I have never paid for a haircut in my life, I am 46. My parents were Amish (left the Amish when I was 2) and gave us a bowl cut growing up every time the hair was long enough to touch the tops of our ears, then it was cut to about an inch above our ears. I started dating a girl that actually cared more about character than looks and her mom started cutting my hair, looked good while it lasted. I lost my hair early and we started just buzzing what was left to a 1/4" stubble, I love the benefits of that. My wife is currently trimming my hair about every 6 weeks.
I used to buzz cut, and loved it. My wife doesn't like that look, unfortunatey. I've been trying to figure out some sort of haircut that's not quite a buzzcut that I could do myself with my Walhe trimmers. I prefer to keep well trimmed, but have a tough time getting to the barber very often .