So it’s midnight and I can’t sleep because my brain decided it’s the perfect time to replay every embarrassing moment of my life, and this one’s been eating away at me.
Obligatory: This actually happened over a year ago.
I matched with this guy on Bumble. He was cute, had a very adorable cat, and invited me over to “chill” and play with said cat. We got drinks and started playing one of those adult card games.
One of the cards asked, “What’s something innocent that turns you on?” to which his answer was “When girls tie their hair up into a ponytail.” Cool. I’ve heard that one before. We move on.
A while later, I noticed it was getting hot and I was starting to sweat. I pulled a rubberband from my purse and tried to tie my hair into a bun. It didn’t stay. So I let it down. Then I tried a ponytail. Still not right. I saw my reflection in the mirror behind him and realized my hair looked like I had a bad case of lumpy ponytail syndrome. So I again undid it and started gathering my hair properly.
By now, I’ve tied and untied my hair multiple times, and right as I’m smoothing it back for a final attempt, I look over and see him watching me… totally weirded out. That’s when it hit me. This man thinks I’m doing some weird mating ritual where I keep seductively tying and retying my hair because he said he finds ponytails sexy. I looked absolutely unhinged. But we continued with the game lol
Oh, and during that same night, he randomly mentioned that he thinks girls with short bob cuts are super cute. Fast forward a week: I’m trimming my waist-length hair after a shower (I always cut it myself to save money), and I mess up. It’s so uneven that the only way to fix it is to go shorter. Much shorter. I end up giving myself a shoulder-length bob.
A few days later, I showed up at his place with food. He opened the door, saw my new short bob, and said with an awkward smile, “You got a haircut,” clearly trying to hide how creeped out he was. That’s when I remembered HE TOLD ME HE LIKES SHORT BOBS.
This man 100% thinks I repeatedly tied my hair to turn him on and then went home and chopped it off to give myself his dream girl haircut.
Anyway… we never met again.
TLDR: Accidentally did a full hair striptease for a guy who’s into ponytails, then showed up days later with his dream haircut thanks to a botched trim. Totally creeped him out and we never talked again.