I haven't been to the barbershop in eons. My friends and sons have been cutting my hair for the past twenty years. Some of my fondest memories with my dad growing up was going to the barbershop on Saturday morning: men playing checkers, people selling knock-offs of everything imaginable and little kids crying during their first haircut. It was a place that men came to vent and share ideas, thoughts and experiences. It definitely was a precursor to social media. I was a little too young to realize the potential the barbershop offered. Ice Cube even made two movies about the experience.
Shanita....
It seems well known that there is a social component in visiting the barbershop. My son had a 'fro then dreadlocks, so my days at the barbershop are far behind me. But I was talking over dinner to a friend and he told me of the main topic of conversation at his barbershop was women. It seems that the thread of the conversation went along these lines: in D.C. so many women are successful and independent that men have become extraneous. These women have no need for anything a man can offer excepted to be topped off sexually, occasionally. I had not really heard that before . . . but then I am out of the mix. Does financial stability and social status make relationships a relic of the past?
I have to say that the conversation I hear from women is far different, however. According to many women I talk to, men play games and make women feel as expendable as used tissue.
I am curious David, why is there such a divide in perception? How in the world are people even getting together?
David....
Games? Old men? Say it isn't so..... I can see that financial stability and social status playing a large part in relationships in these Golden Years. Everyone wants to be taken care of. It's a necessary human want. Golden Years... that sounds so horrible!!!