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Input: Long story short; before my son was born I always said I didn’t want to have his hair cut short. I really like the idea of allowing my son to chose when he wants to have his hair cut, and how short he likes to keep it.  I work as a receptionist at a men’s hair salon, and I constantly see parents bring in their 1-2 year olds to get adult haircuts and I just don’t  understand why. I think it’s ridiculous to put kids through that much stress when they could just have hair for a little while. Also my son has beautiful curly blond hair, and it’s just really cut and would be a shame to cut it off just yet! 

  My son’s bangs are definitely long by now, but he’s good about brushing them out of his face, and he usually asks for product or a hair tie if it’s too bothersome (he’s 2). If his hair is washed correctly, then it will stay out of his face pretty much the whole day. He actually enjoys brushing his own hair, putting product in, and it’s kind of a good way to teach him to take care of himself! His dad (we aren’t together), hates that I won’t cut his hair. He hates it enough that we fight about it almost weekly, and have taken to just not talking about his hair at all, as to not cause an argument. 

  My son’s dad says that I am being selfish and vain, keeping my son’s hair long because it’s cute to me. He says that I make him look like a girl when I tie his hair back. However, whenever I do my son’s hair, whether it be in the bath or tying it up, or even putting a little product and brushing, it’s not only a cool bonding moment, but it takes me literally two minutes of my day. I feel like his dad is projecting his feelings about long hair on men onto our son, but now I can’t decide if I’m completely unreasonable or not. 

Am I being an asshole? Or is this argument as stupid as it feels to me? 


TLDR; I don’t want to cut my son’s hair, his dad says I’m being unreasonable. 

not cutting my son's hair