Reminder That Amputees Are More Viable Dating Material Than Hair Loss Sufferers

[PappinAce]

http://www.revelist.com/feminism/di...rofile/8811/tinder-and-twitter-are-obsessed/2

she's getting so many likes and super likes that she even has to reject most of them.

you can lose a limb and still approach life with positivity. through hard work and creative problem solving you can even find ways to continue pursuing your hobbies (practice balance, learn to serve one handed in tennis, etc). but all the things that hair loss takes away from you, you're not getting back, no matter how positive you are.

you can even do self-deprecating humor, as she does on her tinder (arms dealer, hands-down, etc). do you have that option with hair loss? yes, but you're not going to be seen as cute or attractive or as a potential partner.

good for Lauren. she is doing it right. lucky for her, all of her hair is still growing even if her arm will never come back.

crazy how it's the practically insignificant thing that turns out to be the most important.

 

[Dench57]

Reminder that face = everything

1 arm, 0 arms, 8 arms, who gives a f***

82,000 followers because s̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶e̶ face

 

[The Curse of Dolkite]

Also take into account:

It's a feel-good article and it makes guys feel noble to say they'd love to date her and they don't care about looks. If she wasn't hot otherwise, they wouldn't have any interest.

I understand that one of the hardest things about losing your hair is that other people don't see it as a serious problem, but you shouldn't read too much into the comments. Plus, it's real easy for some guy to say "I'd totally date you" online without having to back it up.

 

[sisenegonan]

Reminder that people who tell you to ignore hair and move on have never experienced balding towards a nw6/7 in their teens or early twenties.

 

[blackg]

Amputees also get more sympathy. "You go, nubs!"

 

[The Curse of Dolkite]

Amputees also get more sympathy.

Okay, but what does sympathy really get you in the end? Sure, it would be great if others understood how hard it is.....but then again, what do those sympathetic remarks get you? We all know women don't want to date men they feel sorry for. How many times have we heard people say, "I wish there was something I could do to help" (mostly in regards to other problems than baldness)...and how much value did their sympathy really have?

Also, in regards to the woman...she will be known all her life, like it or not, as "the chick with one arm." Not every bald guy is going to be known as "the bald guy" by those around him.

 

[The Baldy Man]

You WILL be known as the bald guy by EVERYONE. That's how they describe you. They don't mean any harm by it, they only say that because you ARE bald. This disease is like a zombie virus, it kills what you were and replaces "you" with itself. You become the disease. You become baldness.

 

[The Curse of Dolkite]

They very well may describe you as "the bald guy" like they might describe others as "the tall guy" or "the guy with red hair." It's a distinctive physical characteristic - that doesn't mean all people see you as is bald.

Baldness is not a disease. It sucks, but it doesn't make you an utter social leper. It makes things more difficult, especially if you don't have the physique or the personality to be the "big bald badass" type that everyone suggests bald men embrace.