...i tie back my hair or tuck it behind my ears when i eat...
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As a guy who used to have long hair, this. If it's long enough, you could also tuck it underneath your shirt collar in a pinch.
I just put my hair up when I eat
It's just extra seasoning.
That spicy keratin
Delicious scented shampoo flavour!
I have dreadlocks. If there are hairs in my food, i will know :D
No, I pull it back when I eat. And when I cook or serve food.
I normally make a pony tail while eating (or at least brush then back over my shoulders and into my shirt to hold them there) I also have very strong hair, I recommend those silicon hair ties which look like sealing rings, they hold everything. If they break, just get thicker ones
I've have long hair for about 35 years now. I guess mine is wavy too (?) although when it's humid I'll get some tight pipe curls. Just tie it back out of the way. Best hair bands I've found are made of pantyhose material, they don't snag or wrap up in your hair. They do come in different sizes so if you have thick hair you can get a larger band.
Regardless, no matter what you do you'll always eventually get some hair in your food.
I just usually keep my hair tied back with a rubber band, a head band, or under a bandana, if doing most anything but just sitting.
Eh, a ponytail is easy.
But, yeah, back in my younger days when I let it stay loose when I wasn't at work, and now when I'm feeling all sexy, it can get in the way of things.
Less now, what with the balding, but still.
Tbh though, the only time I ran into heavy infiltration while eating was when there was a lot of air movement. Since neither my Jr high or high school was air conditioned, that was pretty much all warm days, and the cold days where they needed air flow. Those ceiling fans could move.
I have fairly straight hair once it's past shoulder length, so that might help. It's super fine though, so it doesn't take much to get it moving.
My beard doesn't get in the way at all. My mustache, however, when I let it reach soup strainer length and don't use wax or balm, sandwiches are a laugh :)
No. Sometimes.
Beards are sometimes like that too.
Let's talk more about the headbands. I use the cheap elastics and haven't had an issue. Have you tried a large handkerchief?
Ooo, a handkerchief might be cute!β¨
I have adopted a somewhat haughty looking stance for eating where my head is angled back just to avoid this.
ooo, maybe I'll do the same
For the last three years I've let my hair grow out and donate it once its about 15in long. My hair is probably 2c if I let it air dry. It was annoying but I learnt to live with it by tying the sides of my hair back and tucking my crown's hair underneath the tie. Some strands will sneak out eventually but it's manageable.
However, what I have not found a solution for is my moustache. I like to have my moustache grown out, Tsar Nicholas style, but eating anything is a chore. Sandwiches, burgers, and pizze mean I'm munching on my own stache and pulling some hair out, soups and stews mean I'll be patting dry the contours of my mouth down to my chin. The only things I can eat comfortably are things I can skewer with a fork. Really puts on a damper on my hair game since I have to trim it a lot for it not to be a bother.
I find a tiny pair of scissors to be very useful. I trim back only one part of my facial hair, the 'hitler mustache' area. It can be done quickly and easily and with care, few would notice there was anything trimmed at all. For me, it makes a world of difference when eating. I wont try to convince you further, I know Ii'm set in my ways, just wanting to say that there is an alternative to lip hair inhalation.
RE soups and stews: Leave it. Let it dry. You never know when you might need an emergency ration. Soak it in a bowl of water for a light snack or a mid-afternoon burst of energy.
Lol, that's what I tell my friends when they inquire about sustenance storage in my beard.
RE: the centre stache thing, yeah. The bit isn't a problem because that part I do trim meticulously. The sides are though, but those achieve the look. The problem is those hairs don't grow outwards in an imperial fashion, but inwards. Think the guy with the beret from myth busters.
Ah, makes sense. Mine does more of a Salvador Dali thing, like the stache is trying to join forces with my eyebrows.
Nah, I just tuck it behind my ear and eat with a weird little hunch and it's fine
Back when I wore it long, the problem was getting it in my pants?? How did I have that problem but not getting it in my mouth
i just use a hat or a bandana to keep it back when i'm eating.
I feel a lot of replies here aren't getting it, like yh it happens.
I have wavy hair with a lot of volume, and I do push it behind my ear or whatever, but sometimes when I eat, I find a piece.
It's not when I'm cooking, and I'm sure if I had straight hair it would stay behind my ear neatly all the time. Wearing a bonnet or a hairband is not something to do in the middle of meal too? And it would ruin the style after.
It is what it is. I've gotten hair in the mouth while making out too!
Editing just to say, it's fine man. Embrace the waves! They are beautiful, and people in real life find it cute. Most people want their hair to have more volume but you'll get answers online making it seem weird or wrong because it isn't what's common.
I just make a something like a chingion tail. Normal pony tail + another half. This works for me.
Yes.
What I have difficulty with, is when some wayward knotted cluster I've inadvertently consumed, tries to jump ship the next day in the restroom, while having managed to braid itself on one end into my derrière hair, while the other side of it is still chilling somewhere up in my small intestine.
Ew, no. I don't use my hair as a filter. Saliva smells gross when it dries, I can't imagine hair with dried spit smells good. I don't understand what you mean when you say you can't push it back, I literally just push my hair to either side of my face so it doesn't go in my mouth when I eat. I can't imagine a hair type that's impossible to avoid chewing on.
Here is what happens in a step by step process.
- I push my hair behind my ears (out of the way)
- I tilt head down to choose something to eat
- I select an item to eat.
- I raise the item up.
- At about this time, my hair has pulled itself free by sheer tensile force alone.
- Hair flops onto the edges of my mouth.
- Food item enters my mouth, hair latching on.
- I now have hair in my mouth.
This is what my wavy thick hair does everyday, every meal, every time.
i just tuck my hair into my shirt before i eat
I talk with others when I eat, and while I could do this, my hair would immediately tug. π
My hair is curly and thick, shoulder length but I've learned to eat without putting it up. It doesn't seem to get in the way anymore. Layers help.
Now when I grew it out to see how long it would get, I was washing it and there was a hair in my butt, went to remove it and found it was still connected to my head. This was disturbing enough that I cut it and never did figure out the terminal length.
I have lion style so it never fall