Guys, Stop Hat Fishing to Hide Your Bald Head
Everyone does something to make themselves feel better about their appearance, but guys, using a hat to hide a bald head is a bad idea. You are not deceiving anyone.
“Hatfishing,” explains The Cut’s Jason Chen , is similar to “catfishing,” except that the guy always wears a hat in all of his online dating photos to hide the fact that he’s going bald. It could be a guy in a baseball cap and a suit, a guy with a hat inside in hot summer, or a guy who wears the same flat cap every day and claims to “bring baseball caps back.” Then, when these men go on dates, the brilliant truth is revealed. Or worse, the ludicrous ploy continues in the hope that their date will never ask them to take off their hat for the rest of their lives.
Now it’s clear why guys do this. Profile photos on dates go a long way. This is the first thing people see. People will read your profile or whatever, but mostly they are looking for someone who attracts them at first sight, which is understandable. So, balding guys feel they can increase their chances by hiding this annoying fact about themselves. If you can just get on the first date, you can win them over with your personality and other attractive qualities, right? I mean, it’s not so much a lie as a cover-up, right? Right?!?
But the problem with this approach isn’t the lie of omission – a lot of people lie about the nonsense on dating sites, but how it happens. It makes you seem overly shy, insecure, and timid, which doesn’t suit anyone. People respond to confidence, so you better own what you have. You might think your scalp isn’t perfect, but you can still look good even if you lose your hair . In fact, some people look better without it when they accept their baldness.
Usually people can still say “are you catching a hatfish.” As Chen put it, “Anyone who does not take off his hat in an environment that cannot be categorized as ‘active’ should be considered a suspect.” If you always wear a hat, people will start wondering what you have underneath. And the longer you wait to reveal it, the more the other party will feel like you are trying to trick them. After all, if your dates go well, your hat will need to be removed over time. What then?