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Mullets on kids

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Ljcrow · 26/08/2024 16:05

Like small kids, under 10. No, just... no.
YABU = You bloody love a mullet on a small child. Looks great!
YANBU = You agree that a mullet is a monstrosity, particularly on a small child.

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Sherrystrull · 26/08/2024 18:25

jolenethea · 26/08/2024 16:07

It's a rugby thing

Absolutely this. In my experience of teaching, the mullet seems to be very prevalent in the rugby playing and following kids!

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 26/08/2024 18:23

I know mullets are in fashion again, but to me they will always looks hideous

strawberry2017 · 26/08/2024 18:22

Mullets should be on no living person ever.

Sethera · 26/08/2024 18:20

Guessing you aren't old enough to remember the 80s, OP! 😄

MissyB1 · 26/08/2024 18:19

SouthLondonMum22 · 26/08/2024 16:59

I think they look better than perms.

Oh God yes those kids with shaved sides and a curly perm on top! 🤦‍♀️😬

Marveladdict · 26/08/2024 18:11

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/08/2024 18:02

DD calls them 'poodles'. Herds of poodles everywhere.

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😂poodles - I like that 🐩

LlynTegid · 26/08/2024 18:08

cadburyegg · 26/08/2024 17:41

YANBU but they are better than mohawks which are sadly allowed at my kids' school

Two wrongs don't make a right.

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/08/2024 18:02

Marveladdict · 26/08/2024 17:32

I thought skin fades and perm on top was the fashion these days

DD calls them 'poodles'. Herds of poodles everywhere.

TheClawDecides · 26/08/2024 17:58

Mullets are embarrassing and look good on absolutely no-one ever.

SoupDragon · 26/08/2024 17:54

I'm not voting because I think mullets at a bit shit. DS1 has one and is so, SO pleased with himself (he's an adult so out of your age range!)

However, I think haircuts are one thing where you can do anything you want as it's not permanent.

Supernaturaldemons · 26/08/2024 17:52

They have never been out of fashion round here- a big proportion of the traveller boys/young men have them and have as long as I remember.

I prefer them on women… but my hair dresser refuses to do it for me!

Jc2001 · 26/08/2024 17:49

rubyslippers · 26/08/2024 16:07

Preferable to a skinhead?
cant believe they’ve come back into [ironic] style
I remember them first time around
its hair - it will grow

Skinhead and mullet aren't the only 2 options.

MadamePeriwinkle · 26/08/2024 17:46

Personally I blame Clive from Bad Boy Chiller Crew.

My 30-something friend had one for a while, thankfully he’s seen sense!

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veritasverity · 26/08/2024 17:42

cadburyegg · 26/08/2024 17:41

YANBU but they are better than mohawks which are sadly allowed at my kids' school

I love a brightly coloured Mohawk!

cadburyegg · 26/08/2024 17:41

YANBU but they are better than mohawks which are sadly allowed at my kids' school

Halftheworldawayy · 26/08/2024 17:38

Bbq1 · 26/08/2024 17:24

Billy Ray Cyrus is, available 🤣

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I’m thinking more Billy from Stranger Things 😂🥰

Devilsmommy · 26/08/2024 17:38

Cheeseburger27 · 26/08/2024 17:12

Loads of mullets round here, school has been actively trying to ban them since 2021. I don’t mind them.

Skullets on the other hand are the most hideous hairstyle ever invented. Don’t think anyone has them in real life, they just take photos mid hair cut (that’s what I’m hoping anyway).

I had to Google skullet and Im fucking speechless 😳 is that actually a thing🤣 and no, mullets belong in the 80's

Marveladdict · 26/08/2024 17:32

I thought skin fades and perm on top was the fashion these days

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Marveladdict · 26/08/2024 17:30

Pipecleanerrevival · 26/08/2024 16:06

Also kids over 10.

Also adults, unless they are Pat Sharpe and it’s 1988.

😂

Bbq1 · 26/08/2024 17:24

Halftheworldawayy · 26/08/2024 17:07

Same. I find men with mullets very attractive 😂

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Billy Ray Cyrus is, available 🤣

BeachHutsAndDeckchairs · 26/08/2024 17:23

They don't look great imo but it's their hair and, overly strict school rules aside, it's their choice how they style it. It's not as if it won't ever grow out.

Bbq1 · 26/08/2024 17:22

MrsPerfect12 · 26/08/2024 16:39

My son has a mullet, it's styled and looks good, he is 10. Similar to this

That's nowhere near a mullet

theresabluebirdinmyheart · 26/08/2024 17:14

Not a fan and seems to be largely sported by hipster types of people and their kids, same with huge Deirdre Barlow glasses and dungarees (?!)
i predict the “curtains” style will be back next!

Cheeseburger27 · 26/08/2024 17:12

Loads of mullets round here, school has been actively trying to ban them since 2021. I don’t mind them.

Skullets on the other hand are the most hideous hairstyle ever invented. Don’t think anyone has them in real life, they just take photos mid hair cut (that’s what I’m hoping anyway).

FastFood · 26/08/2024 17:10

Kids with sophisticated haircuts always make me a bit uncomfortable, whether its a mullet, layers or a CR7 fade.

Teenagers, its different, they are supposed to experiment and make things that make adults cringe. Also, I quite like this new iteration of the mullet.