Height and hair length

Snuggles wrote: I'm 4'11 and 100 lbs. I love my long hair, but do make efforts to make sure that my hair doesn't take over my features. I still want my face to be seen :) Stef

Then all you need, Stef, is a side or center part

CrazyGirl, your webpage is locked, FYI...

Long hair becomes women of all heights -- tall, medium and short.

I'm of the belief that shorter women can wear their hair as they choose, just as their taller sisters can. Look at the bright side: Most men couldn't care less about a woman's height, and goals take less time to reach. Don't cheat yourself; if you desire it, grow it.
My wife is 5'3"+, and has waist length hair. It looks spectacular, period! Crazy Girl above proves it, if one needs a photo. Bob

long hair is gorgeous! short, tall, fat, thin, long hair just does it for most people. I'm 5'7, which is short to some but not to most, but either way I'm not that tall and have hair down to my arse. My sister in law, who is a total hottie btw, is 4'8'' with hair down to her knees and it looks great on her! Power to short cuties and tall! Coz ya know we all rock anyways! comp froze and posted twice sorry everyone but it's not like it can't be said enough !!!

Tonight I saw a woman that was about 5' tall with a huge top knot secured with a hair pin that was wood with a decorative jeweled end. I complimented her on her beautiful hair and accessory. She told me she doesn't do much with her hair but wash it and pin it up. I congratulated her for keeping it simple but beautiful.
She told me short hair would be easier to wash. After which I told her about my wife's experimentation with short hair a number of years ago and how she spent far more time in the AM getting ready for work trying to make it look good. I asked her if she ever had a bad hair bad and she replied she never had. I told her if she ever lets a scissor happy "stylist" chop her lovely tresses off to dry quicker, she will know them every day of her life. God knows how many mornings my wife spent nearly an hour with a curling iron and brush trying to make her "stylish haircut" look good.
She said if she ever suggested a short haircut again to lock her in the room until she comes to her senses.
Well the lady felt the top of her hair and said, "Wow, thank you, you are the only person who has told me that". She told me she really did not like the idea of having her cut off, but some "friends" have been pressuring her quite heavily to finally get a cut.
I told her she should just say, "NO". She smiled and said thank you. She told me if she ever gets in the mood to cut her hair, her hoped that she would run into me to talk her out of it.
I told her she doesn't need me or anyone else to keep her from ruining her hair, she is the one who makes the decision and based on our conversation, I was sure she would make the right choice.
She beamed ear to ear and pulled her hair pin out and asked me if it really looked that good. Well as it cascaded down a few inches below the belt of her jeans, I just stood there admiring how her hair shined and how beautiful it was as she let it swing free, side to side.
I took in a long look and told her that her letting her beautiful hair down for me to see, to share how beatiful it looked, was payment far beyond any benefit I could give her.
She then wrapped it up quickly and pinned it with her hair pin and asked if it looked OK. Well I told her it was stunning and she said thank you, winked and walked away.

CrazyGirl wrote: Hi Dave, it's fixed now... I guess Yahoo cancelled my account due to inactivity.

Thanks Crazy Girl! Your photo there is familiar...

Excellent story, Bill W! Thanks for helping to reassure her, and for sharing the story with us.

I wondered about something like this a few months ago: would long hair make me look shorter or taller? Here are my two arguments:

(a) Shorter, because f the relative length of my body and my hair.
(b) Taller, because of the "vertical stripes" effect.

Now it doesn't change my long hair goals (classic length, baby!) or decisions either way, but I guess I was just curious... lol.

Anais

Bill W, yours was an awesome story! God bless, and keep the compliments coming! What you said was what this lovely lady needed to hear. Best, Bob

I'm 5'2.5 and I've heard that before and don't care. I love my hair long (though I wear it up every day now since my baby was born).

My hubby prefers it up and says it makes me look thinner. My hair is thick and tends to become "big" no matter how it's cut, when loose. Yet he won't let me cut it (shrug).

I agree about the short hair thing.. Nobody should be told to cut their hair to look taller. I'm 5'2" and long hair is going to make me look taller, not shorter! lol.

And golly, Susan W, you must have long legs! j/k
Here we go: x^2 + x - 1 = 0
The solutions are +/- .618, roughly.
If you take two consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (the higher they are, the closer the number to .618......) and divide the smaller by the larger, you'll get a version of the GP. If you divide the other way, it's 1.6 something. And on most people, the .618 is a tad bit longer than classic length, or about midthigh-ish. Hope this helps

Anais

I've grown my hair to mid-butt level a couple of times. I love how it looks, but I find it gets in the way. I sit on it or accidentally tuck it into the back of my jeans. I'm constantly aware of it. I always end up getting it cut back to waist length. I find that when it's waist-length, I don't even notice it. Did those of you who have really long hair find it difficult to get used to? Do you usually wear it up? I'm wondering if it bothered me so much because I wear mine down most of the time (and I live in a very windy city).