Scott Allan's World

My wife flirted with disaster today. She has often told friends and family that her husband (that’s me) would leave her if she ever cut her hair short. I have to admit her long hair was really beautiful and probably the only reason I married her. Ok, there were a few other reasons like the time she took me dancing on our first date. Wow. I had never seen anyone move like that.

A few weeks after we were first married she cut her bangs and didn’t tell me. When I came home from work and opened the door, there was a different person standing in front of me. Needless to say my look of shock was probably not the response she was looking for. That was probably the moment when she realized I’m not really good with “change”. I know what I like and I’d prefer it stay that way pretty much forever. My wife however needs to change everything all the time. If it were up to her, we’d have a different house in a different state every week. This of course makes me nervous about when she is going to change me.

So we made a deal. She would give me plenty of warning before making a drastic change in hair color, but agreed not to cut her hair short. This way I could have time to prepare and practice my reaction. I really want to be supportive. I’ve been through all the colors several times. Blonde, brunette, and red. Her hairstylist refuses to cut her hair short since my wife has convinced her that I will leave.

Earlier this week, my wife cut my daughter’s hair quite short and didn’t warn me. My daughter was born with very long hair. It was her “thing” that made her stand out and we kept it long like her mom’s hair. She should have been doing commercials for baby shampoo. Well, ever since then I knew it was coming. If I don’t know my wife by now, I never will. Gabi’s haircut was a trial balloon to see how I would react. I have to admit my baby girl is still gorgeous. So of course when I got home today, my wife called out from the other room to prepare myself for a surprise. She was actually a bit worried and had called her entire family before I got home because she was so nervous. Little did she know I had been secretly preparing myself all week. She looked fantastic and my reaction was genuine. I really like it. She got the same haircut as my daughter. I did warn her though that one inch shorter could have been a tragic mistake. She had actually gone to a new salon this time. I had planned to get her a gift certificate tomorrow for Christmas to her old salon so at least that saved me a trip.

Here’s a picture I took of my wife the day I met her at her cousin’s house when she wasn’t looking. Heh heh heh  I couldn’t resist.  I think I decided to marry her right then.  I still don’t think she knows I took this picture.

So here are the girls today with their new look: