ANITA GET'S HER WAY by MG

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It was the late seventies and i was in my twenties when i met Anita twenty years my senior. We first met in a popular pub in my home town whilst we were out socialising with our respect friends. Now she was attractive but no stunner, a diminutive bespectacled lady who wore her collar length blond hair in a neatly cut bob style. Always smartly dressed she smoked her kingsize Dunhill cigarettes through a quirky short black holder. We found that we had a similar sense of humour and could and did talk about virtually anything. After a couple of weeks of seeing her in the pub i decided to take the plunge and ask her out on a date,but much to my dismay she declined adding,
LOOK YOUR A NICE LAD BUT YOUR TOO YOUNG FOR ME AND I'M TOO OLD FOR YOU AND IN ANY CASE I PREFER MY MEN TO HAVE CROPPED HAIR, NOT HAIR STYLES FROM SOME FANCY UNISEX HAIRDRESSERS.
Now i don't mind admitting this remark took me aback,but the truth is i fancied her and she knew it. At that point i just laid my cards on the table and told her that i was prepared to have my collar length hair cut short,if she would go on a date with me. She then said she would think about it, excused herself and went to the toilet. She was gone for ages and i began to wonder if she had slipped out of the back door, to my relief she eventually returned and said in a matter of fact tone,
RIGHT,IF YOU WANT TO DATE ME HERE IS WHAT I'VE DECIDED, ON MONDAY AT FIVE OCLOCK AFTER WORK YOU WILL MEET ME OUTSIDE CASSON'S BARBER SHOP ON THE HIGH STREET AND AFTER YOU HAVE HAD A PROPER HAIRCUT YOU CAN TAKE ME FOR A DRINK AT ONE OF THE PUBS OPPOSITE. I WILL WAIT FOR FIVE MINUTES,NO MORE AND IF YOUR NOT THERE AT THE STIPULATED TIME OR YOU DON'T SHOW THEN DON'T EVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN,IS THAT UNDERSTOOD.
I more than understood and assured her i would be there come what may !! The next day when the drink had worn off i awoke at my Mother and Fathers house and i began to question as to why i had agreed to this crazy haircut business. The truth is i really fancied her,more than i had ever fancied anyone up to that point I just could not get her out of my mind. Sunday rolled into Monday and like a good boy i attended at CASSON'S Barber shop that was situated on a busy road. I looked through the large plate glass window and could see that the three barbers were busy at work giving their male clients old fashioned short haircuts. At that point Anita showed up looking really sexy in her knee length black leather coat and matching black leather knee length boots. She gave me a beaming smile,squeezed my hand and ushered me inside, whereupon we sat down on the customer seating. Inevitably my turn came around and the barber nearest the plate glass window invited me into the chair, Anita squeezed my hand and whispered,
IT WILL BE FINE,TRUST ME, ANITA KNOWS BEST.
The barber asked me what i wanted, i was really really nervous and i didn't know what to say, but after a short uneasy silence Anita piped up and said confidently,
I WANT YOU TO GIVE HIM A NUMBER ONE ON TOP AND I WANT IT HIGH AND CLOSE AT THE BACK AND SIDES PLEASE.
The barber nodded knowingly and caped me up whilst Anita lit a cigarette. The barber then attached a cutting comb to his electric clippers and quickly started to despatch all of my hair onto the cape,i was in a state of panic,in a couple of minutes i virtually had no hair left, then i heard Anita's soothing voice behind me say,
THERE THAT LOOKS BETTER ALREADY,A REAL MAN'S HAIRCUT.
The barber then removed the cutting comb from his clippers and starting at the nape of my neck ran his clippers up to my crown area. He made several passes up the back of my head before turning his attention to the sides,having completed the sides he then used his clippers and a comb to blend my haircut in. The back and sides of my head felt like they were on fire due to the heat from his clippers, thankfully he applied some talc which had an immediate soothing effect. The barber showed me his handiwork using a hand held mirror, i just stared glumly back at a bald headed man. Anita then said,
THAT'S JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT,THANK YOU, WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN IN A FEW WEEKS AND HE WILL HAVE THE SAME AGAIN.
I was totally shell shocked as the barber released me from the chair what had i done !! Anita then led me by the hand from the shop out onto the pavement, she kissed me passionately on the lips purring,
I THINK WE COULD BOTH DO WITH A DRINK AFTER THAT, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO GET ON REALLY WELL, YOU STICK WITH ME, I WILL SOON HAVE YOU WELL TRAINED !!

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