Social questions...

So, when people compliment you on your hair, do you tell them you're wearing extensions? (Personally, I usually do because I feel like I'm lying if I just say "thank you," especially because my hair was a short pixie just a few months ago.)

If you've told them you're wearing extensions and they want to look at your bonds (why do people always want to do this?) do you let them? (It is always kind of creepy for me to have people digging through my hair... I think maybe I need to stop telling them it's extensions??? It is weird how interested people are in this...)

Maybe I'm just troubled by this because I'm an extensions newbie... maybe once I've worn them for a year or two maybe I'll just think: "it's my hair, I paid for it, I installed it, it's nobody's business but my own!" ???

"you have nice hair"

If someone just compliments "Your hair looks great" or "I really like your hair" I simply say thanks.  But if they say something like "Your hair grows really fast" or "I never noticed how long your hair is" then I tell them that it's extensions.  Of course, close friends get all the details!

The other night I went to my husband's work party and I wore a full head of clip-ins. My hair looked awsome!!!!! A women at the party commented on my hair saying she wished she had hair like mine. I wanted so badly to tell her they were extensions but I figured nah!

Koffee Brown wrote: Once my girl complimented me on my outfit and how it showed off my cleavage, and i popped out my "Curve" silicone cutlet and tossed it to her. and said "shoot girl, u can have cleavage like this too".

OH HELL NO!!! 

If someone pays me a compliment I just say thank you!

Divavocals wrote: Koffee Brown wrote: Once my girl complimented me on my outfit and how it showed off my cleavage, and i popped out my "Curve" silicone cutlet and tossed it to her. and said "shoot girl, u can have cleavage like this too". OH HELL NO!!!

WE are VERY, VERY close! Longtime gal pals. Couldn't get that personal w/ everybody! . But she ended up getting some too!!

i dont tell unless its a client and i want her to see just how natural it can look, otherwise if someone compliments my hair, i say- thank u!

Thanks for all your responses. They made this an interesting thread! I think I need to practice saying "thank you" and shutting my mouth to keep unwanted people from pawing my head. I think I'll use the strategy of telling people I'd hug and not telling those I don't feel comfortable getting that physically close to, because almost everyone I tell seems to want to touch my hair and head. It reminds me of when I was pregnant and even people (especially men) I didn't know thought it was okay to come up and touch my pregnant tummy. My daughter-in-law who is an attorney even experienced this from other male attorneys in the courtroom!     

kristie m wrote: Thanks for all your responses. They made this an interesting thread! I think I need to practice saying "thank you" and shutting my mouth to keep unwanted people from pawing my head. I think I'll use the strategy of telling people I'd hug and not telling those I don't feel comfortable getting that physically close to, because almost everyone I tell seems to want to touch my hair and head. It reminds me of when I was pregnant and even people (especially men) I didn't know thought it was okay to come up and touch my pregnant tummy. My daughter-in-law who is an attorney even experienced this from other male attorneys in the courtroom!

Good for you.. It's really none of anyone's business.. Because in my experience folks who don't know anything about extensions assume that extensions = hair loss issue, and that's such a narrow view of extensions and those who REALLY wear them. Plus I hate fielding STUPID extensions questions.. Like when I tell folks I'm wearing a sew-in weave, they think that I actually sew the hair to my scalp.. I've NO patience for stupidity..