of thick hair.
He'd look silly trying to maintain that style today.
On another note compromising isn't the same as compromising one's ideals.
Anyone who wants to stay married will learn to compromise.
If maintaining a marriage is your ideal then you might find yourself compromising to maintain your ideals.
If you're like me, a few minutes into the argument, you can't remember what you're fighting about anyway, so it can be very difficult to remember which are your ideals, which are just your best guesses, and which are just ideas that once sounded good.
Finally, as one gets older, hopefully one gets wiser.
Trying to maintain ideals formed when one was younger and less wise might also be less wise.
My favorite quote, which has been attributed to Mark Twain, goes something like;
"When I was 17, my father was so stupid I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in just 4 years."
As some men get older -- and this includes me -- the problem isn't one of cutting the hair, it is a matter of if you don't cut your hair, you can look a little silly.
When I go to get a haircut, the barber is always trying to leave some areas of my hair longer. I am guessing this is because a lot of guys like to comb some hair over the thinner areas in an attempt to disguise the situation.
I find that I have to keep assuring the barber that I do not want any longer hair for "comb over" purposes.
I find the best way to handle thinning hair is to keep it short.
Think of young Clint Eastwood versus old.
Young Clint had a beautiful crown of thick hair.
He'd look silly trying to maintain that style today.
On another note compromising isn't the same as compromising one's ideals.
Anyone who wants to stay married will learn to compromise.
If maintaining a marriage is your ideal then you might find yourself compromising to maintain your ideals.
If you're like me, a few minutes into the argument, you can't remember what you're fighting about anyway, so it can be very difficult to remember which are your ideals, which are just your best guesses, and which are just ideas that once sounded good.
Finally, as one gets older, hopefully one gets wiser.
Trying to maintain ideals formed when one was younger and less wise might also be less wise.
My favorite quote, which has been attributed to Mark Twain, goes something like;
"When I was 17, my father was so stupid I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in just 4 years."
