summer of 75' baby, 16 y/o
longish hair for me, I had it to my shoulders a few times
never a man-bun or ponytail
too each their own
my 4 girls, spread apart in age by about 10 years
oldest is 40 now (my niece), youngest is 31 now
They use to "
laugh their collective asses off"
when they saw, an 'old dude' with long hair, balding/receding hair line
& a long ol' ponytail or in a man-bun, they laughed even worse
I use to tell them, people "liked that", way back when
"they are still living their youth"
they would laugh even harder, at me saying that,
to even attempt to justify it
I've had a flattop or butch
clippers with #2 (1/4") for the sides -#3-#4 (3/8"-1/2") on top,
since like 1988-ish,
I pretty much had a reg. short haircut, from about 1979-88
since a couple years after I graduated HS, going into college
butched it always, when I played football or track
too fucken' hot & sweaty doing sports,
or even racing, with longer hair
(stink up the helmet with a sock in it, freaken' gross)
let along wrenching on cars or crawling around on the ground/under cars
it's just not very practical, for my lifestyle
I've never looked back