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I Had a Big Plan

I had a big plan about how I wanted my hair cut.
I told her how I wanted the front, the back, the sides.
I was quite specific.
Wet, I could not see what she was doing.
She is the hairdresser, so I paid her.
I was polite.
I gave her a tip.
Silly considering, I have the exact haircut I did not want.
The “boy” haircut, the one I hate the most.
The one all women seem to get when they are over sixty.
The one that says
I have no pride anymore.
I do not care if I look boy-like.
That one.
I gave her a tip?
What is wrong with me?

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018

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M. L. Kiser Date: 11/6/2018 11:19:00 AM I don't know about over 60 but, as a kid in grade school, I had a pixie cut that my Mom thought looked cute but, the kids at school would tease me about looking like a boy. At any age, it just doesn't fly, does it... Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/6/2018 11:25:00 AM It never does "fly". They might as well get a razor and be done with it; I feel like I am butchered.

Line Gauthier Date: 11/3/2018 2:41:00 PM I know, right! They don't care what you want. I've been cutting my own hair for years for exactly that reason. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/3/2018 6:57:00 PM I am coming to Canada, and you can cut mine too. Expect me in about four weeks.

Rhona Mcferran Date: 11/3/2018 1:26:00 PM Oh, I've definitely been there! I knew a hairdresser once who (no matter what you wanted) would give you the EXACT same cut that she wore! :( So irritating... and I probably tipped, too... being the "too nice" person I was. Grrrr! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/3/2018 6:57:00 PM I do not understand why we are nice AFTER they butcher our hair!

Kim Rodrigues Date: 11/3/2018 7:40:00 AM LOL! I keep wanting good layers. She gives me long strands. Perhaps the hairdressers try to dress us up like old ladies! I think you might be on to something. And what the heck with the extreme curls upon leaving? I throw water on my hair and begin again so my husband does not sleep with a clown :() Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/3/2018 6:58:00 PM I tell them not to bother to style it, knowing I am coming home immediately to re-do it my way.