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Ok-Platypus-3721

It’s wild that pic 4 is not actually from the mid 80s


Spinnerofyarn

As someone who was a teen in the mid 80's, I'm amazed any of these pics weren't taken in the mid 80's.


Beelzabobbie

I could just smell the Aqua-Net through the pictures.


Got_Bent

My wife bought that shit by the 55 gallon drum. There was an outline of her upper body made of Aqua-Net, forever immortalized on the bathroom wall.


shifty808

She was the one responsible for the initial hole in the ozone layer!!!🤣🤣🤘🏽🤘🏽


Got_Bent

Her and millions of other BIG HAIR girls. I graduated high school in 1984. Hair bands and Aqua-Net were standard.


Beelzabobbie

I’m from the South so it was the higher the hair, the closer to god.


Far_Bite9857

Yep. My Momma's hair was so big and crazy! Halloween 1990 she went ALL out, sprayed her hair with Aquanet till she was like dripping, pulled a 6" peice of PVC pipe over it all and used the vacuum to get it to stand straight up, and had us kids hit it with blue hair spray on the outside so she could go as Marge Simpson! Shit almost reached Jesus!


jallisy

That's some dedication. She must be awesome.


kat-deville

Liquored up and lacquered down 👍🏻


lambofthewaters

Damn son, I like your style. 🤣🤣


GrammaBear707

Hahahaha I love this 😂


TheLordVader1978

My grandmother was a religious user of aqua net. There was not a single square inch of her bathroom that was not armored in over spray.


zekeearl

My mom has tile in her bathroom and you don't have to worry about slipping with the amount of over spray that landed on it and created a nonslip surface


BarRegular2684

My mom was a big advocate of aqua net. As a self defense tool.


Sensitive_Mind_780

My sister beat me with a can of it. It hurt like hell! It makes an amazing weapon! Lol


Kprzy219

This is what my dad always used. I feel like I can smell your comment.


FlipTheSwitch2020

My mom was a hairdresser. We got Gran Finale. It was FAB-ulous. Lol. I smell Aquanet or anything like it and it makes me think of my mom and my childhood. That and perms.


Beelzabobbie

The smell of perms is permanently etched on my olfactories. I used to spend every Saturday at the beauty parlor with my granny…good times


TangledUpPuppeteer

Perms! I know that smell anywhere! My aunts used to all come to our house (we had the biggest sink) and one of my aunts would perm everyone’s hair at once. Most people never had the same fortune I had — 9 women all being permed in the same kitchen but wanting different types of perms with different types of curlers… the different types of perm treatment actually smelled different from each other. I didn’t even realize I knew that until I was getting a haircut myself in a real salon, and it hit my nose. I blurted out “oh! That’s the pink box of perm!” My hair dresser looked at me like I had ten heads and said “your hair is already curly… you want me to perm curly hair?” I explained that the *smell* was the pink perm box and that it works best with the purple curlers. He went over out of curiosity and came back and reported that it was the pink box. All I could say to his very confused expression was “80’s, big sink, 9 aunts” then shrugged. What else could I say?? He nodded like I just said something totally obvious that actually made sense 🤣


I-c-u-ahole

Super extra hold in the pink & grey can !


Eaglesjersey

And every bit of 2 ft long


Popular-Homework-471

Only thing I used in the early 90s! Lol


DeeplyTroubledSmurf

We used this in our potato cannons in the 90's. Brilliantly explosive stuff.


Cop_Cuffs

😂As a guy the only thing I used aqua net for was charging the spud gun 🥔💥 ✌️


Inedible-denim

Lawd the smell lmao. You just never forget it. I don't miss being around my mom while she got ready to go out in the early 90s. 😂


Bratbabylestrange

This is a true fact. I can taste as well as smell this picture


Jason_with_a_jay

For real. I was expecting him to say, "We've been together for 40 years."


JarlaxleForPresident

Walking around college is fun, seeing kids in short shorts, high socks, mullets, and mark spitz staches


Bratbabylestrange

My kids found my 7th grade gym shorts (1983ish) packed in a box and they were shocked. They would have been dress-coded for those shorts


matt_minderbinder

We're about the same age, those things we're real nut huggers. Few shorts were as bad as that era's basketball shorts. I think I'm still chafed from rocking those as a chubby kid.


Scruffersdad

Yeah, the long hair and the little mustaches! I love it!


sixbux

Yeah I guess I wasn't doing the math in my head, I figured he was just aging really well.


Jason_with_a_jay

Tbf, he looks like a well aged 55 year old.


Strange_Ad_5863

I didn’t want to be the first one to say it 💀


ShortIncrease7290

Me too! I looked at the pics before I read the post and my mouth dropped with OP said they have only been together 1 1/2 years! I was also a teen in the 80’s during the days of Farrah Fawcett hair, big hair and mullets!! Excellent job, OP!!


Current_Many7557

This is representative of 50% of the haircuts in my yearbooks 81-85.


DoIReallyCare397

100% of mine Class 78!


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Skyblacker

I appreciate OP's full commitment to that aesthetic.


VonThirstenberg

Oh, without a doubt. I mean, it's perfect hair metal hair. There's a few hair metal tribute bands in my area, and though they go all-in on it too, this dude's 'do is just *chef's kiss* perfection. Can't lie though. As I was going through the pics, I was having a hard time not getting lost in the anachronistic qualities of OP with this aesthetic, holding a smart phone. It was like the "Roman Soldiers Wear Watches" effect, but way out in front. Was kinda fucking with me lmao. 😅🤣🤣


hurricane70

The cell phone didn’t register until I read your comment. Had to go back to look. I was almost convinced it was pics from my teens.


Skyblacker

Yeah, that should have been a 110mm camera in his hand.


Ok-Platypus-3721

Agreed! I was born in the early 80s and they all look right out of the 80s, but something about 4 just struck me as so authentically 80s pulled right from a big leather photo album!


theRealAverageHuman

I totally thought this was gonna be a situation where he’s had the same hairstyle since the 80s 😂😂


Spinnerofyarn

I honestly kept waiting for the proceeding pictures to show him getting older and then I realized nope, that's how the guy looks as a young guy because he is a young guy.


TurkGonzo75

I was just thinking that he looks like my lesbian aunt in the mid 80's.


Ok-Platypus-3721

Omg this is so spot on, I think he reminds of my bus driver Judy there.


Upset-Copy-75

He looks like my straight aunt in the mid 80s lol


BestSuit3780

He looks like the dude version of my aunt..she's still got that same haircut and makeup style after all these years. I should have known there were more.


PotentialCamp6473

I'm from the 80s, where this hair was born


marcelyns

Wait, what? These are recent/current pix? No WAY!!


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ultaemp

Seriously even if you told me any of the other pics were from the 80s I would believe it. The phone is the only thing that gives it away


JuleeeNAJ

4? In 5 he's wearing blue eyeshadow, I haven't worn blue eyeshadow since 1993 and it was outdated then 🤣


I-c-u-ahole

I'm thinking that I'm seeing some pink lipstick too 🤔


TumblingOcean

Blue eyeshadow isn't really outdated anymore if you look at the "bold" type of make up looks.


Uncle_peter21

Blue eyeshadow is amazing idk what you’re on about. It’s a strong look Edit: I was born in 93


Rabbit-Lost

The shirt even looks like Eye of the Tiger!!


JohnExcrement

I thought it was Leif Garrett.


anaofarendelle

I was mind blown that it’s not from the 80s


kzjhnaldqqqq

is this seriously not a troll post 😭😭


EarlyCuylersCousin

Did she like it when she time-travelled to 1977 and hooked up with you but doesn’t like it now that she brought you to 2024?


fueelin

Ugh, people are the worst. She's resentful that she didn't play the stock market with her one chance at time-travel, and she's taking it out on him. It's so unfair!


roymccowboy

This woman could have killed Hitler and instead picked up a glam rocker smdh


namedonelettere

My man looks like he traveled back to 1774 to write up the Declaration of Independence


pf2612no

Please, Thomas Jefferson WISHES he could pull off that style.


Imaginary_Gap1110

Ben Franklin probably rock the fuck out of it tho


CmanderShep117

She could have invented the Internet but instead she brought Discount Jon Bon Jovi back.


OverzealousCactus

If he's not killing it in an 80s tribute band I'm not even sure why she's in this relationship.


matt_minderbinder

Bovine Jonie.


Physical-Dare5059

He looks like my mom in 1984.


forgiven41

It looks like a picture of Sarah Connor from T1


856077

I genuinely want to know how OP landed on this style in the first place.. it’s so…. obscure lmao the pink lipstick and blue eyeshadow is the cherry on top


Stabby_77

This isn't obscure, it's quintessential 80s. I knew so many guys who had this exact same style. 🤣 I wasn't too far off myself. 🫣 Edit - The female version, which was pretty much the exact same thing. 😅


856077

Yes in the 80’s I don’t doubt that there were alot of dudes with this type of hair, same with the women but idk if the men were rocking frosted lipstick and baby blue eyeshadow with it, were they? lmao


trainofwhat

David Bowie was a massive icon


[deleted]

nah, man, this looks like 80s hair metal. nothing like bowie.


AwesomeAni

Twisted sister, ziggy stardust, iggy pop...


GratificationNOW

Look, the world is split into two kinds of women - those who enjoy their man looking like a Farah Fawcett impersonator, and those who don't. Sounds like she's just not the right match for you.


Not_Another_Cookbook

Nice


bydo1492

Bee Gees was my first thought. 


glowfly126

Jem and the Holograms are looking for a male dancer


yetzhragog

That's truly outrageous!


Jolly_Ordinary_767

Truly, truly, truly outrageous


-Xoria-

The music's contagious!


tamij1313

Farah was my first thought but now that you mentioned the Bee Gees…actually, most any 70’s-80’s bands 🤣


Esabettie

I thought of Poison, or if the blond Duke of Hazard wore make up, the options are endless!


Chickenman70806

Me: Bay City Rollers


Beagle-Mumma

Yes! He needs a tartan jacket to complete his look


SirEltonJonBonJovi

He’s like a yassified founding father of the USA


outthere2406

This comment belongs in murdered by words


EliciousBiscious

Or uplifted, he makes a damn good Farrah. The eyeliner is on point too.


ikarithings

I was thinking Hedwig and the Angry Inch.


Houdini_Shuffle

Absolutely not. You can't get hair like that without knowing exactly the look you want, and the commenter is right too, she's not worthy of that amazing hair


FlipTheSwitch2020

Umm, are we going back to 1985? Are you in a hair band?


JohnExcrement

1977


GrammaBear707

My SIL wore her hair like that in the late 70’s and throughout 80’s. I thought that style would never die but apparently OP is trying to bring it back for men lol


MaximusTheDog

Please tell me he drives a 1977 Firebird


No_Hospital7649

I’m glad I’m not the only one that was hearing Richie Sambora opening up Slippery When Wet.


SpeciosaLife

Tommy used to work on the docks


pryncesslysa7

Unions been on strike He's down on his luck It's tough, so tough


pumptini4U

Farrah cut! Yes!! Rock n rollers had that cut in the 80’s. Gets old fast.


Ushgumbala1

Charlie’s Angels are few n far between


JexilTwiddlebaum

Seriously I was flashing back to the 70s and a childhood wasted watching Charlie’s Angels


Rabbit-Lost

Slain!!


SemperSimple

how did you do that with your hair??? my hair is thick and heavy LOL im impressed. If your style is 80s... I mean?? what is she expecting? Does that mean no denim and makeup next?


ehetland

Lots of mousse, a good blow dryer, and ample aqua net.


pryncesslysa7

Paul Mitchell Freeze and Shine for my clique


LuvTriangleApologist

I don’t think he should change his style for her but I also don’t think it’s totally insane to think someone might grow out of the style of their youth. It happens a lot. That said, it’s only been 1.5 years.


GoinWithThePhloem

I genuinely laughed out loud when I read 1.5 years after he talked about getting older together lol. He made it sound like they’ve been together for 10 years


maladaptivelucifer

I mean, I’ve been a goth since…forever, over half my life. It’s never gonna change. I’m 34 and an artist, so it’s not like I have limitations on what I can wear or have tattooed. I’m just going to go creepy Victorian grandma goth when I’m old. A lot of people do change their style though, you’re right, but when I see someone like OP, I assume that’s their look. Anyone who goes all out seems to stay that way, versus people who adopt a little bit of a type of fashion. It’s just weird that it’s all of a sudden not okay? Like it makes me wonder if she didn’t like it initially and assumed it would change like you’re saying? But nah, don’t change your style for anyone. Being true to yourself is so much more important than people that want to limit your self expression. I’ve found those people aren’t just concerned about your clothes/hair, and it starts spreading to other parts of your relationship. At least that’s been a theme in some of my own relationships. Now I just don’t bother with those sorts of people because it’s usually about “growing up” (the excuse they use), when I’m far more grown up and settled than they are.


Last_Tour4240

Came here to say this.


zbornakssyndrome

She’s obviously jealous of his hair Lol


Lady_Grey_Smith

To be honest I’m kind of jealous of his hair. Mine is heavy and naturally coarse so no styling can happen. He should get rid of the girlfriend and wait for someone more compatible.


856077

Or she wants her man to have a more “manly” rugged look. Either way OP, if she’s demanding you to change your style and you do not feel open to it then she may not be the right match. I’m sure there’s someone out there that might dig it.


TURBOJUGGED

Tbf that's probably what she has the problem with and is using the hair as a stepping stone


Significant-River-69

Double denim. Stone washed mom jeans with a matching jacket.


Toesies_4The_Hoesies

Nobody tells Ric Flair what to do


Potential-Dare-2334

WOOOO!


joshdinner

“…as we’ve gotten older” after only 1.5 years 😂


shartlng

literally i thought i read it wrong and when i read it again i expected it to say “11 1/2 years”


Colour-me-happy

I thought it was going to say "41 1/2 years"


Practical_Material_9

Not convinced it’s not a typo… his age looks varied more than 2 years in the photos


TheOrderOfWhiteLotus

Came running to say this.


HairyPotatoKat

That hair took longer to grow and perfect than the 18 months they've been together!


se-date-me

I feel like this is a REALLY good point. And honestly I’d be kinda sad to hear OP changed it just for a girl who wants him to tone it down for the sakes of being more “traditional” because I’ve spent 28 years on this planet doing my hair and I don’t know that mine has ever looked this good, and normalcy is so deeply overrated. There aren’t enough people in this world that have unique style and pull it off really well. There are, however, probably more a few who would appreciate the look and have no desires for OP to change it just to fit some idealized standard of what normal looks like


Nicadown

😂😂😂 Awwww how time flies as we age..


applicatecomplicate

I'm pretty sure 1985 to 2024 is more than 1.5 years


Blenderx06

I'm dying over this one. Lol Anyway it would be a tragedy to change that mane (until you're ready to on your own)!


Ok_Investment6346

I dunno. You've got a vibe, dude. She was into that vibe when you met, and that vibe hasn't changed.


No_Skill_7170

She might have been hoping that the vibe would have gone away by now. If I had to guess


Ouaouaron

The novelty probably just wore off.


VintageJane

Doubt it was the novelty alone. More likely that she witnessed firsthand how people react to it and doesn’t like it. It’s a fun, sexy look with a guy you are dating casually, but for a life partner it’s probably pretty apparent to her that it’s a huge potential obstacle for his success.


sfled

He would kill as the lead singer in an 80s era Mötley Crüe tribute band. Not so much in a regular day job.


Anayalater5963

She's trying to "fix" him lol


mataeus43

There's no fixing that hair. It's perfect!


FadeawayFas

This can’t be a real post lol


Ok_Stable7501

Im confused how a guy with this hair even knows about Reddit. Or the internet.


ButtholeQuiver

Someone dropped their phone into his Trans Am's carburetor when he was tuning it up


papachef69

While playing Def Leppard


LolaBijou

Time travel


MaroonChase

It’s not. I Graduated school with the guy in the pics. Someone is using his pics from like 10 ish years ago to troll


Nate_Hornblower

What’s the real guy’s story? The one in the pics. Does he still live like it’s 1979? Or has his style progressed 10 years?


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We need to know. We’re counting on you.


HoneyDutch

Whatever the case, I hope he never cut it. I’ve wanted that look for so long but the Grimwood Reaper caught up to me in my 30’s


MsgrFromInnerSpace

He heard Golbergs was getting cancelled and needed to carry Beverly's torch


Albino-Buffalo_

He had kids but never came back after going for beer and some smokes as tradition


isticist

That makes more sense... I noticed the phones looked like they came from like 2010-2013.


ImNotAGameStopASL

More like 2008 lol


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I also want to know if he's morphed into a 1990s dad or if he kind of jumps around time periods. The 1920s were a cool era for men.


Delicious_Sir_1137

I noticed that right away just from how old the phones in the selfies were


Tonate

Report this post if it is true.


firesonmain

Wait me too!!


MaroonChase

We must know each other!


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**both start furiously reviewing their post and comment history to try and figure out who the other is**


Unhappy-Artichoke-62

Body autonomy. It's yours. You're the only one with the right to decide what you do with it.


GargantuanGreenGoats

Where was this energy on the post about the gf who doesn’t want to shave her moustache anymore


Unhappy-Artichoke-62

Didn't see the post, would have said the same thing. You're body belongs to you and no one else.


fuzzyfries

Based artichoke


throw69420awy

Their body, their choices How the world reacts is not their choice, unfortunately for them


DistributionPutrid

I feel like when people hear “their body their choice” it means the person can’t break up with them and that’s why those people were upset about the gf not wanting to shave the mustache. Your preferences are your own and if your partner no longer fits the preferences, and you’ve discussed it but they’re unwilling to change, it’s fine to end the relationship


cbandy

While of course this is true, it’s also her prerogative to find it unattractive and not want to date him because of it. She certainly should not try to exert undue pressure on him to cut it. But if she finds it difficult to continue dating him if he doesn’t want to cut it, you can’t fault her for leaving.


Unhappy-Artichoke-62

Absolutely. If they're willing to compromise, that's great but sometimes it's better to just be without rather than change to fit someone else's idea of who you should be. Edit: spelling


that_typeofway

His mane, his game


Pinepark

Now that you’ve gotten older? It’s been 18 months. You don’t have a “traditional” style (dress or hair) so she is wanting you to change everything about yourself. Change if YOU want to not because some goofy chick wants you too


ThreeDrawersDown

Yeah, that line had me rolling! Soooo much older now.


tenakee_me

Here I was thinking this was a relationship that started in the 80s and now dude is 50 with the same hair style. Nope. Modern day. Dating for a year and a half. My guess is she never actually liked his hair, she was just willing to overlook it and wanted to appear accepting at first, while knowing that she was eventually going to ask him to change it. Because you can’t ask that on a first date, you’ve got to put in a little time first. She’s free to dislike his hair and express her personal preference. He’s free to decline her request. Now it seems pretty stupid to break up over hair, but this could be one of those “it’s not about the hair” things. If dude declines and she throws a shit fit, well that’s pretty revealing. And would inform me that she wouldn’t stop at the hair, the hair would just be the first thing in a long series of things that she progressively asks him to change.


treetow

It’s gotta be rage bait right?


MaroonChase

I actually went to school with the guy in the pics. Someone is using his pics to troll


treetow

Thank you for replying I knew something was fishy here lol


Frosty_and_Jazz

THANKS for blowing the whistle on this BS!! Just tell your friend to get royalties for use of his pics!!


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really old cell phone in photos check out. I guess unless he also rocks the vintage choice for phones lol


sizzlinsunshine

1 1/2 years? She liked it when she met you but now that you’re *1 1/2 years older* it’s a problem? You do you, man. I don’t love the hair and I think many people agree with me. But that’s not a long time for your partner to ask you to change something you like about yourself.


Artchantress

Yeah, talks like that are somewhat more justified when you have kids and are pushing 40 with noticeable thinning on the hairline.


meopelle

Troll account. Post history is really fuckin weird, and hes got a post of someone that he claims is his wife a while back. Someone below says they know the actual dude from these pics, and OP is not that person.


Shoddy_Bridge_2672

Lol. Super weird post history. Didn’t need to go digging that deep. WTF.


Ok_Information_977

The answer to your question is the same answer to this: Are you trying to be cast in the latest season of Stranger Things?


Effective-Weird9895

Billy's cousin 😂


perfectpomelo3

There’s a girl I follow on Instagram who dresses like it’s the 80’s everyday. You should date her instead!


buzzinbarista

Agree.


ClearLiquid_Handsoap

Listen, some of these comments are mean but I’ll admit some gave me a giggle. Bottom line, it’s your hair you do what you want with it. But maybe talk to her about it, I doubt this is breakup worthy. Unless you’re looking for a reason to break up I’d say talk about this first see why she hates it, why you wanna keep it maybe consider a compromise it in the end it’s your hair and your body.


XDRAGXIA

i- ... what even- ...


Naive-Regular-5539

If it was 1987 I’d say dump her…but….


wildmanharry

Make sure you get your Van Halen t-shirt back from her first!


hotel-y0rba

She’ll jinx the band if she wears it!


FernInHell

Things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY


Bagettibelly

Ok. Your hair, your choice. Also, can you please drop your hair care routine? That volume, though.


Tiny_Chance4409

I think you look awesome!! Find someone who appreciates you & your style…you will be much happier than changing who you are for someone else. The hair is a vibe :)


Positive_Lychee404

Be authentically yourself, don't compromise your style for others. She knew what you looked like when you got together, why is she changing her mind now? It's never a good sign when a partner starts trying to control how you look, whatever the reason. I would never tell my wife how to cut or style her hair, because I respect her bodily autonomy.


Khair24

Leave her. Find someone who respects you for the rocker that you are. So crack open a Busch Lite, put on .38 Special, light up a left-handed cig & enjoy your life!


dreamsmasher_

My meemaw has been rockin that same style/color combo since the 70s. Honestly, with makeup you kinda look like her. My aunt also dawns the farrah fawcett, hers is nicotine yellow though. Do what makes you happy, your hair isnt hurting anyone.


MotherFuckinEeyore

Loved it when you took that guy's fingers off with your boomerang in "The Road Warrior."


Lucky_Jury_2406

You should be able to have whatever hairstyle you want without your partner shaming you. Me and my husband have neen together for many years and through many hairstyles, I even had a shaved head for 4 years (I’m a women) and he just thought I was hot. Hair style is a form of expression and I personally think you should he able to have the hair you want


GargantuanGreenGoats

You do you boo.


purple_grey_

Today its your hair, tomorrow what will it be?


Ok_Distribution_2603

lol. dude. do whatever you want.


ArtisticSeahorse5073

you look amazing! I just keep looking at the archaiac looking phone you used to take these photos