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So I (28M) went for my usual haircut today with the same barber I’ve been going to for years. He’s this super nice older guy, always asks about my life, small talk, all that. Halfway through the cut, he casually asks me what I’ve been up to. Without thinking, I jokingly said, “Oh, you know… just preparing my final goodbyes.”
The clippers literally stopped mid-buzz. He slowly pulled them away and stared at me with absolute horror, like I had just told him I was planning to end it all. I panicked and quickly blurted out that I just meant saying goodbye to my hair since I was getting a shorter cut this time. He didn’t laugh. He just gave me this very serious look and said, “Don’t joke about that, man.”
The rest of the haircut was in complete, suffocating silence. I left with a decent fade but also the overwhelming guilt that I’d made a man who’s been nothing but kind to me think I was suicidal. Now I don’t know how to face him next time.
TL;DR: Tried to joke with my barber about “final goodbyes” (my hair), he thought I meant suicide, and now I ruined a perfectly normal relationship.
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