• kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
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    This one time my friend and I were walking together. We were both dudes with long hair at the time. A truck full of bros wolf whistled at us. We turned around. The bros saw our beards, freaked out, then called us the f-slur and peeled out.

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    What I have done since I was about 16 years old is grow my hair as long as I can stand it, and then donate it. I’ve done this multiple times. Im now in my late 40’s and my hair is to the middle of my back again.

    Something I have noticed with this latest long hair journey: nobody touches my hair. Before, I would get random women touching my hair without asking. Just suddenly someone is in my hair. But that doesn’t happen anymore thankfully.

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    never had this problem, although I do have way too many conversations about conditioning routines now.

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    “Oh darn, someone has something nice but I can’t use them for it”

    Sometimes it’s good to be happy for other people without getting something tangible out of it.

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    It’s commendable when men who have long hair actually practice proper hair care. Long hair on a man is often seen as a sign of neglect (growing it out because they can’t be bothered to cut it), but it takes way more effort to maintain long hair than short hair. So nothing but respect when they manage to sell the look.

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    I once told a man his long hair was really pretty. Thought about it later that dudes probably don’t like being called pretty. Ugh.

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      Guys don’t get compliments. Id almost bet my pretty hair that your interaction with him is something he still thinks about sometimes.

    • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world
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      An ex called me beautiful and it was obviously very memorable as evidenced by my still remembering it. Another said I have amazing, seductive-lady-in-a-makeup-commercial eyelashes (but mostly only on one eye). That one was less moving, but still funny/nice-ish/I didn’t totally hate it. I just mean you might be surprised. Most guys won’t be picky about compliments. We’re like parched flowers.