what do you think of ponytails on middle aged men?

[datasuspect]

[wildhorses]

1. are they wearing a hat to cover up the bald on top?

to they know they are supposed to take the hat off inside?

i personally think they are kinda sad.

[Ghost in the Machine]

31. you think I'd cover up *this* hair with a hat?

Not a chance! BTW: I'll be 44 in 3 weeks.. not bald, no gray hair either. My dad will be 69 this year and my maternal grandfather will be 90... neither of them are bald (this gives me hope for the future), although grandpa has some silver going on in his hair. I wear my ponytail proudly!

:hi:

Ghost

[S n o w b a l l]

36. Are you kidding?

You'd look mmmmmmmmmmmmm shaved. You look pretty close to that now but just imagine???? :)

[Ghost in the Machine]

62. thank you....

*BLUSH*

:hi:

[VenusRising]

42. I love your picture.

I always want to give you a hug when I see it. And your hair is gorgeous! :thumbsup:

[Ghost in the Machine]

63. now I'm blushing...

thank you... I can always use a hug.. never turn them down!

:hug:

:hi:

[wildhorses]

49. you have a gorgeous head of hair--

i am talking about the men who hanging on to the last vestige of a few sparse hairs. i just think one should accentuate the positive.

truly, i should not be responding in this right now. i just dumped a guy who happens to have a pitiful little piece of shit ponytail. he wears a crocodile dundee hat to cover up his bald pate.

why not be proud of his baldness like you are proud of your gorgeous head od hair?

really...let him in go in peace...just god please let him lose my phone number

you look great although i see some sadness around the eyes and mouth. i hope you find happiness my friend.:hug:

[Ghost in the Machine]

64. well thank you!

If I ever go bald, I'd shave it all off and sport a shiney bald head... until then, I'll keep my long hair.

You wouldn't believe the women (strangers) who come up to me in the grocery store and run their fingers through my hair and say " I wish I had hair like this!"

Oh, and that's not sadness around my eyes.. that's tiredness... lack of sleep.. I'm lucky to get 4 hours a night. Owning my own restaurant, and working 7 days a week, 12 - 16 hours a day will do that to you quick!

:hug:

:hi:

[VenusRising]

2. I think a person should wear their hair

exactly as they want. My husband is going to grow his hair back out after the job search is over. I can't wait! But, if he wanted to keep it short because it's less of a hassle that would be fine, too. It's all about personal style.

[wildhorses]

3. you are right

*hanging head*

the guy i just dumped was bald on top and wore a hat and had a little rat tail of a pony tail,,,and right now i am just not rational about it...

i thought he looked stupid but, that has more to do with the fact that he IS stupid.

[VenusRising]

9. Don't feel bad about that.

When people show you exactly who they are you can see where the personal style comes in. It looks good on some men and not on others. I just think they should wear it they way they want. It's like a signpost. Only, sometimes you don't see the sign until after you have turned around on the road coming back the other way.

[BeFree]

30. You're single again?

And you like bald guys that aren't stupid? Ohhh baby......

[wildhorses]

51. yes, i am single again.

really have been since thanksgiving.:woohoo: tried to be friends with the guy but, that was not

working out either.:banghead: finally, picked a fight with him on the phone friday evening:blush:

(bad of me, i know but, really the man was SO obtuse it was all he understands). i knew if if i

pushed hard enough he would hang up on me and he did.:grr: i quickly sent him a one line e-mail:

subject: and DON'T call back!

no message

and then put him on block. so far he has not rung my number(thank whomever you hold holy) and he

CAN'T respond to the e-mail. so, i had a reprieve this week-end. this week i am spending in the

mountains with family and 2/5 i start my new job.:bounce:

so begins a new chapter in the book of life.:shrug:

how goes it with you?:hi:

[wildhorses]

59. you prolly didn't want to hear all that shit--

:blush:



i should have stayed out of this thread. the timing was freaky:wow:

[BeFree]

65. I do!

I might be into something wild horses will be needed to drag me away from, and I remember you held my hand when I hit 8g posts and I've had a cyber crush on you ever since... I mean what sane guy wouldn't?

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Hey, if he looks like this

its all good with me. :)

[DainBramaged]

5. I grew a fifteen incher and donated it to Locks of Love last July

And I intend to do it again.

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. Good for you!

I want to do that, but my hair is completely flat when it is not permed, and they won't take permed hair. What a dilemma!

[DainBramaged]

21. You can see it in this picture

[puerco-bellies]

6. Rock on..

Hey shadows summer time blues, jump up and down in your blue suede shoes,
Hey kids rock-roll, rock on..

p-b sports one sliding into his 49 birthday..



Edited to add an "s".

[Redstone]

26. But you're an Indian, so you get a pass.

Redstone

[jobycom]

7. I wear one.

Never meant to make a fashion statement or anything. I just hate haircuts, and since I'm bald, I just don't think of it except in the morning when I get out of the shower. When I talk about cutting my hair short, my kids get upset, so it isn't worth the effort.

Never understood why people are analyzed or judged by their hair or dress. Maybe that's why I don't like haircuts--people make a big deal out of looks, and it just bothers me.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. There is a 92-year-old man in my building who wears a ponytail.

I guess he is an extremely old hippie. About 7:30 this morning, I saw him walking down the street to buy his daily newspaper. It had snowed very lightly and nothing was shoveled yet. Just Art and his cane out for the daily constitutional.

[hickman]

10. Love them.

To me it says "the rebel still lives".

[hippywife]

11. Totally rocks.

Case in point, the handsome hubband who is getting ready to turn 52 next month:

[TOhioLiberal]

12. I voted the 'Born in the USA' option.

...but it really depends on the guy. Some guys look pretentious, some look normal.

[graywarrior]

13. It's cool.

[Kali]

14. Depends on the man.

Could be lame pretentiousness or just his style. Usually I like it.

[Bucky]

15. Shit, Willie Nelson gets away with two pigtails sometimes.

I think it looks damn silly, but every now and then you meet a guy who can pull it off.

[rurallib]

17. Better than pigtails.

[qnr]

18. Well, I'm biased, 49 & ponytailed (longer than this actually, this is from

earlier in the year)

[Binka]

45. Gawd Dude You Are Beautiful

What an intelligent and insightful face/eyes.

[qnr]

56. Wow. Thank you, What a wonderful way to start the week

:hi:

[S n o w b a l l]

19. Well...

Are you bald on top & compensating for lack of hair elsewhere, in that case, it ain't so cool. And if you're bald and thinning on top then SHAVE...mmmmmm :). So sexy!

[Goblinmonger]

20. I've been going back and forth on that

I am VERY thin on top but the sides are just fine. I am thinking about just trimming it down to 1/8 or 3/16 just because shaved sounds like a lot of work and I just don't like that. I teach, and I have a weigh loss goal that if I make, I will trim down very short right at the end of school so that I can grow it out over the summer if I don't like it. Your thoughts?

[S n o w b a l l]

34. I say shave it darlin :)

I honestly don't know a man that doesn't look sexy with a shaved or bald head. Do it! :)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

22. No.

Especially NO if they are bald. The Ben Franklin look only worked for Ben.

[youthere]

53. I don't think it worked for Ben either.

[BikeWriter]

23. I'm 61, and have hair that reaches way below my shoulders...

I'm thinning on top, but far from bald. I usually wear it brushed out. No one has complained about it lately.

[crim son]

24. Don't do it to make up for a lack of hair elsewhere on your head.

Otherwise, why not?

[Redstone]

25. Individual choice.

Though as compensation for baldness, it doesn't work. Just in my opinion.

Redstone

[InvisibleTouch]

27. I like. n/t

[u4ic]

28. I don't have to like it

or not, because it's none of my business what someone does with their looks.

If someone likes it, and feels comfortable with it, then more power to them. It's boring to see everyone try and imitate the same look.

[mike_c]

29. I'm 51, and my hair is mid-back length....

A friend of mine from high school once remarked, decades ago, that "we'll all stay young as long as Mike doesn't cut his hair." I figure it's a moral imperative now. I let my freak flag fly.

[alfredo]

32. Used to have hair half way down my back. A ponytail or a

braid was essential in the summer.

I'm now balding on top, sixty two and just don't feel like being bothered with dealing what is left of my hair. I went short hair when I carried mail. Walking ten miles a day in all kinds of weather makes short hair a virtue. My hair was multicolored, everything from black to Auburn, strawberry blonde, blonde, and silver. It was very thick. My hair turned silver from the chin up. When I lost it, I didn't fret. I wear a hat, but not because of the balding. I've been a hat wearer since the early seventies.

When dad died of skin cancer, I took to wearing a hat in earnest.

Men in pony tails. It is all in how you wear it. If you wear it for fashion, it will be obvious. If you wear it in a pony tail to keep your hair out of the chain saw, it's OK.

[datasuspect]

44. best answer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. I think it's cool, my dear datasuspect!

But of course, it does depend on the man, too.........

There's a personal trainer at my gym who wears his very long black hair in a pony tail now and then.....

And he's hot!

:9

[Robeson]

35. Mine rocks!....

...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. My dear Robeson!

Yes, yours does!

Lookin' good, baby!

:hug:

[Robeson]

39. ....

...:hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

38. Curious? Why do men think they have to have hair to be sexy?

Is it something like women feeling like they have to be skinny? Is it a societal thing? Just wondering.

[youthere]

54. I'll never understand that either...

Personally I think bald (and balding) can be extremely sexy!

[auntAgonist]

40. my husband

has a ponytail. I love it.

aA
:hi:

[chknltl]

41. Nah...just us ol' farts are allowed to have em...

It sorta distracts from the nose and ear hair we seem to grow with so much gusto.

[zanne]

43. Why should men have to cut their hair?

Just because they're balding on top? The hair in back of the head doesn't stop growing. There are so few options for men, fashion-wise. I say go for it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

46. I've seen some that have looked good and some that haven't...

...I think if the guy wants to wear one, let him! :)

As long as the ponytail is NOT a future combover, I have no problem with it! :P

[bigwillq]

47. To each is own.

Not my place to tell people how to wear their hair.

[Courtesy Flush]

48. I saw an older white guy with gray corn rows last week

It looked as bad as it sounds.

Also, my brother, age 48, is now sporting long hair in a pony tail with a black dye job. Looks like shit, but looks even worse when he lets it hang loose. He thinks he's cool, I guess.

Having said that... there are some older guys who look good in a pony tail. Unfortunately, the others THINK it looks good on them.

[skygazer]

50. I think it's their choice and their business

Just as it is my choice and my business to color my gray.

[Arkansas Granny]

52. I think a man, regardless of age, should wear his hair the way he wants.

[El Fuego]

55. If the look works for them, it's great!

[reyd reid reed]

57. Works for some

doesn't work for others. It has to be comfortable for them and if it is, go for it.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

58. It looks really dated

It says to me that the person in question is still living in 1969, and that was a LONG TIME AGO.

[Taverner]

60. Is he a director of an ad agency? An Adult Contemporary FM Deejay?

If so, go ahead. Lawyer, same thing.

[Deja Q]

61. As long as it isn't depicting violence or death, why not?

Yet too many people readily dislike those who look different just for the sake of it.

It may be dated, but that doesn't make it bad either. :)