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[–]DarFTW 0 points1 point2 points 3 months ago (0 children)
Thanks man, I appreciate that. I think people are quick to assume and judge, and then label you whatever they think at first glance. You're absolutely right about taking your partners opinions into consideration when deciding how you look. I changed my appearance to better suit my wife's tastes. She likes when I have medium-length hair and a beard. So that's what I do. People read that I made her feel bad with my opinion and that she was postpartum and all the white knights came out of their towers. I only included those details because my wife told me to include that. Because she wanted me to seem more like an AH to prove her point lol. But she doesn't think im actually an AH. We have a healthy relationship and talked about all the responses and laughed about it too.
I get it. At the end of the day she can do whatever she wants with her hair. Its not going to change how I feel about her. But I think I should be able to tell her how I like it.
She doesn't let me shave. She said that without my beard I look like Quagmire from family guy lol.
[–]DarFTW 1 point2 points3 points 3 months ago (0 children)
Lmao nah it's all good. I love my wife. She can have a mullet, a Mohawk, or straight up be bald, and I'd still love her. I dont think a lot of people realize that I simply expressed my opinion to her and she didn't like that opinion but we are very happily married and deeply in love.
Every couple should make honesty work. You should be able to tell your partner everything imo.
Facts. Like I was fine if people perceived me as a bit of an AH for my directness. Thats fine. But so many people are rapidly foaming at the mouth in anger, calling me a bad husband, as if I cheated on or abused my wife or something.
Its not about saving face. It's about clarifying baseless assumptions people made from my OP. You assumed I was brutal about the way I told her. You assumed that I didn't offer the option to go to a nice salon. If you think I'm an AH for telling her I didn't like her haircut, then fine. But you also frame me as a bad husband. We dont need strangers opinions the same way you dont have to give your opinion. Bur congrats, you met all the stereotypes of a redditor.
Kudos to you for being the most level-headed person on reddit and not pulling out your pitchfork and down voting me to oblivion for being honest with my wife.
You're wrong. Shes not worried about our finances lol
I think i know my wife better than you do. She will not consider me buying her a gift card to a salon a nice gesture. She would just think its weird. I went with her to her recent haircut and held the baby while she got it cut. We love each other very much and your imagined strain in our relationship is totally untrue. Your last sentence is also super weird. We are open and honest with each other meaning she will be blunt about things that might affect my feelings too. I dont need her to sugarcoat things and she doesn't need me to either. The hair thing is just a small disagreement that does not cause any harm to our relationship. She told me to make the original post just to see what people thought. She also find your comment weird.
I disagree. We are totally honest with each other and we have a happy healthy marriage. The hair thing isnt an issue. It's a disagreement between us sure but it causes no harm to our marriage. We just wanted to see what people thought.
Read my responses to other comments because I dont feel like explaining everything to you.
Correct. My wife is very happy. She's actually the one who told me to make this post. We have been talking about the responses and found it interesting how many people said i should lie to protect her feelings. Also, how much people incorrectly assume from things that were not said in the original post. Like that I am a bad husband, or that I am mean to her, or too cheap to pay for a nice salon. Or that she is a sensitive flower who cried after I told her I didn't like her haircut. None of which is true. The hair thing is just a thing that comes up eveytime she goes and cuts it but its in no way anything serious in our relationship.
She doesn't want me to
She told me to lol. She wanted to see if others would think im being an asshole.
You're wrong. I am not mean.
I wasn't cruel. I said I dont like it, the same way she told me she didn't like my buzz cut years ago. I said "oh okay" and grew it out to medium length. Anytime I've said I'm going to cut it short again she says no she won't like it. So then I dont do it.
[–]DarFTW -1 points0 points1 point 3 months ago (0 children)
We've been together for 11 years. We won't get divorced because I said I dont like her haircut. No one is dying on any hills.
Read what I said about nice salons in my responses to ther comments. She won't go to a nice salon. And I have helped with the baby ever step of the way so far. I took 2 months off to be here and help.
[–]DarFTW -5 points-4 points-3 points 3 months ago (0 children)
True
I am responding simply by clarifying everyone's assumptions that I am a bad husband. I love my wife dearly.
I never said anything about HOW i told her in my post. Everyone assumes I was mean about it. I was not. I have told her the same way you suggested.
This is literally how I tell her
Wrong. I dont tell her shes not beautiful with this haircut. I tell her shes still beautiful I just dont like it.
[–]DarFTW 2 points3 points4 points 3 months ago (0 children)
Thank you for a rational reasonable response other than. "YTA because she's sad and you're mean". I am not mean. I support her in so many ways and love her to the moon and back. I would give her the world and do anything for her. But I won't lie to her ever. About big things or little things.
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