Fashion

Boyfriends Attempt To Cut Their Girlfriends' Hair

We trust our partners to really know us, right? They could identify us when blindfolded, even (maybe). But how do you feel about handing bae a pair of scissors and letting them dictate your hairstyle for the foreseeable future? These girlfriends let their boyfriends cut their hair for a new BuzzFeed video, and the nerves are borderline palpable.

In college, I let basically anyone of various levels of sobriety wrangle a pair of inexpert Fiskers and have at my hair. Among those, I asked my then-boyfriend to take an actual pair of clippers and give me a long-ish buzz cut before an extended trip to Southeast Asia. Listen, y'all — what I did wasn't brave. Thailand is very hot. Especially in July. I was just groping towards survival. And to be fair, he did a pretty decent job. Though, to be fair in another respect, I think you'd have to be fairly deliberate to do a poor job on someone's head with clippers. Those things are almost foolproof.

I know my 'lax 'tude about my hair isn't necessarily universal. Lots of my female friends regarded my clippers move with shock. "I could NEVER let *insert generic male name here* NEAR my head with scissors!" Well, I let my then-person and I survived. So did these women. Let's review.

There was certainly some hesitation. There were a few threats:

That's fair. Anyone who's ever lopped off a whole ponytail knows it doesn't make much for an even cut. The way the boys deflected was pretty endearing:

How did they fare? At least one wasn't so bad, but—

Oh, I forgot to mention. Both boys selected a celebrity style to model their creation off of. Pretty ambitious, for sure. Check out the entire adventure in hair world below:

Images: YouTube(4)