Martin: Maybe you should get bangs to cover that.
Me: But I thought you hated bangs.
Martin: It would be better than looking at that thing.
Some time last year or the year before I got straight blunt bangs. Martin hated them. HATED. So you know this pimple is pretty freakin gross for him to suggest I get those bangs again.
I walked back to my office, feelings hurt, but laughing and relayed the conversation to my office-mate who was horrified that my husband would say something like that to me. We started talking about hair, and I mentioned how I would never get short hair because I have a big head. About 15 years ago, I got my hair cut into a bob. My sister's friend saw me and said, "You shouldn't have done that. It makes your head look big." Again, my office-mate was horrified. I laughed and just said, "I guess we're all just honest with each other."
At a cowoker's baby shower over the weekend, we saw an old coworker of ours there. She used to have long beautiful silky hair. She cut it to her shoulders. Everyone else was positively glowing over the cut. "It's so pretty!" "That cut really suits you!" Call me an asshole, but I said, "I like it better long."
I don't know. Do people just like blowing smoke up other's asses in an attempt to spare feelings? Wouldn't it be better knowing the truth? I mean, granted, there are ways of stating the truth more gently. But isn't it better to know that those pants you are wearing really do make your ass look fat?
And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are before and after pics of the new cut. And of my pimple.
Before. I took this Friday night before I hit the town with some girlfriends.
And after. It's okay. I've had blunt bangs before and didn't mind them. It just kind of sucks that I had to get this cut right before Hawaii. I like my old hair better.
And the pimple. Oh, man, it looked super horrible yesterday.
And today. This picture doesn't do it justice. It still looks pretty damn bad. Dammit! Why did it have to appear right before Hawaii!
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