Getting your Hair Cut in Thailand

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thetefldonViP04 April 2013 15:03:54

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I am not a superstitious person but I have to admit the longer I live in Thailand the more I seem to get caught up in Thai superstitions.

Now you may not know this but Thai people consider it bad luck to get their hair cut on a Wednesday. Now I have struggled to find out why this is the case but I did find out that:

You can get your hair cut on any other day of the week except perhaps Saturday. Indeed a visit to the hair dresser on a Sunday is said to bring you long life, while a Monday trim is good for health and happiness and Tuesday promises power.

Thursday and Friday also offer good fortune with spiritual protection assured on the former day while in the latter case you will be blessed with wealth.

Saturday however is also apparently a bit dodgy since you should never buy anything new on a Saturday so whilst a trim might be OK a new style might not be a good idea.

But why is it unlucky to get your haircut on Wednesday in Thailand?

Well I actually still don't know, so if you do, please put me out of my misery

By the way if you do want a haircut in Thailand this is the sign you should look out for.

bta87 Guest

bta87Guest04 April 2013 23:33:25

You write the most interesting pieces. Is there a preferred day to get a "Bangkok haircut" if your a man !!!

Never done that Serial expat

Member since 30 March 2013

Never done thatSerial expat05 April 2013 01:47:33

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Wednesday is the unlucky day to cut hair, nails and Beard i be told..

Normal around here my barber shop only have 1 guy at work that day, but many time it is close....

Every Thai i ask say, Bad luck, Bad luck on Wednesday....

Saturday however is also apparently a bit dodgy since you should never buy anything new on a Saturday so whilst a trim might be OK a new style might not be a good idea.

He he i 100% sure my Gf don´t mind if i buy her some cloth on Saturdays....

But your right, a little "funny" how Thai are superstitious...

thetefldon ViP

Member since 20 July 2008

thetefldonViP05 April 2013 05:06:34

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If you are not Thai......perhaps Wednesday when in theory the shops should be empty:)

thetefldon ViP

Member since 20 July 2008

thetefldonViP05 April 2013 05:08:36

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"He he i 100% sure my Gf don´t mind if i buy her some cloth on Saturdays.."

Nice one! If she is Thai perhaps you should get her into superstitions. Save on the wallet

Never done that Serial expat

Member since 30 March 2013

Never done thatSerial expat05 April 2013 06:45:17

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thetefldon wrote:
"He he i 100% sure my Gf don´t mind if i buy her some cloth on Saturdays.."

Nice one! If she is Thai perhaps you should get her into superstitions. Save on the wallet

She is Thai, but she is not that superstitions..
Beside buy the lotto number she dream about, but that 100-110 baht every 14 days is okay for me...

And going give food and money to monk on her and mine B-Day..

So i´m fine by that, think we all have "small" thing we like to do, and no harm done...