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Originally Posted by jackhammer
It's only happened a couple of times but with having piercings, a couple of tattoo's and usually wearing a band T shirt as well as my usual non smiling self it's easy for people to jump to those conclusions . I was shaving my head before I started thinning anyhow as it was practical and I think it suits me.
I think that if I looked a lot older and was generally bald anyhow then it would be more acceptable but because I still only have a widows peak instead of being completely bald when it grows a little then it looks like I purposefully shave my head instead of doing it out of neccessity if that makes sense---probably doesn't!
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Yeah, I know when I was in my early 20s, with a pretty visible shadow on top even after the closest shaves, I think I intimidated more people. And this was still years before shaved heads became the new combover, and everybody started getting shaved for charity, so it wasn't something you saw very often, even on a guy. I'm a big guy, and generally pretty quiet, so I can be intimidating at the best of times.
Now, more than a decade and a half later, my appearance has softened and my bald-by-choice head is becoming less of a choice every year. I'm one of three completely bald men on my block. Nobody really seems to notice anymore, except when convenient for identification purposes. "He's a big, bald guy."
In some ways, it's nice to be so normal, but I miss the days when my shaved head could be a conversation piece, and strange women would walk up and want to feel it. That doesn't happen anymore. I miss that.