Imagine losing control of your body due to a severe condition, and the only thing that makes you feel like yourself is your hair. Now, imagine that hair transforming into a matted mess and the only solution seems to be shaving it off. That’s the predicament of our protagonist, a 36-year-old woman battling Guillain Barre. She’s now faced with a heart-wrenching decision: spend $5k to save her hair or shave it off. ♀️
A Battle Against Guillain Barre
The Importance of Hair ♀️
The Hair Nightmare Begins
The Tangled Trouble Grows ♀️
The Search for a Solution ️♀️
A Costly Rescue Mission
The Price Tag of Hope
The Financial Struggle
A Heart-Wrenching Decision
A Race Against Time ⏱️
A Hair-raising Dilemma: $5k or a Shaved Head? ♀️
Our protagonist is caught in a tangled web of her own hair. Struggling with Guillain Barre, she lost control of her body, but her long hair remained her identity. However, hospitalization turned her hair into a matted mess. Local salons suggested shaving it off, but she found a distant salon that could potentially save her hair for a whopping $5k. With her wife as her only caregiver and financial struggles mounting, she’s torn between the costly rescue mission and shaving her head. Would she be wrong to spend that much on her hair? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
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“Is your hair more important than your wife eating?”
Can’t afford $5k hair rescue, priorities need reevaluation.
Can’t take care of own hair, wife won’t help. YWBTA.
Soft YTA. Consider alternatives and future maintenance. Can you make a wig?
Making tough choices: $5k hair rescue or a shaved head?
Validation-seeking OP faces criticism for fiscally irresponsible hair rescue plan.
Struggling with hair? Shave it off and find a sustainable style. YTA
“YTA. Expecting your wife to brush your hair? Let it go mate.”
Skeptics question if detangling process will restore damaged hair.
Time to lose the mane, man. Sorry, but YTA.
“YTA. Shave your head and stop being selfish. ♀️”
YTA: Shave your head and live in reality, dude!
OP’s request for advice met with skepticism and firm rejection.
YWBTA: Hair is important, but not at the expense of family.
“YTA. I’ve lost tons of hair too. Money is tight.”
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DIY hair rescue: Ask friends for help and save some cash!
Supportive comment, wishing for better times ahead.
Consider the practicality and cost of maintaining your hair.
Compassionate advice: Consider a cheaper haircut option like a bob.
YWBTA if you spend money on hair rescue, consider your wife’s workload
Can she really afford a $5k hair rescue?
Spending $5k on vanity instead of supporting family? YTA
Engaging comment: Consider community support, hair loss, and spouse’s perspective. ♀️❤️
Empathy and understanding for a partner’s caregiver burnout.
YTA. Compromise needed. Wife sacrificed job for you, not hair.
Shave your head, heal your relationship!
YTA, prioritize your hair over your wife and child?
Financial responsibility and communication are key in relationships.
“YWBTA – Practical perspective: cost, time, travel – procedure too much.”
Financial burden on partner: YWBTA if you got this done.
$5k hair rescue or shaved head? YTA if you choose rescue.
“Painful truth: $5k hair rescue out of reach. “
Hair isn’t everything, sometimes you have to let it go
OP’s denial of their new life. Seek therapy for support.
YWBTA: Your hair is a burden, keep it short.
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“YTA. Your wife quit her job to take care of you “
Balding dilemma: $5k hair rescue or shaved head? ♀️
“YTA of the month!” – A reminder of past grievances.
“YTA I have worked with matted hair. You can definitely cut it shorter and super slowly work out the mat. It takes for freaking ever but it would be easier than hip length hair. I am sorry for the situation you are in.
I just had a surgery and seeing my hair in a horrible state plus all the pain I was in made me feel like my body wasn’t my own. It’s just one more thing happening that you have no control of. It sucks that there wasn’t more help offered. It sounds like you haven’t forgiven your wife. Please start there first, I’m sure she was/is trying and was overwhelmed.” – A challenging hair dilemma with a touch of empathy
Selfishness and sacrifice: A heated debate over hair priorities.
Local beauty schools may have affordable solutions for matted hair
Engaging comment: Ywbta. Harsh criticism and reality check.
Gentle YTA, consider new hobbies and practical care plan.
Reconsider the $5k hair rescue. Short hair is easier to manage ♀️
OP prioritizes hair over family’s well-being, risking divorce and homelessness. YWBTA.
YWBTA for spending $5k on hair. Consider wigs or headscarves.
YTA: Tough love, but your partner deserves better.
“YTA expecting Medicaid to cover $5k hair? “
“YTA guilted wife into agreeing. It’s a luxury you can’t afford. “
Supportive comment suggests fundraising or seeking help from friends/family.
Reconsider spending $5k on hair rescue, prioritize your health instead.
Hair too damaged, shave it off and embrace a new look!
YWBTA. Prideful about hair. Burdening wife. Compromise to shorter length.
Don’t blame your wife! YTA for this hair dilemma
Hair or therapy? A tough decision for self-identity.
Obsession over hair in tough times? YTA. It’ll grow back.
♀️ Can’t afford $5k hair rescue, prioritize necessities instead.
Making a wig could be a better use of the money
OP’s hair dilemma: $5k for hair or wife’s surgery?
OP’s hair dilemma: WBTA? Personal story of sacrifice and support.
Hair loss due to illness: a journey of strength and resilience
User suggests cutting off hair due to illness, calls OP YTA
“LMAO I just got a pixie cut to save on hair products and styling time. It’s easier, faster, and cheaper – and that’s just from facing normal financial circumstances and inflation. It’s just hair. It’s not that important.” ♀️
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Commenter criticizes OP’s selfishness and financial irresponsibility.
Think twice before spending $5k on a temporary hairstyle!
Take time to mourn your hair, then shave it off. ♀️
Shave your head, save your hair, but what about your family?
YTA. Get a shoulder length haircut and take care of it
