How Do You Know When to Finally Cut Your Hair?

I’m having a hell of a time deciding what to do about my hair. 2 1/2 years ago, Covid-19 took my barber away from me. No, he didn’t die, thankfully. He’s a great guy, I’d hate to think something happened to Mike. He probably thinks I died, since he hasn’t seen me in 2 1/2 years.

I’m working on it, Mike. This damn Covid is no joke. Thankfully, I’m feeling a little better today with some new meds and resting up. It has felt a bit touch and go for a bit. I’d had two vaccinations, but it should have been three. Maybe this wouldn’t have been so miserable so far.

That’s hard to believe that I haven’t seen Mike in 2 1/2 years now. I was a very scheduled guy for haircuts. I’d get one every 3 1/2 to 4 weeks. 5 weeks was always pushing it. I’d be relieved once I’d finally make it in and get cleaned up. You probably wouldn’t recognize me based on my past haircut activity. But things sure can change.

So why haven’t I had a haircut in 2 1/2 years? And what did this look like back in March 2020, the time I had my last haircut? I can show you that one. I actually have photographic evidence of this final haircut. A before and after shot, in fact. BOTH make me laugh.

So after Covid kept us in isolation for a number of months, I was getting sick and tired of having such sloppy hair. This wasn’t my style. I was forced to do something I’d never normally do. I’m not proud of this thing.

I let my Bride shave me with the dog clippers. Yeah. The one we get the excess fur off her back legs. Her fluffy little haunches. I gotta say, she didn’t do a half-bad job. At least I felt cooler again. She might have needed a bit of work on blending, but beggars can’t be choosers.

So that temporarily made me feel better about things. I was cooler when I was doing my carpet cleaning jobs. I would only clean vacant homes at first when Covid was a new thing, I masked up and would only do the jobs without people present. So nobody saw my goofy, mismatched hair at this point.

Then I started thinking it over. I had always wanted to grow my hair out, but the first attempt at doing so around age 19 led to a mullet. My folks called me “Duck-Butt” because the back flipped up like a duck’s tail. Kind of mean, but sort of accurate.

At this stage, I thought that I could likely see how far I could take this and keep allowing the top to grow out and keep shaving the sides and back, so it had a cooler feel to it. Some of the early pics of this stage:

Eventually, it was getting so long, that I was too hot during work and had to look into some options. I tried headbands for a while, and that seemed to work for a bit. I had never worn headbands before, but what the hell?

And now that I’m seeing some of these pics I’ve taken during the stages of 2 1/2 years of growth, why don’t I just share them all? Some are pretty funny!

Ok, so now that you’ve had your laughs, and I know I did, here is my question about all of this. When do you know when it’s time to finally cut your hair?

I never thought it would get this long. I mainly only did this because of Covid, but I’ve decided that I really prefer having longer hair. Specifically, longer on top, but I still like shaving the sides and back. So I can put it up and have a clean-cut look when I feel like it, and let it down when I’m ready to party like a rock star.

I remember reading articles years ago that mentioned women having a difficult time being able to cut their hair. The articles made it sound like it can be a tough, emotional decision and that many people grow attached to their hair, the longer they allow it to grow out. I think that’s what I’m going through right now.

I know it would look better if I just did it. I’ll never go back to having it as short as I used to. The length it is for my profile pic on this site and on Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs is about perfect. But so far, I can’t bring myself to do it.

I almost did it a couple of weeks ago. However, my daughter didn’t want to cut it straight across for me, she was too nervous she’d cut at a not-perfect angle. I respect that. I was going to have my Bride help me, but then I started thinking about Locks of Love and thought perhaps I should wait and see what their guidelines are for donation.

Such as, what’s the minimum length you can donate? And does it have to be done by a professional, and what is involved? Perhaps I’m just stalling.

Part of me really wants to donate the excess and cut it to the length that I have in mind. And then part of me thinks I should keep going, but I realize that’s probably going to look silly and could maybe even be hard on my neck and back.

So give me some feedback. How do you decide when to cut long hair? I think it’s about 18 inches long now, to the higher mid part of my back when it’s down. It’s wavy and curly, so it might even be longer than that.

Can you donate grey hair to Locks of Love? Is anyone familiar with how they handle donations? Or other organizations that are better than Locks? I’m sure could look this information up online, if I can shake this Covid fog I’m still under.

I’d rather read your suggestions first. Especially from those who have debated about whether or not to actually move forward with cutting longer hair, and if you had conflicting thoughts about it. Thank you for reading this and for your feedback! &:^)