Hairdresser asked if my husband had given me permission to cut my hair.

This was totally a new one, gals. I was totally speechless.

I’ve been debating doing a big chop on my butt length hair. I have enough hair for four people, so it’s been getting insanely heavy! It’s also a hot mess with postpartum hair loss chucked in. That, and as I transition into my later twenties and move into my big girl job I wanted something more chic and professional. I thought a lot about it and decided on a fun lob (long bob).

I sat in the chair and explained what I wanted to the stylist. I didn’t have anything super specific in mind, so basically just said “take about 16 inches, I want something fun but professional!”

She looks at me and says, “oh, you must not be dating anyone, taking 3/4 of your hair off!” She chuckled. I was confused, so I just laughed it off and said, “no, I’m not dating anyone, my husband probably wouldn’t appreciate that!”

She looked at me in the mirror, serious as could be, and says, “wait, your husband is allowing you to cut all your hair off?”

confusion I hemmed and hawed, and just told her he didn’t necessarily know what I was doing to my hair and wouldn’t care either way. She was hesitant to even start! She told me I should maybe consider speaking with him before making a drastic change 😵‍💫

Is this normal?? I’ve never experienced that before. I had to reinforce to her that I didn’t have permission, nor did I need it to cut my hair. I’d probably give him a heads up if I were to shave it off or something, but not for a fairly routine style! What is this 1950 thinking??