conpiracy or coincidence?

Two weeks ago, I had bangs cut. In an effort to lose my classical bob, get a little more edgy (?) and for a change. Since then I have received comments ranging from ‘you look fourteen!’ to the always imaginative ‘it suits you!’ (intimating perhaps that I act and now look like a fourteen year old?) I have also been stopped on London streets and asked for directions four times. Before the bangs, zilch queries. Conspiracy? Coincidence? Does a fringe give one a more trustworthy air? Or perhaps a fringe bearer is more likely to hold ‘the Knowledge’? Or p’haps disoriented persons believe teenagers have a better sense of direction?

Only time will tell.