What do you like better?

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:17 pm

I had my hair straightened today for the first time ever. I kind-of like it, but it's a lot of work and I can't figure out if I like it enough that it's worth the effort. SO... I'm posting a pic of it straight and a pic of it curly and I want opinions.

(Don't let the poor quality of the straight one affect your decision, it's from my work webcam and totally washes everyone out, as do the overhead lights there).

So, option 1: Straight:

Or, option 2: Curly:

Coskesh · Post by **Coskesh** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:21 pm

Voted curly, but probably because of the wonderful red color.

Er just read about the lighting and webcam, are both pics of the same color?

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:23 pm

Coskesh wrote:Voted curly, but probably because of the wonderful red color.

Er just read about the lighting and webcam, are both pics of the same color?

Yeah, believe it or not, it's red in the straight pic too. Lots of harsh fluorescent lighting.

Edited because fluorescent is hard to spell!

Kael · Post by **Kael** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:26 pm

I voted straight, I think it flatters your face more and Ms Kael agrees.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:27 pm

Need more data. No vote here (yet). Should I bust some photos out of my gmail account?

~Neal

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:28 pm

Straight. Frizzy hair to me on a woman always looks "high schoolish" to me - though it looks better on you than most (Grifman covers his tracks here

).

Grifman

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:28 pm

The Meal wrote:Need more data. No vote here (yet). Should I bust some photos out of my gmail account?

~Neal

Errrrrm.... no. Thanks.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:30 pm

The Meal wrote:Need more data. No vote here (yet). Should I bust some photos out of my gmail account?

~Neal

Yes definately. We need some more angles.

Kael · Post by **Kael** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:31 pm

Rip wrote:
The Meal wrote:Need more data. No vote here (yet). Should I bust some photos out of my gmail account?

~Neal
Yes definately. We need some more angles.

Don't straighten that hair!

Coskesh · Post by **Coskesh** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:32 pm

MHS wrote:Edited because fluorescent is hard to spell!

Hah, which is why I avoided typing it. Any chance of a spell check mod?

Anyway, I think I will stick with the curly vote.

Guess the more important question is what does Neal like better? :p

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:32 pm

I'd say straight, shows off your face.

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:36 pm

Freezer-TPF- wrote:I'd say straight, shows off your face.

Hmmm... sounds like a better reason to go with curly, then.

Meghan · Post by **Meghan** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:39 pm

which is less hassle to deal with?

I'd say curly has better body, with a good de-frizzer.

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:41 pm

It really isn't as frizzy as it looks in that picture. It just got super fuzzy when I re-sized it. I could post the non-frizzy version of that picture, but then it's so much bigger than the straight one that it's be hard to compare.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:42 pm

I'll go with straight, but it's a close call.

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:44 pm

OK, the not-as-frizzy big as hell picture:

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:55 pm

Second picture made curly the correct answer.

adumir · Post by **adumir** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:58 pm

Very much curly.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:00 pm

Coskesh wrote:Guess the more important question is what does Neal like better? :p

Wives are silly (well at least this particular wife is, but I'm willing to extrapolate here). They can manage to get upset with "Gah, it doesn't really matter to me what you do with it."

NOT THAT I'D EVER SAY THAT. She'd go S(h)inead O'Connor faster than you could say Mop-N-Glo.

Honestly though, I can't decide. I'm still looking at her with the straight hair and feel like I'm messing around with some other guy's wife. It's rather fun, admittedly, but clouds my long-term perspective.

~Neal

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:07 pm

The Meal wrote: I'm still looking at her with the straight hair and feel like I'm messing around with some other guy's wife.

I once had a girlfriend that had naturally curly hair. Every now and again, she'd straighten it, and I had the same feeling.

Really, when you get down to it, you can't go wrong.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:12 pm

Depends what look you're tring for. The straight hair is a more conservative look. The curly hair gives one the sense of "a wild and crazy gal".
If you want to look more professional for work and such go straight.If you want to be "a wild and crazy gal" go for curly.

(hows that for saying "I don't know?")

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:13 pm

My wife and I need a better comparative example.

She comments, "Her husband should take a picture of both ways at home, they have a digital camera right?"

Ok, so to expand, we think Mr. Meal should take a pic at your house in the same spot 2 mornings in a row - like just against a wall. One morning before work do your hair curly and snap a pic, then the next morning do it straight and snap a pic. Cause to be honest, you look like 2 totally different people hehe.

And I can't comment on how nice you may look as I will have very bad bruising on my arm...

No vote for right now

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:19 pm

Yeah, the webcam doesn't do her justice. That being said, the chances of getting her to mug for me behind the digital camera are rather slim. Something about the combination of me taking pictures of her, posing, with clothing on, just doesn't lead to photos she deems are "appropriate for the world." Personally, I think she's nuts (she photographs just fine, thank you very much), but if a little mis-placed self-doubt is her worst fault, then I'm doing just fine.

(And I'm doing way better than fine!)

~Neal

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:22 pm

The Meal wrote:Something about the combination of me taking pictures of her, posing, with clothing on, just doesn't lead to photos she deems are "appropriate for the world."

Uh, does that mean that you taking pictures of her, posing, with clothing off, does lead to photos she deems are "appropriate for the world"? I'm just trying really hard to understand right now

Grifman

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:26 pm

Grifman wrote:Uh, does that mean that you taking pictures of her, posing, with clothing off, does lead to photos she deems are "appropriate for the world"? I'm just trying really hard to understand right now

Yeah, don't surf to www.tentacular.com unless you're ready for a real eyeful!

~Neal

PS, Shannon, has your Mom found our site yet?

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:27 pm

You know... you only *think* you're funny.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:46 pm

What do I care? I'm getting into bed with some other guy's wife tonight...

~Neal

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:02 am

The Meal wrote:What do I care? I'm getting into bed with some other guy's wife tonight...

~Neal

It's pretty sad when a couple has to communicate with each other via an internet bulletin board . . .

Grifman

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:04 am

I'd yell over to her, but the daughter is sleeping.

~Neal

adumir · Post by **adumir** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:25 am

You know, I'm looking over the straight hair pic and imagining it with your actual hair color and now I'm thinking I may have to change my vote - even with the extra work it entails.

But, hell, this is the same flip-flopping I delve in to when the girlfriend drops roughly 87 pics on the bed and asks "So how should I cut my hair?" so I'm best ignored.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:26 am

This totally cracks me up because my ex-wife and I would have this same discussion. She has naturally curly hair (tm) but she loves straightening it because it flows "like the girls' in the shampoo commercials". I preferred the curly hair because it's sexier to me.

In all my 34 years on this planet, I've come to the conclusion that women want the hair they don't have by nature. Straight-haired women stare longingly at women with curls and will either get an expensive perm or spend hours curling it. Curly-haired women sigh as they look at the women with straight hair and spend hours straightening it out so they can try all those hairstyles that only work with straight hair.

My opinion, keep the curls. They are a part of what makes you, you.

ChrisGrenard · Post by **ChrisGrenard** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:34 am

I cannot vote yet. I shall examine the results in real life. Until then, I temp-vote curly because it is what I am used to.

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:22 am

curly hair = Hello. You're not really my type.

straight hair = Hello. How YOU doin'?

So, I voted straight

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:27 am

Definitely straight. Without a doubt.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:10 am

I'm of the suicidal "you will look great whatever. So do what makes you happy" crowd. Why does that start arguments?

Given the choice, I think that girls with curly hair who straighten it tend to have the best looking hair. It's like straight hair, except with a lot more body. This is better as the hair gets longer. (God. I feel like I need to trade my penis in now.) So from a picture perspective go with the straight hair. However, damaged curly straightened hair feels the worst to lie up against, and if your other is strong into tacit sensation, then strightened hair is not the hair you want to be snuggled up into staring at a starry sky at 04:00 in the morning. And no, gallons of conditioner does not help as much as you think. Finally, the sheer amount of time it takes to "do your hair" is insane. My ex- in particular spent 45 minutes a day straightening her curly hair and heaven forbid we were going somewhere nice.

Again, it's entirely your (in the generic women getting ready sense) judgement call, but those are the important factors me. Straight looks better, but who the hell wants the headache? Keep is curly and straighten it for the change up. Neal will know (and not have to devine) when you are going to be the benefactor of a special night when he comes home to drastic change in hairstyle.

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:43 am

The Meal wrote:Yeah, the webcam doesn't do her justice. That being said, the chances of getting her to mug for me behind the digital camera are rather slim.

That's why you take pics of here while she's asleep (head shots that is).

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:55 am

Yeah, *that* wouldn't get me killed.

~Neal

DiscoJason · Post by **DiscoJason** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:55 am

After posting the second version of the second picture, I vote for curly.

Bad Demographic · Post by **Bad Demographic** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:09 am

Curly!
Besides, how long did it take to get straightened? Do you want to go through that every time?

khomotso · Post by **khomotso** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:17 am

Go with curly for most of the year, and straighten occasionally just for the fun of it. That way you minimize the extra effort, and still spice up attraction with the change-up.

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