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Mullets on kids

115 replies

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.

OP posts:
cadburyegg · 26/08/2024 17:41

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

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!

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!

Mullets on kids
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.

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!

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.

TheClawDecides · 26/08/2024 17:58

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

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.

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.

Marveladdict · 26/08/2024 18:11

MrsTerryPratchett · 26/08/2024 18:02

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

😂poodles - I like that 🐩

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! 🤦‍♀️😬

Sethera · 26/08/2024 18:20

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

strawberry2017 · 26/08/2024 18:22

Mullets should be on no living person ever.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 26/08/2024 18:23

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

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!

angellinaballerina7 · 26/08/2024 18:25

Keep them on Morgan wallen only please.

CandleLlama · 26/08/2024 18:28

Pipecleanerrevival · 26/08/2024 16:06

Also kids over 10.

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

Even then... There was a reason he was on ITV.

Ljcrow · 26/08/2024 18:45

KreedKafer · 26/08/2024 16:39

Happy for kids of any age to have whatever haircut they like. It’s only hair.

Yeah, I mean I'm not unhappy about it. Just making a lighthearted observation that it looks shit.

OP posts:
MissyB1 · 26/08/2024 18:46

Dh was showing me a team photo of the football team he played for in 1988, they virtually all had a mullet! Some of them had permed mullets! Dh's was a rather tame pathetic attempt at a mullet, like he couldn't quite commit 😂

Foostit · 26/08/2024 18:47

Pipecleanerrevival · 26/08/2024 16:06

Also kids over 10.

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

I was about to say exactly this 😂😂😂

Foostit · 26/08/2024 18:48

I’m genuinely baffled as to why they made a comeback in the first place. They were shit in the 80s and are definitely shit now! 😂

Ljcrow · 26/08/2024 18:51

SouthLondonMum22 · 26/08/2024 16:59

I think they look better than perms.

Oh god. Perms on boys. That's another bugbear 😆

OP posts:
Himitsu · 26/08/2024 18:53

My husband had one and I love it! Although his is probably more of a faux hawk at the minute as it’s been trimmed.

Ljcrow · 26/08/2024 18:55

Sethera · 26/08/2024 18:20

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

I was born in 82. By the time I was aware of haircuts, mullets were already becoming an old fashioned embarrassment!

OP posts:
Spirallingdownwards · 26/08/2024 18:57

My grandson under 2 has one. I found it hilarious. But it isn't my child so it isn't any of my business.

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