people treat you differently now?

Okay so I'm bored and I don't know if this has been posted before, but I was just wondering if you think that you are treated differently when you have long hair as opposed to when you have had shorter hair?  I've noticed now that my hair is getting longer, people have been treating me in a more romantic way and for some odd reason, men seem to approach me much more often now.  Aside from things along that nature, I also get kind of negative reactions.  People (strangers!) come up to me, pull on my hair, then procede in asking me if it's real.  Also if I wear my hair up in a ponytail, people actually ask me if I'm wearing a hair piece or they'll ask if they can touch my hair--for what reason I don't know!  I don't know whether to be insulted or not so I just let it roll of my shoulders... :) And all the people that for years told me to grow my hair long are now telling me to chop it all off so it'll be short again.   I don't know what to make of people and my hair, but I was just wondering if any of yall have been noticeably treated differently with long hair?  Wow this is kind of long ---guess being tired I didn't even realize I was rambling! Sorry

When I first began growing my hair, I was very self-conscious of it. I probably acted differently, thus people treated me differently. Now that I've had it long for about five years, I'm much more comfortable with it. I just seems natural today. I don't notice anyone treating me differently. I do dress and act very conservatively, which probably helps. About the only non-conservative thing about me is my hair.

I'm sure women have a much different experience when they grow their hair long compared to men in general. There will always be more people reacting negatively to long hair on men as compared to long hair on women. 

      Before a dog found our home, my wife would get stopped all the time along the street by guys asking if she needed a ride. (Nice folks, I guess, but they never asked me when *I* was alone!) She was basically ignored before she had long hair. Only family members hassle her about its length, esp. a couple of my daughters.

Well, I suppose it's too late, but I hope you changed your mind, Tally. Friends and family always will compliment a new 'do, as they think they must say something if it's an obvious change. But the true indicator, IMO, is what unprompted strangers will say. Oh well, if you view long locks as "trouble", you may as well not have them. All the best, Bob

Anais..I didn't know you did a henna!!!! When? Good on ya

Sugaree, I HIGHLY recommend henna, not only as a hair dye but as a treatment for your scalp and hair. If you have dark hair, then you would not get alot of colour change (henna does not lighten), but you would get amazing firey red highlights in the sun.....red like you wouldn't believe!

As long as you use body art quality henna, you should not get any reactions to anything.  The reason why henna has a bad rep is because alot of the commercially available hennas are mixed with other things and are not pure.  The "other things" react badly with some previously chemically dyed hair.  But, I would still recommend doing a hair-ball test, even with pure henna.

The benefits of henna are many! Includes:

• Amazing colour that NEVER fades.
• Reduces hair-loss
• Provides a healthy alternative to chemicals.
• You can do it yourself and vary the mix to suit you
• stronger, thicker, shinier hair

I personally would never be able to grow long hair if I hadn't made the switch to henna. 

So, Sugaree, make sure you use only pure BAQ henna.  You can get more info from www.hennaforhair.com (I swear, I am not the owner of this site!!!! hehehe)