Comment by Alison on January 27, 2009 at 4:59am

u know what this is one of my biggest fears, not the wind but stupid idiots like this, i'm so sorry this happened to u, hugs!

Comment by Trina on January 27, 2009 at 9:20am

That is just so mean. People can really be ignorant and dumb. I am so sorry to hear that! I would have punched his behind in the face.

Comment by Jill on January 27, 2009 at 12:51pm

Thanks for the comments. It's nice know what you guys think. I wish I would have punched him now, but he was a big dude. Ha. I take some satisfaction in the fact that this guy didn't get the reaction from me he thought he would. I'm sure he didn't expect to get a face full of me, probably thought I'd go running with embarrassment. On a positive note it makes me thankful for the great friends and family I have. No one I no would do that to someone. And this guy is someone's best friend, brother, ect. and that sucks for them.

Comment by Lee on January 28, 2009 at 12:11am

Well, I gotta say good for you that you stuck up to them and I would have done the exact same thing. I'm sure it will happen to me one day...because I tell alot of people I have it....and whose to say when you are gonna make enemies? I gotta say, when this hit, it scared me. When I startedwearing my lace wig, I didn't really want to go out because I was scared of it coming off. Eventually, I grew, got a vacuum wig, and this aint comin off. I've played the situation in my head already...I think if it does happen...I will prolly pull my wig FOR him...and say something like " Is this what you wanted to see A@@hole?!" ; )

Comment by Nicole on January 28, 2009 at 9:44am

That just goes to show how some of these men are still little immature boys strapped in a man's body.

Comment by Mari on January 28, 2009 at 5:50pm

Good for you standing up like that! I don't know which is worse. Strangers or family. I go bald at home a lot, but wear my wig to work and out sometimes. My sis thought it was funny to pull mine right off in front of a guy I was dating. Sure I am comfortable with my Alopecia and joke all the time with them about it. But she just snatched it off my head and made me feel.....exposed. And how do you tell off family? Anyways, people are just human sometimes- sucks for us though!

Comment by Ally on January 29, 2009 at 2:10am

Relax, Jill - I wore a wig for 30 years and never had anyone try to pull it off - had a few comments mainly from from schoolkids and guys on building sites but I just smiled! A good tight fit gives confidence and as well as double sided tape you can use a little glue specially for wigs. I also carried a baseball cap with me when I went out just in case someone thought it would be fun to pull it off and run away with it but as I say never happened in over 30 years.

Comment by Frank on February 1, 2009 at 9:15am

Jill...
I have had more than my fair share of these episodes having put on a wig for the first time at 12 years old. I would so like to go back to some from high school and extract my revenge. I have had the same thing happen in bars. A crowded bar seems to be the worst because there is alchohol involved and a large enough crowd to hide in. In college I had a fraternity brother pull it off at a party. Oh yeah. The joy. Part of that was my fault because he didnt know it was a full hairpiece and afterwards he felt pretty bad. In high school I was on the yearbook staff (a pretty lofty social network back in my day). The faculty advisor wore a hairpiece and unbeknownst to me, it was the thing at the end of the year for someone to pull it off. When it happened I was mortified. lol. I felt for sure they were coming for me next.

Unfortunately this comes with alopecia. I categorize these events as truly a "This Sucks" moment, and anyone with alopecia should bear no weakness in admitting it to themselves and others close to them. But there are two things I have learned in living with alopecia for 37+ years. First... those that are close to you are your support network and love and appreciate you. Period. Alopecia doesnt play a role. My second lesson was definitely harder learned..... I give nobody that power over me. Some a**hole I don't even know is not going to ruin my day or how I feel about myself. I wont give them that power over me.

Frank

Comment by Johanna on February 1, 2009 at 1:07pm

You are so totally right about that if someone is wearing a wig it is for a reason.(Often diseases) And also I will never, ever understand people who think they're allowed to even touch ones wig! People who wants to humiliate others. So glad you stood up for yourself, and probably did many people in that place who saw it think he was a real jerk. And hopefully he will feel embaressed for being such a bully when he's older.
Johanna

Comment by Rachel H. on February 2, 2009 at 8:32pm

Wow. That guy wouldn't have walked out of the bar if that had happened around me. Seriously. That just made my blood run cold reading that. I don't do well with bullies. Now... if I were the victim of their ignorance .... they would have walked out, but escorted by security. :) Like someone said in a previous comment; Hair comes and goes, but a very LOW IQ lasts forever!! He's a virgin. :)

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