AMJ Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Today DH did a wonderful, nice, sweet favor for me. As he was doing it he asked me, "So, what do I get for doing this?" (accompanied with his version of a lecherous leer). I told him I was about to ask if he wanted me to cut his hair for him, as we have time before supper. He accepted. As we were preparing for that he told me he was hoping for more, though I told him that anything I could promise would be something he would get anyway, since he is so wonderful and deserving (and our anniversary is this month, in the midst of the inundation of family birthdays). We passed a few more sweet nothings while I put a towel around his neck and picked up the clippers. As I made the first pass up the back of his head, he said, "Did you remember to put the comb on the clippers?" OOPS. :bored: We tried using a shorter comb, and then blending to try to make it less obvious. Nope, didn't work. Still looked like a reverse mohawk. So, the comb went away and I cut it all again, without the comb, what DH says is called a "0". It actually was easier to cut (after I stopped laughing at the initial oh-so-visible result of the blunder), easier to clean up around the edges, and easier to find the sneaky little hairs that try to lay down and hide when I usually cut his hair. Now his eyebrows and mustache are longer than the hair on his scalp, and he's dreaming up all sorts of outlandish excuses to tell people if they ask what happened. He doesn't think they will, but with the scalp laceration from yesterday's head bump clearly visible I think they will. Nope, no sexy hair-cutting scene a la Phenomenon and other movies (more like something Leslie Nielsen would dream up). But I am SO, SO LUCKY to have married this man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 :lol: Ds wouldn't let me get near his head for a long time after my oops! His was only a divot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Oh no! I've almost done that before! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 This is why I never cut dh's hair, and he gets his hair cut weekly! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 :lol: I had a whoops one time with a DS. Never told him. It was a tiny divot. I did snicker every time he went by. He was quite younger, though. Sounds like your DH took it quite well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I did that!!! I went straight down the middle, like a reverse mohawk! DH asked what was wrong when I said "Oh NO," and he saw the look on my face. He laughed; I cried. He always wants me to go shorter.... He was a very good sport about it, and doesn't bring it up, thank goodness! Your DH should be grateful that if you were going to have a big oops, it wasn't while doing his other idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Dh had that happen at a walk-in haircut place. He didn't even ask for or have a clipper cut but he and the woman were having a hard time communicating due to language. Once she started he didn't even say anything because the damage was done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 We've been giggling about it ever since. We also realized that he's "doing a Garibaldi", in a sense. DH's hair when it has "grown out": Michael Garibaldi (Babylon 5 character) in season one. DH's normal haircut: Michael Garibaldi a couple seasons later. His haircut today: Michael Garibaldi in the final season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 My dh has done this to himself twice, once on the top of his head and once while doing the back. Then he comes to me to fix it. I have asked him not to ever do the back again because, as I tell him, I am a psychotherapist, not a hairdresser or a miracle worker. ;) It does grow quickly, but the time he did it on the top and had to go supershort was about a week before family pictures, the only pictures we have ever had of our entire family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 :lol: I had a whoops one time with a DS. Never told him. It was a tiny divot. I did snicker every time he went by. He was quite younger, though. Sounds like your DH took it quite well! Don't tell, but I have made mistakes and not told dh, either. What is the point, really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I do youngest DS's hair, and yes -- I've forgotten to put the comb on a couple of times! And same thing with our Shih Tzu. Thankfully he has plenty enough hair that an "oops" is usually fairly easy to hide. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Your DH should be grateful that if you were going to have a big oops, it wasn't while doing his other idea! :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 That'll teach him: never get you all hot and bothered with clippers in your hand. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Now his eyebrows and mustache are longer than the hair on his scalp, OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! :::gasping!!!!:::: I am so sorry for both of you, but it sounds like you are both handling it super well!!!!! What a great guy!!!!!!! You poor things, both of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbobeara Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I've done the same thing to my son but got about 1/2 way through and wondered why it looked so short. :confused1: Good thing hair grows quickly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 This is why I never cut dh's hair, and he gets his hair cut weekly! LOL I cannot let my dh read this. He goes every three weeks or so, and I am always like, you are not Jack Donaghy, quit getting your hair cut so often, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I did that once! I shaved a stripe up the back of my husband's head and then I realized the horrible truth! My excuse is that I was pregnant at the time and not thinking clearly! I still show the clippers *with the comb thing on* to everyone *before* each haircut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Don't tell, but I have made mistakes and not told dh, either. What is the point, really? It does matter where he works, as he is in frequent contact with customers. They might think that an engineer who can't handle a haircut might not be so reliable on other things, too. But cutting it ALL to the same short length looked just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Loverboy sets up the shaver, and I do his hair. (He cut his own hair for years before we met). Yeah, we've forgotten to put the comb on before. :lol:The worst part was that it was January in Iowa....not really the time that you want it cut super short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 It does matter where he works, as he is in frequent contact with customers. They might think that an engineer who can't handle a haircut might not be so reliable on other things, too. But cutting it ALL to the same short length looked just fine! Well, my mistakes weren't horrible, and I did my best to fix them. I got pretty good at doing a fade. After I did what anyone could do to even it all out, I decided there was not any point in telling him. He is not an engineer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Don't clip the top first! I always do the back first. Much easier to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 One time the guard fell off when I was cutting dh's hair. Oops. I cut DS's hair all over with a zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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