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A little less Moe, please

Bowl-cuts. I never thought I would have a child with a bowl-cut, as I like to think of myself as somewhat hip and stylin', but I came to the realization about a year ago that bowl-cuts were sometimes a necessary evil.

We were at the point when Jolie's hair had grown long enough to look gnarly, yet she steadfastly repelled any attempts to have any kind of hair accoutrement stuck in her hair. We're talking hand deflections. Head forcefield protection. Keen hair sensors that would rip out any perceived hair encroachment in the form of barrettes, elastics, or clips. Zip. Nada. Nothing.

As a result, she looked like a crazy person.

So, we decided she needed a hair intervention. By a professional.

While I was secretly hoping for some hip, cute 'do involving wispy pixie cuts or the like, I was informed by the professional that at her age, bowl cuts were really my only option if we didn't want her hair to get in her face regularly.

And I believed.

For awhile now, Jolie has sported the bowl-cut, and I've dealt with various comments over the months, including: "I used to have that haircut when I was little!" and "Do you cut her hair?"

First of all, I'm always taken aback by that second comment. Dude. Just because she looks like Moe from The Three Stooges does not mean I cut it. Give me some credit, will you?

But, recently, I had been thinking about a change from the bowl cut. Like how about a cute bob or something? Do we have to do the bowl? (Eventually, I'd like to grow out her bangs entirely, having myself been traumatized by a couple decades behind the iron curtain, but I know she's not ready for that step yet, what with all the growing out/awkward stage thing.)

So, when it was due for a cut (read: looking like a crazy person again), I gave specific instructions for a transition out of the Bowl Cut and to a dignified bob. What this meant, as I soon found out, was that due to the way Jolie's hair grows, we might need to pin part of her growing bangs back so that she can still see (note: prior to this intervention, her hair was like 80% bangs).

She'll appreciate this in the future, right? I mean, who wants to go through life with a perma-bowl cut? I’m not just doing this for me!  (This is what I tell myself as I stick her growing-out-bangs in a small elastic-secured sprout on top of her head each morning.)

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