lastnightiwenttomanderleyagain ·
28/07/2013 16:28
Ok, I am aware that this is shallow behaviour and I am almost certainly going to get a flaming but I'm just hoping that there is even one person who understands where I am coming from or can offer some advice on my trivial problem.
DH and I have been together over 4 years now and, when I met him, one of the thing I was instantly drawn to was his hair. It's the kind of hair us women spend a fortune trying to achieve - thick and does exactly what you want it to by contrast poor old BIL seems to share follicles with Prince William
During our time together I've realised there is a pattern to DH's hair. For three/four weeks it looks amazing and he styles it in a sort of floppy David Tennant style (if that makes sense). Then it gets a bit longer and he spends a good two-three weeks complaining that he needs to get it cut. He then goes to the local barber and has a 'trim'. Unfortunately, this is one of those barbers that offer a 'one style fits all' approach, just sort of short and the same length all over. DH has quite a young face and the result makes him look even younger, almost like a schoolboy.
I hate to admit this but, during the few weeks it takes to grow back to it's gorgeousness, there's something in me that looks at him and for a split second, sees schoolboy rather than my DH. Needless to say the schoolboy look doesn't really do it for me.
So (crikey this is longer than expected) I took advantage of a half price offer at the really nice salon I go to for him to have a 'proper' hair cut. The result was amazing and looked like his 'normal' style from day one but had been cut in such a way that it lasted for a good 8 weeks. It looked much more professional at work and people asked whether he had done something different.
However, DH says that he will carry on going to the barber shop as he 'refuses to pay more than £11 for a haircut'. We're reasonably OK financially and so it's not a case that we can't afford it, just that he doesn't want to. Personally, I think a good haircut is worth it. He'd spend £30 on a shirt he wears once a fortnight and yet wont pay £30 for a haircut he 'wears' every day for at least two months!
Any suggestions? (and, again, yes I know this is trivial and I adore DH but would rather not have that 'schoolboy' period!)