I kept my hair long for a while to keep my SO happy. But once I decided to get my hair cut up to my shoulders, I did it without consulting him. Fortunately he liked the results. I think it's fine to do things with your appearance to please you're SO. However, I don't think it's fine at all for them to try to force you into fitting a particular mold. One no should be enough to a request that they have regarding your appearance (if it's for vanity's sake). After that, it becomes an issue that has to be dealt with.
I feel really bad for that woman. She obviously has no self-esteem. She seems like the kind of person who probably never had any in her entire life. How does someone go from being like that to learning to be self-confindent? I don't think self-confidence is necessarily something that always comes naturally. Sometimes it has to be learned. Clearly this woman needs to learn that lesson. But I believe in her case it will require outside intervention. The husband just sounds like a total asshole.
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