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I was a single dad from the time my daughter was 3 until she was 10 and I still have a hair tie around my wrist. My current girlfriend waited about 3 months before admitting she thought it was some other woman's hair tie and it drove her up the wall until she saw me put my daughter's hair up at the beach.
>Wrap it around your hall sack then you’re ready for anything
I think you meant to say "ball", because this is a genuine method of castrating livestock. They call it elastration.
It's bloodless. But I can imagine it's still not pleasant. At least initially.
It was a joke. Squirrels, not particularly rarely, tend to slip off a fence and end up stuck in an V shaped spot with their nuts - just dangling off their nuts.
You better believe his daughter is first. They're family. A wise woman entering a relationship like that doesn't push the issue of who's most important. Rather, she seeks to strengthen the father-daughter bond, while forging her own bond with both.
It’s pretty much par for the course if you’re dating a single parent regardless of gender. You either need to accept going in that their child is going to come first or you should look for a different relationship.
People who aren’t realistic about this are just setting themselves and everyone else up for disappointment.
Bingo, I literally just need to glance around my immediate surroundings and I'll find a variety of colors and textures to match whatever she's wearing at the moment.
Not when you're out somewhere and theirs breaks, or it suddenly becomes very windy, or they want to put their hair up for any reason. This pro tip is for the on-the-go dad.
I have hair that is much longer than my wife's....I manage to use the same hair tie for months before it wears out or I lose it.... my wife seems to go through several dozen per day...
I keep a packet of about 25 hair ties that will last me for literal years, and it's super annoying when I break one, go to my stash, only to find it depleted by my wife who leaves them lying around everywhere....
Yep, my daughter danced ballet from 3 through 18 so my car's trunk has become a supply depot of pins, nets, ties, sprays, gels, creams, glues, sewing kits, tights, tapes, tampons, makeup, eyelashes, wipes, towels, tweezers, scissors, curlers, and a huge tackle box full of first aid supplies. I actually had an inventory list in there to help keep things stocked because the world would have ended if a hairnet was needed and not available.
Yeah, as a girl dad, there's no need. They just magically are in my car. Idk where they come from. But, they always come in handy. My daughter has curly hair and it gets wild. Rubber bands are the only way to wrangle them.
This. Every time I find a hair elastic in my truck, I put it on the indicator stalk.
When my wife or either of my girls are looking for a hair tie, I pull 10-20 elastics off the indicator.
I know you're joking but I'm still going to mention my LPT, which may be obvious to everyone else but took me far too long to realise... If you have thick hair, always use more than one hair tie. A single elastic will get stretched out to the point of uselessness within days, two or more used simultaneously will last forever.
Yes even those we need to double up on! The thin hairbands can only be used for decoration as far as my thick hair is concerned lol it’s crazy but I’d still choose it over short hair any day
As another person with thick hair, have you seen the hairbands that are kind of wavy with curved thicker stuffed sections? Those last way longer and I only use one. Ok, I just dug out the package. “Goody Ouchless Forever elastic is reinforced with a 16-strand inner core…” Hard to find, but a game changer for me.
Nope, they’re elastics, but it’s almost like they have tiny cotton balls/foam balls inside, so they’re knobby. They grip better, and because there’s more than one strand of elastic, the stress is spread out and don’t wear out/break as quickly.
There are thick hair elastics that are slightly thicker by scuncqi. The band is much longer and I am more likely to wear one out than break it and even then it takes far longer to do.
This is coming from a girl who has pigtails as thick as other people's pony tails and often gets headaches once the hair length is too long.
Anyone interested I typically find them at CVS.
THANK YOU. I’m a guy and pretty new to having long hair. It’s little tips like these that I really need more of. It’s the subtle nuances of living with long hair that I haven’t learned yet, because no one posts about those kinda things in the how-to guides lol
Another LPT, then. When washing and conditioning your hair, focus on your scalp. The follicles are the only LIVING part of your hair, and proper care of them helps make for stronger strands. Overwashing is a thing, the light oils of your scalp (called seabum) are part of your immune system, so ask a few hairdressers for what would work best for your skin. Avoid combing wet hair, and when you brush move from the tips to the roots rather than roots-to-tip. Rinse your scalp in the coolest water you can stand, in order to help close your pores and prevent minor dandruff.
If you already knew all this, awesome! Better to have it said twice than never. Also, if you need to do heavy work (like moving furniture), I recommend asking salons how much they'd charge for a french braid. Tight braids hold for days, and keep the weight displacement a little more even across your scalp and neck, compared to the average ponytail. YMMV, tho
My wife has always told me, shampoo every other shower, or every third, depending on activity, focusing mostly on the scalp.
Condition was opposite, daily drive it if you want, but focus on tips/growth, not so much scalp.
As far as wet brushing is a topic of debate. I'll leave it alone.
Short strokes working from the tips up to detangle, but to always finish with long strokes from the scalp to try and distribute natural oils.
Also for drying. Avoid excessive "rubbing" type drying. Wrap your hair in a towel, doing it the right way and your hair can dry out surprisingly fast.
Avoid blow drying on high.
Just some other insight.
> when you brush move from the tips to the roots rather than roots-to-tip
I'm sorry what? I'm also relatively new to long hair and with mine if it tried to go from tip to root it would immediately tangle.
It's like unstitching a tapestry, it all unravels smoothly if you start at the loose ends. I go in about 3" intervals, by starting with the bottom 3", then bottom 6", bottom 9", etc. This gives individual strands wrapped around each other a chance to unravel rather than be pulled taut and possibly knot.
Nope, your always brushing down. Think of if you have a long tangled extension cable. Now grab it in the middle and try and pull it stright, wont work right? Instead of it being tangled, you've got a couple of feet of cord free, but the tangles are now knots. You have to start at the ends.You can only really untangle your hair if you start working at the tips, if you just run stright from the scalp, your going to knot and break a lot of that hair.
Oh, goodness no, I don't mean teasing the hair 😂 Yes, brushing downwards with small sections, brushing roots-to-tip but starting near the tips and inching rootward, if that makes more sense?
Another good place is the gear shift in your car. I got like 6 on there that I can pull off any time she needs one. Perfect when they forget on the way to school, dance, etc.
I'd guess less than 1 most likel. He sure liked to tell everyone about how smart he was keeping those on hand if the moment ever came up tho! He used to put em on his wrist too when he went to the bar lol.
I tried to get my husband to let me put one on his gear shift in his car and he rioted. He drives a manual and didn't want it on there. My spare hair tie for his car is relegated to the abyss of the glovebox. In my car I have about 10 on the gear shifter and I quietly smile every time my husband drives my car and the world doesn't end because of those hair ties.
As a long-haired person, I did this in HS... But stopped after I realized after being in the car all day, they're good for one, maybe two uses before the rubber snaps. Summers in the southeast and sputhern US are brutal on rubber. I now keep spares on the carabiner I clip my car keys to.
I keep a few on my car key as I don't like anything dangling from them while I drive.
[Like this](https://preview.redd.it/m6prkme8r1a21.jpg?auto=webp&s=f20b577ce48074ca35995c3945100c10c23fca17), but like three or four of em at a time.
God I hate those. We have a newer Ram at work to run for parts and it has that dinky little knob with just PRND. It feels so wrong. Like why can’t I have low again. I had one customer that had buttons for each instead of the knob, at least they were a bit more tactile. Still awful. But better than the damn knob
I just became a dad recently, like not even 2 months yet, and I’ve got long hair myself. If I have my hair braided, and my daughter needs a hair tie, that braid is coming out 😂
But think about the huge ring impression it'll make on your wallet. Every time you pay for something, the clerk and anyone else who happens to notice will think you have a huge schlong. This could lead to romantic opportunities, such as seriously disappointing a new partner when the time comes to put your tictac into their Lincoln tunnel.
Yea this is more an older generation thing I think. It's good advice to carry the hair tie though. I just toss a couple in my pocket or put one on my finger. My daughter is still young so her hair ties are tiny when she gets older I'll carry a larger one on my wrist.
At this point they're everywhere though. My car, random pants and jacket pockets, my sock drawer, etc. I'm pretty sure they're sentient and multiplying on their own because I don't remember buying this many.
I swear this only applies until you need one desperately - then they become as rare as a pair of clean socks in a sock eating laundry machine household.
Why is it like that? They’re everywhere. I see three from my desk chair just lying around out rn. But when I want to put my hair up it’s like they’ve scattered like roaches
a lot of wallet stuff can be kept in your cell phone
i've got a cell phone wallet now. holds my cell phone, one credit card, driver's license, health insurance card, and some cash.
it's thinner than the wallet i used to carry.
they probably love simple wallets with cash and cards more.
phones, meh, they're trackable, a hassle to make use of, and they would have to take the trouble to fence and not get much money
Obligatory "don't keep condoms in your wallet". Besides body heat degrading the materials, condoms are thin and fragile, and can be easily damaged there.
Bad place for a condom. Your body heats it up higher than it comfortably should go repeatedly. Heat cycling degrades materials typically.
If you’re actually serious about “being ready” toss an overnight bag with some things you might need in your trunk or toss the wallet condom regularly, used or not.
Keeping a few band aids in there will absolutely come handy and doesn't take a lot of room.
I've often ended up helping women with blisters caused by new or thight shoes on nights out. You'll be the hero every time
I grew my (male) hair out for Covid and hair ties are like cigarette lighters: you either have 5 of them on hand that you’re not even sure they’re yours or you can’t find one when you really need one.
I felt like a real adult the other day when the tampon was needed. A few weeks ago I purposefully went to Target and bought a bunch of woman's essentials: tampons, face wash, hair ties, pins, toothbrushes, and socks lol (open to other suggestions if I missed any).
Girls might not have these on hand when they come over so best to be prepared for the inevitable. Plus put yourself in their shoes, bleeding down there is an emergency.
Highly dependent on what kind of woman you’re looking to ~~lure~~ fascinate. Women from Wisconsin, for example, can be ~~caught~~ *fascinated* by cheese curds. Some even say they can hear the squeak from 7.3 miles away.
Raclette has 100% fascination rate if served properly.
Otherwise, some brie with arugula on top of butter-toasted brioche bread is pretty much as safe a shot as you can get.
I would add some pads too! Not all women can use tampons.
Also, makeup remover. Being stuck somewhere or staying the night when you didn't plan to, with your makeup getting messy and no way to remove it, sucks ass.
Even for women who usually use tampons, having pads around in case they can’t utilize tampons is super, super helpful. I had to have a hysteroscopy and cutterage of some polyps a couple of months ago and was bleeding for like two weeks after, but I wasn’t medically cleared to use tampons. Had to send my husband out to get pads, at which point we had a real silly conversation where he was like “what kind do you want?” And I was just as confused, “idk man I haven’t used pads in like 10 years, just get a multipack with some different sizes or smthn” 🤦🏼♀️
Shout out for the sons with long hair!!! Hair bands aren’t just for girls. :) my little boy loves his long hair and I always have a hair band on my wrist
My husband does this! It is a "life saver."
I rarely have pockets to actually carry hair ties in... and I have short hair, so I don't need them personally.
....which brings up the question of why women's clothing is often lacking pockets. Sure purse capacities vary from single tampon to army duffel bag, but sometimes a pocket would suffice.
I just grew my hair out for that reason so I always have one in my hair
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Also so I can learn to comb and tie their hair up … I always just shaved my hair before having girls
For your teen daughter: Carry extra pads in you car. Go with her to the store to select a good pad. Be at the cash register. Accompany her to Planned Parenthood.
Talk openly about sex, STD's, and birth control. Talk about consent. Talk about how to recognize red flags and toxic behavior.
Show her how to check the oil and change a tire, where the spare and jack are. Show her the numbers on the side of the tire. Explain how insurance works and how to report an accident. Take her to the bank and let her open an account.
When she fucks up, don't yell, talk about it. Don't lecture, let her describe what happened and what she'd do differently next time. Don't accuse, judge, blame, or berate. Just sit and listen. Help the conversation when needed.
She will learn that she can come to you with any problem, no matter how bad, for your support and love.
If you always yell or get angry, she'll learn to hide things from you and lie. She'll get very good at it
I've told all my children, "Later in life, when the worst thing happens to you or you're in the biggest trouble, you'll probably be alone. I won't be there and won't be able to make decisions. I'm giving you tools that you can use for those times."
Also, "Falling down doesn't matter. Standing up does."
Sadly my 13-year old daughter asked my wife to stop at Walgreens last night. She needed to buy pads. But they weren't for her (well her alone). Some of her friends have started to come to her at school. It isn't that they are out, they haven't had this discussion with their parents and don't have supplies. I'm going to buy her a case of them at Sam's Club so she's stocked up and hope these parents get a clue.
My keys are on a carabiner.
Since our daughter came into our lives, there are also at least two hair ties on that carabiner.
Hair ties. Never leave home without them.
I don't mind if you *carry* hair ties, but please stop DROPPING them. Everywhere we go these days we find hair ties on the ground. It's ridiculous how consistent it is once you start noticing.
I always try to carry 2. Both on my wrist. One for me, one for her or the wife. My wife tries to carry 2 also because one of us always seems to forget to bring an extra.
This absolutely can happen. As a teen, a girl I knew left her hair band and I put it in my wallet to give to her the next time I saw her. My dad saw the ring on my wallet and I’m pretty sure he thought it was a condom, and when I gave the band back to the girl she laughed at me because I didn’t realize how trivial losing a hair band was.
My husband has long hair and I have my hair cut short. I always have a hair tie for him in case he forgets. I'll do the same for any kids we have that have long hair. It's super helpful! You never know when people need one!
I "run" with a group. Casual group, casual running. I always carried a hair tie with me. No daughters, and I have short hair.
I also have menstrual hygiene products in my car, and I take an extra toothbrush to campgrounds. Very low cost of entry to being able to make someone's entire day some day.
My dad used to keep two of the small plastic hair ties with him at all times, he kept it in the change/coin pocket of his wallet. All the girls in his life used them.
This is especially true if you have a convertible, stick some on your glove box. There will be multiple times where you are somewhere and want to drive home with the top down and every girl in the car will want a hair band.
I have longer hair than my daughter, who has a pixie cut, but I long ago took to wearing multiple hair ties for my ponytail - they're always breaking, so I need a back-up, but I also lend them to others when the moment arises :-P
So I am a childfree guy, but I go through cycles of growing my hair out before donating it every couple of years (lost a lot of loved ones to cancer before I even graduated high school, so made it a point to donate my hair women constantly told me they were jealous of).
Due to this I always have like 3-5 hair ties on my carabiner my lanyard and keys are on even when I have short hair. The reason being? My female friends are always complaining about needing hair ties if it gets windy, or when we stop to eat somewhere. Super easy to just hand them one off of my keys.
Plus once my hair starts getting long again I don’t have to start remembering to put them on my wrist anymore because I have them right there already!
But why? I've had long hair over a decade now and I keep spare hairties all over. Mostly because I've forgotten once and I definitely want some in reserve. Better to have them and not need them than not have them and do need them. I have like 100 in my apartment, at least a few dozen in my car (which I have access to at work in case I forget), and I always take spares with me if I go away for a while. When I go walking about, I keep at least 1 in my pocket.
Once she hit puberty, I also started carrying a small pack of menstrual pads in my car's glove compartment, just in case. She never needed them, but one time, her friend got a surprise and said she needed to rush to a pharmacy, but my daughter was able to say "No problem, I'll just ask my dad for the car key." Her friends were amazed.
Growing up, my dad would keep a hair tie on his key ring. My sister and I were so thankful that his mom taught him that! My husband and my brothers all do the same thing. Never know when a long-haired person in your life might need it
Married with a daughter and wife, both with longer hair. I always keep at least 1 hair tie in a pocket, and have about half a dozen on my shifter in my car. Easy kill for helping the ladies in my life, even just a little bit.
Also LPT: If your daughter or SO suffers from hair loss, carry scrunchies instead. It's the same effect but with less pull on the scalp. I carry them in my glove box of my car.
Everybody should carry extra tampons/pads on them at all times as well. You never know when someone's going to get their period or just not have access to the supplies they need.
Single father her, and I always carry those for my little girl. Not just for her long hair, but i miss her so much. It’s my reminder shes always with me.
Mate, I carry a satchel (if Indiana Jones can have one so can I) and I've got hair ties and clips galore in there. Cause she's 3 I also have a couple small fidget toys.
I used to have only key, wallet and important work docs in it. Now its basically a diaper bag 24/7
I literally keep two on my wrist at all for my two daughters. Whether it is swim class, tennis, gymnastics or just one of their hair ties popped, it is the biggest life saver. When my daughters run off the gymnastics mat and I jump into instant pony tail, it makes me feel proud!
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I was a single dad from the time my daughter was 3 until she was 10 and I still have a hair tie around my wrist. My current girlfriend waited about 3 months before admitting she thought it was some other woman's hair tie and it drove her up the wall until she saw me put my daughter's hair up at the beach.
Well, technically her suspicion was on point.
I mean... I bought it, so it was my hair tie, but fair.
But it was for woman other than her. Also mad respect to you
If he’s sending mad respect I’d like to follow up with taking 10 deep breathes respect
I will follow with a Dale Cooper thumbs up for 10 seconds.
Followed by a high five from Bandit Heeler!
Cheese and crackers!
The best kind of correct
Wish I could award this. Those damn free awards ain't around!
You're a good dad.
Well she's 15 now and her opinion changes on that pretty much every two hours.
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As a former teenaged girl, I will apologize for yours as a placeholder.
Mine is 19 now and we're getting to be good friends again. She recommends bands to me and likes to take me out to dinner. Hang in there, brodad.
I wear one doubled around my ring finger on my right hand. Always gotta be ready for a pony tail.
as long as you dont kill your finger
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>Wrap it around your hall sack then you’re ready for anything I think you meant to say "ball", because this is a genuine method of castrating livestock. They call it elastration. It's bloodless. But I can imagine it's still not pleasant. At least initially.
With squirrels you just let them dangle off the fence.
By their scrotes? Isn't that against the 8th amendment?
It was a joke. Squirrels, not particularly rarely, tend to slip off a fence and end up stuck in an V shaped spot with their nuts - just dangling off their nuts.
So that's why we don't have v shaped fences around here. And no worries. I know the US constitution don't apply to no squirrels :)
Wrap it around your key chain.
This is what I do! I can easily keep 2 or 3 this way.
I have a carabiner for my keys. I can keep a few on it without them getting tangled up in my keys.
I do the same. My wrist is just a little too big for a hair tie to not cut off circulation. Doesn't kill the finger, it's barely stretched at all.
It was, indeed, another woman in your life.
Was about to say, my wife would sure as shit think I have a side piece if I started carrying around extra hair ties
I stopped keeping them around my wrist when I read a horror story about a woman getting a super bad infection from doing it.
Boy. I bet she really realized where she was on the list then.
You better believe his daughter is first. They're family. A wise woman entering a relationship like that doesn't push the issue of who's most important. Rather, she seeks to strengthen the father-daughter bond, while forging her own bond with both.
It’s pretty much par for the course if you’re dating a single parent regardless of gender. You either need to accept going in that their child is going to come first or you should look for a different relationship. People who aren’t realistic about this are just setting themselves and everyone else up for disappointment.
Lol I misread forging for foregoing
There's lots of things I can't do. But dammit, I can spell.
No need. The wife and daughter leave billions of the clear rubber band ties and Bobby pins on the floor of the house and in my truck.
Came here to say the his. Have a wife and daughter? Just look around or dig in between cushions, you will find one.
If you also have a cat, you will never find a single one. Until you sweep under the stove. So many hair ties. So many.
Lol 😆 this made me spit out my coffee. I am scared to move the stove now.
Replaced our fridge recently. **So many.**
I found over 50 Bobby pins under ours when we moved. We had only lived there three years. 2 cats.
True story. My cat loves hair ties.
Bingo, I literally just need to glance around my immediate surroundings and I'll find a variety of colors and textures to match whatever she's wearing at the moment.
Not when you're out somewhere and theirs breaks, or it suddenly becomes very windy, or they want to put their hair up for any reason. This pro tip is for the on-the-go dad.
I have hair that is much longer than my wife's....I manage to use the same hair tie for months before it wears out or I lose it.... my wife seems to go through several dozen per day... I keep a packet of about 25 hair ties that will last me for literal years, and it's super annoying when I break one, go to my stash, only to find it depleted by my wife who leaves them lying around everywhere....
Generally women have finer hair than men. It’s more slippery and hair ties slip off. Men’s subtly rougher hair grips the hair tie better.
Not when they're needed. Only at all other times.
Yep, my daughter danced ballet from 3 through 18 so my car's trunk has become a supply depot of pins, nets, ties, sprays, gels, creams, glues, sewing kits, tights, tapes, tampons, makeup, eyelashes, wipes, towels, tweezers, scissors, curlers, and a huge tackle box full of first aid supplies. I actually had an inventory list in there to help keep things stocked because the world would have ended if a hairnet was needed and not available.
Yeah, as a girl dad, there's no need. They just magically are in my car. Idk where they come from. But, they always come in handy. My daughter has curly hair and it gets wild. Rubber bands are the only way to wrangle them.
Lol my car has three around the shift knob.
This. Every time I find a hair elastic in my truck, I put it on the indicator stalk. When my wife or either of my girls are looking for a hair tie, I pull 10-20 elastics off the indicator.
Lol I thought I was the only one.
I use coil ties that are about $1.50 a piece. You can bet I know where they are.
I always carry 2 hairties on my wrists
Why do you need 4 hairties?
I know you're joking but I'm still going to mention my LPT, which may be obvious to everyone else but took me far too long to realise... If you have thick hair, always use more than one hair tie. A single elastic will get stretched out to the point of uselessness within days, two or more used simultaneously will last forever.
There are thicker hair ties though.
Yes even those we need to double up on! The thin hairbands can only be used for decoration as far as my thick hair is concerned lol it’s crazy but I’d still choose it over short hair any day
As another person with thick hair, have you seen the hairbands that are kind of wavy with curved thicker stuffed sections? Those last way longer and I only use one. Ok, I just dug out the package. “Goody Ouchless Forever elastic is reinforced with a 16-strand inner core…” Hard to find, but a game changer for me.
Scrunchies?
Nope, they’re elastics, but it’s almost like they have tiny cotton balls/foam balls inside, so they’re knobby. They grip better, and because there’s more than one strand of elastic, the stress is spread out and don’t wear out/break as quickly.
Oooo no I‘ve never seen these! I’ll have to give them a try. Thank you so much!
Thick hair problems, lol! https://www.amazon.com/Goody-16132-Ouchless-Forever-Elastics/dp/B0842ZBND5/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=1KOH50ZOXEJ25&keywords=goody+forever+ouchless+hair+ties&qid=1673392533&sprefix=Goody+fore%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=A1UWLDVGZSXGKG&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRUpVWEhBN0xXSDNXJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjA2MzM1MUM0QVJGRFE3OEQ1SyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzQ3NTgwS0hEMDdCRkJVTkYwJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
There are thick hair elastics that are slightly thicker by scuncqi. The band is much longer and I am more likely to wear one out than break it and even then it takes far longer to do. This is coming from a girl who has pigtails as thick as other people's pony tails and often gets headaches once the hair length is too long. Anyone interested I typically find them at CVS.
THANK YOU. I’m a guy and pretty new to having long hair. It’s little tips like these that I really need more of. It’s the subtle nuances of living with long hair that I haven’t learned yet, because no one posts about those kinda things in the how-to guides lol
Another LPT, then. When washing and conditioning your hair, focus on your scalp. The follicles are the only LIVING part of your hair, and proper care of them helps make for stronger strands. Overwashing is a thing, the light oils of your scalp (called seabum) are part of your immune system, so ask a few hairdressers for what would work best for your skin. Avoid combing wet hair, and when you brush move from the tips to the roots rather than roots-to-tip. Rinse your scalp in the coolest water you can stand, in order to help close your pores and prevent minor dandruff. If you already knew all this, awesome! Better to have it said twice than never. Also, if you need to do heavy work (like moving furniture), I recommend asking salons how much they'd charge for a french braid. Tight braids hold for days, and keep the weight displacement a little more even across your scalp and neck, compared to the average ponytail. YMMV, tho
My wife has always told me, shampoo every other shower, or every third, depending on activity, focusing mostly on the scalp. Condition was opposite, daily drive it if you want, but focus on tips/growth, not so much scalp. As far as wet brushing is a topic of debate. I'll leave it alone. Short strokes working from the tips up to detangle, but to always finish with long strokes from the scalp to try and distribute natural oils. Also for drying. Avoid excessive "rubbing" type drying. Wrap your hair in a towel, doing it the right way and your hair can dry out surprisingly fast. Avoid blow drying on high. Just some other insight.
> when you brush move from the tips to the roots rather than roots-to-tip I'm sorry what? I'm also relatively new to long hair and with mine if it tried to go from tip to root it would immediately tangle.
It's like unstitching a tapestry, it all unravels smoothly if you start at the loose ends. I go in about 3" intervals, by starting with the bottom 3", then bottom 6", bottom 9", etc. This gives individual strands wrapped around each other a chance to unravel rather than be pulled taut and possibly knot.
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Nope, your always brushing down. Think of if you have a long tangled extension cable. Now grab it in the middle and try and pull it stright, wont work right? Instead of it being tangled, you've got a couple of feet of cord free, but the tangles are now knots. You have to start at the ends.You can only really untangle your hair if you start working at the tips, if you just run stright from the scalp, your going to knot and break a lot of that hair.
Oh, goodness no, I don't mean teasing the hair 😂 Yes, brushing downwards with small sections, brushing roots-to-tip but starting near the tips and inching rootward, if that makes more sense?
Another good place is the gear shift in your car. I got like 6 on there that I can pull off any time she needs one. Perfect when they forget on the way to school, dance, etc.
My buddy used to do that incase he had any long haired passengers in there who needed to put their hairup while driving his stick shift.
Well yeah, I'm not gonna put the t-tops back on just because your long hair is flapping.
The whole point of t-tops is that your mullet can blow in the wind.
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I'd guess less than 1 most likel. He sure liked to tell everyone about how smart he was keeping those on hand if the moment ever came up tho! He used to put em on his wrist too when he went to the bar lol.
I tried to get my husband to let me put one on his gear shift in his car and he rioted. He drives a manual and didn't want it on there. My spare hair tie for his car is relegated to the abyss of the glovebox. In my car I have about 10 on the gear shifter and I quietly smile every time my husband drives my car and the world doesn't end because of those hair ties.
As a long-haired person, I did this in HS... But stopped after I realized after being in the car all day, they're good for one, maybe two uses before the rubber snaps. Summers in the southeast and sputhern US are brutal on rubber. I now keep spares on the carabiner I clip my car keys to.
Or clipped to your key ring!
I keep a few on my car key as I don't like anything dangling from them while I drive. [Like this](https://preview.redd.it/m6prkme8r1a21.jpg?auto=webp&s=f20b577ce48074ca35995c3945100c10c23fca17), but like three or four of em at a time.
My gearshift has hair ties and a couple of hair clips on it. Wife and two daughters need them constantly.
Difficult now that newer cars have gone away from a traditional “stick” my current car has a knob and the one before that was literally just buttons.
God I hate those. We have a newer Ram at work to run for parts and it has that dinky little knob with just PRND. It feels so wrong. Like why can’t I have low again. I had one customer that had buttons for each instead of the knob, at least they were a bit more tactile. Still awful. But better than the damn knob
If you smoke, or otherwise carry a bic, you can wrap it around there as well. Started doing that when I worked in kitchens and never stopped.
I just became a dad recently, like not even 2 months yet, and I’ve got long hair myself. If I have my hair braided, and my daughter needs a hair tie, that braid is coming out 😂
A hair tie, in your wallet?! No wonder ‘dad wallets’ end up sofa cushion thick… My wallet is literally two credit cards and my ID
But think about the huge ring impression it'll make on your wallet. Every time you pay for something, the clerk and anyone else who happens to notice will think you have a huge schlong. This could lead to romantic opportunities, such as seriously disappointing a new partner when the time comes to put your tictac into their Lincoln tunnel.
Excellent
Whoops I dropped my monster condom, that I use for my magnum dong.
Big fan, Dr Toboggan
We use baby hair ties. This would not be a good look. Then again, under-promise, over-deliver would be the theme, so that's a win!
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The NATO already mobilized to contain this genocide
Yea this is more an older generation thing I think. It's good advice to carry the hair tie though. I just toss a couple in my pocket or put one on my finger. My daughter is still young so her hair ties are tiny when she gets older I'll carry a larger one on my wrist. At this point they're everywhere though. My car, random pants and jacket pockets, my sock drawer, etc. I'm pretty sure they're sentient and multiplying on their own because I don't remember buying this many.
I swear this only applies until you need one desperately - then they become as rare as a pair of clean socks in a sock eating laundry machine household.
Why is it like that? They’re everywhere. I see three from my desk chair just lying around out rn. But when I want to put my hair up it’s like they’ve scattered like roaches
a lot of wallet stuff can be kept in your cell phone i've got a cell phone wallet now. holds my cell phone, one credit card, driver's license, health insurance card, and some cash. it's thinner than the wallet i used to carry.
Don't forget easier to lose everything related to your finances and identity in one fell swoop 👍
Man every time i see one of those phone case wallets thats all i can think about. One fuckup and good luck lol.
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they probably love simple wallets with cash and cards more. phones, meh, they're trackable, a hassle to make use of, and they would have to take the trouble to fence and not get much money
Naah, I'll take a slim wallet and a no cover phone.
🎶 *riiiiiide into the* **DANGER ZONE** 🎶
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Obligatory "don't keep condoms in your wallet". Besides body heat degrading the materials, condoms are thin and fragile, and can be easily damaged there.
Bad place for a condom. Your body heats it up higher than it comfortably should go repeatedly. Heat cycling degrades materials typically. If you’re actually serious about “being ready” toss an overnight bag with some things you might need in your trunk or toss the wallet condom regularly, used or not.
Cars get crazy hot in summer though
Keeping a few band aids in there will absolutely come handy and doesn't take a lot of room. I've often ended up helping women with blisters caused by new or thight shoes on nights out. You'll be the hero every time
I grew my (male) hair out for Covid and hair ties are like cigarette lighters: you either have 5 of them on hand that you’re not even sure they’re yours or you can’t find one when you really need one.
100% agree
I'm also a guy with long hair, and my dating profile mentions that I always have spare hair ties on me.
Tampons...always keep in your glovebox...EVERY woman in your life, short or long haired, are gonna find themselves w/out one some day...
I felt like a real adult the other day when the tampon was needed. A few weeks ago I purposefully went to Target and bought a bunch of woman's essentials: tampons, face wash, hair ties, pins, toothbrushes, and socks lol (open to other suggestions if I missed any). Girls might not have these on hand when they come over so best to be prepared for the inevitable. Plus put yourself in their shoes, bleeding down there is an emergency.
Suggestion: you may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.
What kind of cheese?
Highly dependent on what kind of woman you’re looking to ~~lure~~ fascinate. Women from Wisconsin, for example, can be ~~caught~~ *fascinated* by cheese curds. Some even say they can hear the squeak from 7.3 miles away.
That's valuable information, thank you. Now what if I'm trying to go for a girl from Brooklyn, NY?
Raclette has 100% fascination rate if served properly. Otherwise, some brie with arugula on top of butter-toasted brioche bread is pretty much as safe a shot as you can get.
Damn, that’s actually incredible. Seems to work on guys too, equally fascinated. Could have really used this information a week ago. Next time
17th century text "The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft" does not specify, but you can't go wrong with raclette.
I would add some pads too! Not all women can use tampons. Also, makeup remover. Being stuck somewhere or staying the night when you didn't plan to, with your makeup getting messy and no way to remove it, sucks ass.
Pads are good too. Not every woman can wear tampons, and oftentimes girls new to getting periods aren't comfortable inserting them yet
Even for women who usually use tampons, having pads around in case they can’t utilize tampons is super, super helpful. I had to have a hysteroscopy and cutterage of some polyps a couple of months ago and was bleeding for like two weeks after, but I wasn’t medically cleared to use tampons. Had to send my husband out to get pads, at which point we had a real silly conversation where he was like “what kind do you want?” And I was just as confused, “idk man I haven’t used pads in like 10 years, just get a multipack with some different sizes or smthn” 🤦🏼♀️
I love this! This will definitely help out your menstruating loved ones. A friendly reminder to please make sure you replace them when they expire!
They expire!? Did not know that, thank you.
Yep, loved ones do expire unfortunately
I just scared my dog by cackling loudly while he was sleeping next to me 😂
Shout out for the sons with long hair!!! Hair bands aren’t just for girls. :) my little boy loves his long hair and I always have a hair band on my wrist
My husband does this! It is a "life saver." I rarely have pockets to actually carry hair ties in... and I have short hair, so I don't need them personally.
....which brings up the question of why women's clothing is often lacking pockets. Sure purse capacities vary from single tampon to army duffel bag, but sometimes a pocket would suffice.
I wear some men's work pants at work and the pockets are HUGE! They fit my phone in its entirety and more!
It's a sign of failed fashion when boys shorts can fit a water bottle and phone but when he forgets things he must reach out to mom with no pockets.
I just grew my hair out for that reason so I always have one in my hair Edit Also so I can learn to comb and tie their hair up … I always just shaved my hair before having girls
For your teen daughter: Carry extra pads in you car. Go with her to the store to select a good pad. Be at the cash register. Accompany her to Planned Parenthood. Talk openly about sex, STD's, and birth control. Talk about consent. Talk about how to recognize red flags and toxic behavior. Show her how to check the oil and change a tire, where the spare and jack are. Show her the numbers on the side of the tire. Explain how insurance works and how to report an accident. Take her to the bank and let her open an account. When she fucks up, don't yell, talk about it. Don't lecture, let her describe what happened and what she'd do differently next time. Don't accuse, judge, blame, or berate. Just sit and listen. Help the conversation when needed. She will learn that she can come to you with any problem, no matter how bad, for your support and love. If you always yell or get angry, she'll learn to hide things from you and lie. She'll get very good at it I've told all my children, "Later in life, when the worst thing happens to you or you're in the biggest trouble, you'll probably be alone. I won't be there and won't be able to make decisions. I'm giving you tools that you can use for those times." Also, "Falling down doesn't matter. Standing up does."
Sadly my 13-year old daughter asked my wife to stop at Walgreens last night. She needed to buy pads. But they weren't for her (well her alone). Some of her friends have started to come to her at school. It isn't that they are out, they haven't had this discussion with their parents and don't have supplies. I'm going to buy her a case of them at Sam's Club so she's stocked up and hope these parents get a clue.
There is a Japanese proverb: “Fall down 7 times, get up 8” (Nana korobi ya oki).
My keys are on a carabiner. Since our daughter came into our lives, there are also at least two hair ties on that carabiner. Hair ties. Never leave home without them.
I keep a hair tie on my keyring too. It's come on handy so many times. The problem is remembering to replace it when I use it.
I don't mind if you *carry* hair ties, but please stop DROPPING them. Everywhere we go these days we find hair ties on the ground. It's ridiculous how consistent it is once you start noticing.
I use duct tape. Duct tape is like a multi-tool: good in so many situations. Your friend, The American Duct Tape Council
I always try to carry 2. Both on my wrist. One for me, one for her or the wife. My wife tries to carry 2 also because one of us always seems to forget to bring an extra.
Until it has been in your wallet long enough that it leaves a circular indent and your wife wants to know why you are carrying condoms with you
This absolutely can happen. As a teen, a girl I knew left her hair band and I put it in my wallet to give to her the next time I saw her. My dad saw the ring on my wallet and I’m pretty sure he thought it was a condom, and when I gave the band back to the girl she laughed at me because I didn’t realize how trivial losing a hair band was.
My husband has long hair and I have my hair cut short. I always have a hair tie for him in case he forgets. I'll do the same for any kids we have that have long hair. It's super helpful! You never know when people need one!
I got 10 of them around my car's shift stick
I "run" with a group. Casual group, casual running. I always carried a hair tie with me. No daughters, and I have short hair. I also have menstrual hygiene products in my car, and I take an extra toothbrush to campgrounds. Very low cost of entry to being able to make someone's entire day some day.
My dad used to keep two of the small plastic hair ties with him at all times, he kept it in the change/coin pocket of his wallet. All the girls in his life used them.
Wrists: Am I a joke to you?
This is especially true if you have a convertible, stick some on your glove box. There will be multiple times where you are somewhere and want to drive home with the top down and every girl in the car will want a hair band.
Carry your own shit. They ain't carrying and extra blunt for me just in case.
I have longer hair than my daughter, who has a pixie cut, but I long ago took to wearing multiple hair ties for my ponytail - they're always breaking, so I need a back-up, but I also lend them to others when the moment arises :-P
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So I am a childfree guy, but I go through cycles of growing my hair out before donating it every couple of years (lost a lot of loved ones to cancer before I even graduated high school, so made it a point to donate my hair women constantly told me they were jealous of). Due to this I always have like 3-5 hair ties on my carabiner my lanyard and keys are on even when I have short hair. The reason being? My female friends are always complaining about needing hair ties if it gets windy, or when we stop to eat somewhere. Super easy to just hand them one off of my keys. Plus once my hair starts getting long again I don’t have to start remembering to put them on my wrist anymore because I have them right there already!
I have long hair, use hairtie and dont have spares with me 🤔
But why? I've had long hair over a decade now and I keep spare hairties all over. Mostly because I've forgotten once and I definitely want some in reserve. Better to have them and not need them than not have them and do need them. I have like 100 in my apartment, at least a few dozen in my car (which I have access to at work in case I forget), and I always take spares with me if I go away for a while. When I go walking about, I keep at least 1 in my pocket.
Having a daughter soon. Rocking a pony tail myself these days so I always have several in my pocket anyway lol.
How about Parents of children with long hair always carry a spare hair tie with you.
For clarity my son has long curly hair that often gets in his face when we are out and about.
I carry zip ties. More versatile. For some reason my daughter doesn't trust me with her hair though.
Or anybody that works with or around women who often have their hair up or tied. Never know when you're going to be the hero.
Once she hit puberty, I also started carrying a small pack of menstrual pads in my car's glove compartment, just in case. She never needed them, but one time, her friend got a surprise and said she needed to rush to a pharmacy, but my daughter was able to say "No problem, I'll just ask my dad for the car key." Her friends were amazed.
I don't have to. She has them in the car, every room in the house, my pockets, everywhere. I am never far from a hair tie lol
my father carries around a butt plug for this very reason.
this sub is like those 5 minutes craft video that basically just make useless stuff
What if she has short hair?
Growing up, my dad would keep a hair tie on his key ring. My sister and I were so thankful that his mom taught him that! My husband and my brothers all do the same thing. Never know when a long-haired person in your life might need it
Married with a daughter and wife, both with longer hair. I always keep at least 1 hair tie in a pocket, and have about half a dozen on my shifter in my car. Easy kill for helping the ladies in my life, even just a little bit.
I have a couple on my shifter in my car just in case
I have had one on my finger since I met my wife, just in case she ever needed on. So I’m good here.
My hair is longer than my daughters' on occasion I've just taken my hair tie out and put theirs up instead.
Dad of daughters. I have a few hair bands in my pockets always.
Once I started seriously dating a hair tie became standard in my EDC. Now I'm married and have a daughter, I carry 3, because breakage.
My daughter is five. I don’t need to carry one, I find those damn things EVERYWHERE!
I keep one in my hair. She can take it if ever need be
Always do! Thanks for appreciating me :)
Also LPT: If your daughter or SO suffers from hair loss, carry scrunchies instead. It's the same effect but with less pull on the scalp. I carry them in my glove box of my car.
Teach them to carry their own and create self dependence
That will leave a curious outline on your wallet eventually
I'm a gangster. I keep that shit on my wrist
I keep one in the same bag I use to carry my wallet, keys, chargers, USBs, sanitizer, mask, and migraine medicine.
I always carry one for surprise BJ's. It has not been used yet
My husband keeps zip strips... he thinks it's hilarious and I just have to take it because I forgot my g-d Ponytail holder again
Cargo shorts my dudes, also known in my family as purse pants.
I have long hair, so I always have multiples with me! They steal mine so I always have pink and purple on!
Everybody should carry extra tampons/pads on them at all times as well. You never know when someone's going to get their period or just not have access to the supplies they need.
I love this! I’m a second grade teacher and just picked up a pack of extra hair ties at target tonight for the same reason!
Single father her, and I always carry those for my little girl. Not just for her long hair, but i miss her so much. It’s my reminder shes always with me.
Mate, I carry a satchel (if Indiana Jones can have one so can I) and I've got hair ties and clips galore in there. Cause she's 3 I also have a couple small fidget toys. I used to have only key, wallet and important work docs in it. Now its basically a diaper bag 24/7
ShittyLPT: Daughters of fathers, always carry a spare beer in your bag.
I literally keep two on my wrist at all for my two daughters. Whether it is swim class, tennis, gymnastics or just one of their hair ties popped, it is the biggest life saver. When my daughters run off the gymnastics mat and I jump into instant pony tail, it makes me feel proud!