Women's Haircuts - Just Can't Win

[Wisguy]

I think I'm like most guys (at least like normal, non-metrosexual ones) - I found a hair style I liked and have stuck with it for over a quarter century - it just works, so why change? My wife is not like-minded and views keeping the same hair style to be roughly equivalent to reading nothing but the same issue of a magazine for the rest of one's life. So a couple days ago my wife gets a hair cut, quite a bit shorter than normal, and naturally, she first acuses me of gross-indifference-bordering-on-spousal-abuse for not taking the initiative to comment on it. Then of course, she asks that corrollary of those other well-known, damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't questions like "Does this dress make me look fat?" or "Do you think that [smokin' hot but you wouldn't take her home to meet your mother] woman is pretty?", namely the infamous question "Do you like my hair cut?" First, it's shorter than I like, and second, it was really, really jagged and uneven (turns out the wind blew it out of place and it was fine when brushed back in place) and initially looked like it could be a really bad hair cut. I hesitated and tried hard to head to the basement on an errand, but she cornered me and said "WELL???" I mumbled "Uhhh, well... it looks a bit uneven." I'm in trouble no matter what because she saw me look with concern at the jagged part and I'm horrible at lying and she knows it. I get a "I can't believe you don't care enough about me to even say something nice!!" and she storms out of the room for a quarter hour. I would have been caught and put in just as much trouble if I tried to deliver a white lie, but I'm a jerk for telling the truth, too. Anyone else have this problem with your significant others? I'm trying hard to think of anything similar, but I'm pretty sure no man in the history of the planet has ever asked his female significant other a question that he knows will go badly and then throws a tantrum when he gets the anticipated displeasing response. Changing topics, I heard some stand-up by comedian Anthony Jeselnik on this topic: "My girlfriend just got a hair cut and she really hated it. So there she is sitting there in front of a mirror crying,and I say to her 'I don't see what you're so upset about - it's just hair and it will grow back. I'm the one who has to go find a new girlfriend.'"

[dfreuter415]

Anyone else have this problem with your significant others? I'm trying hard to think of anything similar, but I'm pretty sure no man in the history of the planet has ever asked his female significant other a question that he knows will go badly and then throws a tantrum when he gets the anticipated displeasing response.

Of course, men thoughout time have had these problems. Here are just a few quotes from men who have had this experience....

“Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard III

“Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.”

― George Carlin

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein