{"id":14642,"date":"2015-01-18T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=14642"},"modified":"2015-01-18T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T14:20:22","slug":"the-lesson-of-taking-tough-but-good-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=14642","title":{"rendered":"The lesson of taking tough, but good advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Be thankful for someone who tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong><\/span>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>I have had long hair for a long time. So, when Sienna Miller cut hers into this adorable MUST\u00a0HAVE style of 2015, I became obsessed with the idea of \u201cthe chop.\u201d<\/p>\n

*author side note: when I fixate on something like this, it is not good for anyone around me. I\u00a0will stop at nothing until I have drained the life force out of friends and family with my incessant\u00a0questions:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>1. \u201cCan I pull this off?\u201d<\/p>\n

2. \u201cHow long until I hate it?\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u201cWill short hair make me look…<\/p>\n

a. older or younger<\/p>\n

b. smarter or dumber<\/p>\n

c. fatter or thinner?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thankfully, I have a close, loving relationship with my cousin Chris who (all too willingly)\u00a0provides the answer key:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cNo. You are no Sienna Miller, nor do you have a team of stylists at your beck and call to\u00a0fix your hair every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. \u201cThe over\/under is twenty minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. a. \u201colder (and soccer mom-ish)<\/p>\n

b. probably dumber<\/p>\n

c. definitely fatter\u201d<\/p>\n

Ego bruising? Oh, sure. But, if a look back in history is our guide to predicting future outcomes,\u00a0he is spot on. Because, I HAVE cut my hair in a version of the bob that felt like decades to grow\u00a0out. For me, it\u2019s similar to forgetting the pain of childbirth. I look at pictures of Sienna in her flirty,\u00a0tousled asymmetrical do and think \u201cI can rock that! It will be GREAT! I will feel refreshed and\u00a0sassy and chic!\u201d …until I wake up and take one look in the mirror and dissolve into tears.<\/p>\n

Everyone needs a \u201cChris.\u201d Because, if you don\u2019t have someone who will be brutally honest\u00a0when you ask for advice (fashion or otherwise), then you are bound to suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n

As I type with my same ol\u2019 boring tresses, I am satisfied that Chris has chosen the right direction\u00a0for me. After all, he is no Matt Bomer (as much as he longs to be) and I remind him of that fact\u00a0as often as possible.<\/p>\n

*gratuitous shot of Matt Bomer, just because…<\/p>\n

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Happy Weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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