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am i overreacting?opinions?

Ive been dating this new guy for a little while and i really like him a lot,i havent found a guy that i feel this way about in a while. Basically my question is how do you know if a person cares about you beyond physical appearances?? I mean i really like this guy a lot and last night i was talking to him and i said something in a joking way about cutting my hair all off.(I have long hair) He said he would quit talking to me if i did that. and he said he was dead serious. That just really hurt my feelings a whole lot that he said that and its making me question a lot of things. I havent talked to him since last night but i think he knows im a little upset. He's 28 years old and very mature so i just don't understand why he said that it just took me aback, i don't want to be falling for a guy when im nothing more than his arm candy. Im upset about this but i don't know what to say to him. do you think im overreacting? thoughts or opinions on this??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Sounds like he has physical lust for you with no emotional connection.

  • 1 decade ago

    Since it's only been a little while, you have to consider that when you say "cutting it all off" some guys think you mean really, really short, like a guy's hair cut.

    So if you went from looking like Rapunzel to looking like Anne Heche, that's when he'd probably be upset. He likes you the way you are, and doesn't want you to have hair like a dude. My BF (who's now 29) first met me when I had really long hair, but when I wanted to cut it short last year, he was okay with it as long as I still looked like a girl.

    But, I do think you are over reacting, because you asked him a joking way. Let it go.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ok, you are definately not over reacting, i would do the same thing. But i read in an article last week, that when a girl cuts off her hair, she loses her libido, or at least that's what all the guys thought. I know it sounds really stupid and us girls know better, but to a guy, a girl cropping her hair short screams i don't like men anymore i'm a lesbian now, which is just not the case. Mainly to do with sterotypes, the guy just thinks that a woman who cuts her hair short will lose her sex drive and turn off men completley. It probably sounds lame, but i read it in cosmo so it must be true :P (i'm kidding btw)

  • 5 years ago

    I don't know if he'll do it...but I don't like ending a phone call after a fight if we're still mad at each other. So I'll say something positive about her, and she'll say something positive about me. We had a 3 hour argument over the phone a few days ago. She said the conversation was giving her a headache, and wanted to go. But I wouldn't let her go until we both said something positive about her. The first thing we did the next day was call and made up.

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  • 1 decade ago

    No I don't think you are overreacting if he couldn't take a joke then he needs to get over it cause that means that he won't ever take a joke from you it sounds to me that he is a serious person. If he is mature than he needs to act like it.

  • 1 decade ago

    i think your taking it maybe too seriously, i mean, he obviously loves ur hair and how u look, if u guys chat and talk, not just physical stuff then i wudn't worry too much. i have joked about getting a skin-head before and my bf looked horrified, but it's just joking around.

    The only way to tell really if it's more than physical is if u guys go out, enjoy similatr things, he wants to do more than just physical things, likes your company etc. hope it all goes well, try not to worry too much and enjoy how its going.

    xx

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Women cutting all their hair off is a typical thing to do. He could have questioned your mental stability if he didn't know you were joking.

    Also, how long have you been going out? If it has been for a long time I wouldn't worry about it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hi it sounds like you may be overreacting just a bit,if he likes you as much as you like him he wouldent be that serious and would be wanting to make things better asap, if he hasent spoke to you at all it doesn't sound that good. Hope I could help :p

  • 1 decade ago

    I mean, if you were to get in a fire, and your facial skin is scarred..would he still love you? Better to ask him that.

    Like, he loves you for your feminine personality..which is shown through your long hair. Supposedly if you cut it off in purpose, then he may be thinking that you've become masculine. Which might not be what he wants from you. haha

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think your overreacting. My advise is that you talk to him about it. You will not find the answers by asking other people. Build up your courage and ask him do you only like me for my appearance or beyond that.

  • Skye
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    you for sure have a right ot be mad, and you're not overreacting at all. what he said was wrong, and you need to tell him that. have a conversation with him about where he thinks the relationship was going, and WHY he wouldn't talk to you if you were to chop all your hair off. good luck love :)

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