9.08.2010

It's A Small, Bald World

I know the hair-fetish community is small, but I was made aware tonight just HOW small it is.

I was using a social-networking/dating site a few years ago and started talking to a guy when he saw photos of me with a shaved head. He shared the hair-cutting experiences he had had with his girlfriend, who had recently shaved her head after he had given her a Mohawk. He was a cool guy and we continued to talk.

Several months later, I received a message from a second guy. He is a fellow hair fetishist and deduced from my profile (which didn't outwardly say that shaved heads were a turn-on for me) that we belonged to the same club. He was thrilled to meet someone who shared his kink. Again, cool guy, we kept talking.

Now, the second guy (we will call him Mr. Y) sent me a message on facebook chat last week telling me that he had finally found a girl online (on the same website where we met) who was willing to let him shave her head. Tonight, after doing the deed, he messaged me again on facebook to regale me with his story and endow me with pictures. I am his only friend in the aforementioned club, and he wanted to share his evening with me.

While I was chatting with Mr. Y I received a message from the first guy, who I will call Mr. X. It had been a while since I'd talked to him, so I figured he was just checking in to see what was new. Imagine my surprise when he said, "My girlfriend just had her head shaved."

Both Mr. X and Mr. Y live in the same state on the opposite coast from me, and I was aware of this. Even though they live in different cities and did not know each other, I immediately knew that Mr. Y was Mr. X's girlfriend's barber.

I switched back over to my conversation with Mr. Y and said, "So, this girl's name isn't Ms. X, is it?" Needless to say, he was baffled; how did I know her name?

I told both guys that I knew the other, and everyone was thoroughly shocked and amused. I do have to say that I wasn't entirely shocked, as this sort of thing happens to me all the time, but I was certainly amused. So was Ricardo. Other than my readers here, he was the only person I could talk to about this, since I am not 'out' to the general public.

That is the end of my story for now. I am not feeling particularly prose-y tonight, so I apologize for my lack of focus and segues, and now I will gracelessly bow out without a decent conclusion.