The Bean Blog

Probably shouldn’t quit my day job

Nov 11, 2009 Help Me! I have a teenager

Keaton has long curly* hair. I think he looks so cute with short hair like his dad. He loves it long*. I decided a long time ago it wasn’t a battle I wanted to have so I just let him style his hair however he wants to.

He likes his hair straight, but he got my very thick and very coarse and very curly hair. We’ve tried to straightening iron. We’ve tried chemical straightener. It just never gets completely straight. So instead he just has these big curly Qs in his eyes.

I’ve been begging him to let me cut his hair for weeks. Just a little trim. Never mind the fact that I’ve never actually cut anyone’s hair before. Never mind the fact that even when I use the clippers I can still completely screw up a buzz cut. After the success (?) of my hair thinning earlier in the week I thought I was this superstar beautician.

So last night Keaton [foolishly] let me cut his hair.

I started with the bangs. [Are you supposed to start with bangs?] It looked so cute. It has this long curly hair on the sides. And short, straight bangs. He looked like Shirley Temple. It was quite a look. For a 15-year-old boy.

Then I tackled the top and sides. After the first several cuts I realized I might be in a little over my head. Ok, way over my head. But I couldn’t just leave it with big chunks of hair cut off.

After 45 minutes I was ready to give up. But Keaton’s hair looked a little ridiculous. It was a little bit mullet. And Keaton was a little bit not impressed. I mean if not impressed meant pissed to the verge of tears. He was threatening to not go to school the next day until I took him to Sports Clip to have a professional fix it.

So, like a good mom, I put my exhaustion aside to try to finish it up. I went back to work on it. I cut off the mullet and trimmed up the back. And I think it turned out pretty good. It’s too short for Keaton’s tastes. But not short enough for my tastes. And I think his bangs look a little like a bowl cut. But all in all it’s not too bad for my very first hair cut.

However I think we’ll just leave it to the professionals from this point forward.

*I accidentally typed “Keaton has long girly hair.” And I typed “He loves it wrong.” Freudian slip much?

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