Whether this blog finds you on a sunny beach or a snowy slope,
the question I have for you is, how do you feel about wearing a hat?
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| How I usually deal with a hat - carry it around. |
This may seem like a strange question, but the reason I ask
is, I feel ridiculous wearing them. How does one develop a fear, almost a
phobia, of wearing a hat? I couldn’t tell you and honestly, I’ve spent time
wondering about it.
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| This may very well be my problem. I’m an alien. |
I’ve tried all manner of hats. The one I end up feeling least
ridiculous wearing is a jester hat, and that’s only because you’re supposed to
look silly when you wear it.
Years ago, and yes, I’ve been thinking about this for years, I
contemplated the fact that women used to wear hats on a daily basis. Many of
them (the hats) were quite unattractive.
Then, some of them are exquisitely beautiful.
This may be the singular reason I still like to look at photos
of royal families. Their hats.
I went looking for reasons. My face shape, the size of my head,
the way my hair dangles or pokes out. I’ve stuck on many a hat and stared in
the mirror and assessed this and I’ve come to a conclusion. It’s an utterly
ludicrous fear. My head size is normal. My face shape is normal. My hair,
whether long or short, does what other peoples does, so that can’t be it. It’s
all in my head.
So, in an effort to confront this fear, I have been wearing
hats. In public, even. I crocheted a few over the holidays, and have bravely
walked out of the house wearing them and guess what? No one keeled over from
the sight. Now, I cannot claim that my fears are gone. I am so cognizant of the
hat that I find myself narcissistic, swerving down the road as I check the
mirror to make sure nothing bad has happened to my head while I’m driving.
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I don’t recommend this.
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One absolutely positive benefit is short hair bedhead. While
99% of the worlds female population has long hair, I do not. It’s pretty short,
so there are days (most, in fact) that I wake up to hair standing straight up
or poking out funny, possibly even jutting out the opposite direction from
normal. If I plunk a hat on, not only is this issue disguised, but the hat
actually sorts the problem out. When I take it off, all the misplaced, oddly
bent strands are still whacky, but now they are flattened to my head, making
them slightly less obvious.
You may not see this as beneficial, but then I’m guessing you
have long hair.
My goal for the winter of 2016? To conquer this fingernail
biting, nausea inducing, head itching fear, so that my ears can for once in
their lives, experience the joy of warmth, in winter. It’s either that, or grow
my hair long again so that said ears and neck are protected. Though… I have
acquired quite a collection of scarves.
Thanks for reading.
