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I ran into a friend of mine and noticed his hair was gone. His wife had shaved his once long thick hair completely off. He was not going bald like a number of men who shaved their head, nor was he a cop or military, but instead, he was just frugal with his money. He does not look that great with a shaved head, but I have to agree, it does save him money.
His plan was to have his wife shave his head every week and save $200 a year in haircuts! What do you think?
Nothing wrong with that. But ultimately, saving $200 a year isn't going to make a big difference in your financial life. Now, I would never say that to a broke or indebted person, but once you reach a certain comfort level, saving an extra $200 a year just isn't a lot of money. But if it makes him happy and doesn't feel like a sacrifice, by all means go ahead and do it.....better than blowing $200 on a tattoo, IMO.
When I was single I would cut my own hair. Probably from 14 years old to 28 or so.
Once I got married the wife wanted me to get it cut in the warm months so I will go to great clips and use a coupon which brings cut and tip to 10 bucks a pop.
During the cold months, about 6 months or so, I'll cut it myself.
I'm a 66 year old man, and have cut my own hair since I was 20. I use a very sharp pair of scissors, and stand with my back to the bathroom wall mirror, while holding a 6-inch shaving mirror in my left hand to reflect the image in the larger wall mirror. I cut slowly and carefully so as not to accidentally over-cut and leave any bald spot. I set a large piece of cardboard over the wash basin to catch my hair trimmings.
I spend about $300-$400 a year on haircuts, and that includes tip and sometimes prepaid haircut gift card I get around Christmas or birthday. For me it is a necessary expense since my own hair is thick and unweilding. And besides the hair cut place I go to does a fine job.
He's saving $200 a year and the OP says it doesn't look good and he has a good head of hair.
Saving money is cutting out the $5 Starbucks coffee in them morning(that would be about $1,200 a year), shopping around for lower car insurance, or not spending $500 on cell phone with an expensive plan.
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