What made you decide to grow out your hair?

Duke

Long hair on men may not be as much in style as in the past but don't let that stop you from growing your hair out.
And I KNOW that many women like longer hair on guys. I know I do.

Do you have a wife or girlfriend? Is she encouraging you to grow your hair longer?

Hi Duke,

My hair is only shoulder-length now, but I've had it to my waist at times. I'm letting it grow (for the moment) because honestly, I think it suits my face shape better.

There are other matters of practicality as well:

1.) While it takes longer to dry, it's also easier to pull back into a ponytail. There's nothing more annoying than haphazard strands too short for the ponytail flopping in your face while jetskiing.

2.) The long length gives my infant cousin something to yank on and play with.

3.) Long hair keeps my shoulders warm in my over-air-conditioned office!

I grew out my hair because my husband had a passion for Crystal Gayle and wanted me to have hair as long as hers.

Hi DUke,

I am growing my hair out again simply because it is one of my best assets and downright too beautiful to not be long. I have thick, chocolate brown hair with slight natural wave. When it is short, it has way too much body and does not do justice to the short cut, or my face. It is best bra strap length, where the weight takes some of the body out of it. vI cut it short last year becasue I caved in to society. I saw all of the women my age with short hair and felt so out of the loop, almost out of style. Then I realized that style is more about the whole package, not just your hair.
Anyway - I am rambling. I also wanted to tell you that my brother in law, who is 33 has had waist long hair for as long as I have known him. He lives in Daytona and is a motorcycle afficionado....so it is a lifestyle for him. His hair is thivk and healthy and I think it is beautiful. I really think it is about the whole package and how you present the whole you.

Take care

jacqui

I did it because I got tired of little stubs of hair poking out of my ponytails. Also, because long hair is versatile.

I'm keeping my long hair because I know Gord would love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because it feels so great when it brushes against my waist when I walk. :-)

A bit off topic Diane, am I correct that you once
had an afro-perm? How long ago was this?

I had hair I could sit on until I was 11 years old. My grandmother had long hair she wore in a bun for as long as I could remember. My mother saw Dorothy Hamill skate in the Olympics, and for some strange reason got it into her head that I needed a haircut, and that the Wedge would be perfect.

I'll never forget going to the hairdressers. I cried, my gran cried, and the poor hairdresser was so flustered! My mom kept saying Yes, give her the Wedge, so chop,chop, off it came. My gran kept my ponytail in the bottom drawer of her jewelry box.

For the next 10 years, I had hair of varying lengths, and one day about 15 years ago, I got tired of it and said NO more cutting.

Now I've got tailbone length hair, and am shooting for classic (sitting on length to me) sometime this year.
So to really answer your question - being sick and tired of short hair is what made me decide to grow out my hair

I'm afraid I can't do it... being from S Carolina I do French very well and a head covered sparsly with 1 inch hairs doesn't flip very well...