Hair cut short

Three days later, I can finally accept that the short-haired person in the mirror is me.

It turned out better than I expected. My girlfriend kept saying on the way home: Why are you so beautiful. When I got home, I hugged and kissed me for a long time, and said that the short hair is now more sexy than before.

Not a very short hairstyle, the barber layered it, the longest part going to the chin. He said it was "Japanese," and I immediately wanted a khaki cargo vest and wide-leg pants with plenty of pockets. Preferably a white baseball cap. I don't know where the impression came from.

Because Well told me she was a native of Japan.

I put on ear clips at my girlfriend's house and put on lipstick. I am satisfied with my new image, but it always feels unfamiliar. It wasn't until now, a week later, that I was able to react for the first time. The person in the mirror was me. The rest of the time is battling against the image of someone who has had long hair for as long as I can remember.

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My grandma said that a tall person with short hair doesn't look good. If you are tall, you should have long hair. Short hair looks silly.

But she still cut her hair short for fifty years. Older women rarely have long hair, because of the deterioration of body functions, short hair is easy to manage.

I sometimes think about how the girls who love beauty and make-up and claim that "in the future, when your hair is gray, you can color it without bleaching it" will look like when they grow old. It's a difficult question to answer, and it's even more unpredictable than what is expected in the world next year.

I haven't told my mom yet that I cut my hair short. I wanted to ask my girlfriend to take a photo for me, but it has been put on hold. Maybe she has become accustomed to me, who is used to short hair, and is gradually less surprising and strange than the first time I saw my hair drying. We have been in love for more than four months, and I have changed all the time during this process.

She should also be constantly adapting to my new changes, the fact that "this person is changing".

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When I cut my hair, the barber kept asking me: What are you laughing at? What's so funny?

I do not know either. I couldn't help laughing while watching my hair that was gradually being cut short and shaved.

The only thought at the time was: I was free.

It’s true that the whole head is a lot lighter, and it’s true that the whole person feels a lot more refreshed. The most important thing is that my spirit is free.

This is a trivial step I took to escape the stereotypes of who I used to be and the rebellion that was imposed on me from childhood to adulthood.