I've posted before about my early 20s growth spurt. At 20-21 I added an inch in height.
Today I put on a hat I hadn't worn in a few years (since I was 20 or 21), and it barely fit, and immediately started to give me a headache.
It had just been sitting around during that time in my house. It is a 7 1/2 (the largest size in the hat store the last time I was there... I think.
So what the heck is going on? I just got a haircut and my hair is very short at the moment- shorter than at time when I wore the hat over a thick head of hair. at 22 1/2, could I possibly still be growing?
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Sometimes hats shrink if not worn regularly..
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Maybe it's a tumor.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
IT'S NOT A TUMOR!
Dead horse- is that true?
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
I know that leather shoes definitely shrink if not worn very often. Would this hat be leather?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I was going to suggest it as a possibility. Is any of it made of cotton?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I think the answer is clear. You are a Star Trek alien™.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
What the...
Well, peoples heads do grow throughout life, or so I thought. I always thought the bone mass kept getting added to at a miniscule rate until like 45 or 50.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
Also muscle is added to one's skull. That could be it. I definitely have more meat on my head than I used to. i clench my jaw and my head changes shape. But I do not know if I have any on the crown of my skull. I sure don't feel any...
And everything here is conjecture... not fact. Well, it might be fact, but I cannot remember whether it is.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
It's a cotton hat. It's been sitting in the same corner of the same room for over a year.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
My head is bigger than it used to be, but I am pretty full of myself.
Really, since I put on wieght my head is bigger.
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
Cotton can definitely shrink if not stretched for a long time. Humidity is a prime culprit -- ordinary air is enough to do the trick.
I doubt your head grew.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Yes, cotton, felt, leather and other hat materials can shrink. Or stretch. But usually they shrink if they do anything. As martha said, humidity plays a big role.
brojack has a point, too. Are you getting fatter all over? How about your shoe size?
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I am about the same size I was a year ago. Maybe 10 pounds heavier because of my back problem (no excercise for a few months).
My shoe size is around 14, and it's about the same as it was a few years ago as well.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Probably just the hat, then. Maybe you should use a measuring tape and write it down to compare later, just in case.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Have you gotten incredibly smarter over the past year? Exponential brain growth could result in a larger cranium. Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
Or have you become conceited?
If so, cultivate a negative self-image and your hat will fit again.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Also, lay off the juice.
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
My 7 yr old son wears a size 7 1/2 hat. He also wears a 7-8 slim boys clothing, and a size 13 children's shoe. He sorta reminds me of a lamppost...
Maybe your ears have grown and take up more room in the hat?
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Ears don't go in hats. That's just wrong (unless it is a toque or has flaps).
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
or they ae very very large ears...
or if you are a bunny rabbit
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Then you have two holes in the brim. Surely you saw Harvey?
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