I'm curious....

 Bye the way Happy New Year 2006 everyone! ;)

   I know for myself growing up I loved long hair because I wanted to have that "classic" all american beauty. Plus my boyfriends liked it.

 However over the years I've literally forced myself to go shorter,even if that initialy makes me really uncomfotable.

 Now(in 2006) I'm on the verge of getting married(Feb 18th). And I'm torn at times to go shorter, and add more dimension with color. But also I love my healthy growing hair,...so maybe I allow it to grow at least to my shoulders, and maintain it, along with slight layers, Hmm.... Still thinking about it all. 

                 Take care,and God Bless!

Because I just found my feminine side!

For a change.

Because it is easier to manage than short layers that stick out in all directions.

Because long glowing hair is a sign of a healthy lifestyle.

Because the clothes I want to wear look better with long hair.

Because it makes me look younger and slimmer!

Hi Sugarloaf!

        I agree with you alot.

 However I've gotten alot of compliments on my shorter styles, at times.

 But I remember alot more compliments with longer hair.

 Currently, my hair is hovering about 3 inches from my shoulders. It's so easy to manage, and style.

 I look feminine, and younger, most people say 28 to 33, and I'm 35yr.s! I'll take all the compliments I can get! LOL!

 I realize I need to use an emolusion of grapeseed oil (carrier oil) along with drops of Lavendar essential oil, to de-stress my tresses(like I did about 5 years ago.

 Plus I read that caffiene and soda hinders hair groth.

 I get enough sleep, eat a healthy balanced diet, although I'm stepping up on protein,which helps hair growth and health. Don't forget excersice. I've always been a fast walker, plus, I love to dance alot!

 Swimming, Biking, Hiking, occasionally(especially in the summer)

 I can't wait to go on my Honeymoon (Feb 22nd 2006) for 7 days. Loads of fun!

              Take it easy, and God Bless You!

Because it feels so wonderful swishing around
Because I've never felt better about myself
ETA Because it really does feel feminine
Because I want the longest hair in my cultural community.
Because I made a bet to grow it freakishly long.
Because I'm winning this bet

heehee.. Great thread, Gunnie

and CONGRATULATIONS!

Hi there AnaisSatin,

 I totally agree with Your reasons. Ofcourse we are all intitaled to our reasons for doing what we truly want with our hair!

 I'm just so grateful, that I'm not a young kid, when my Mom would suggest I get a short curly hair do, which made me look a bit like Annie, LOL, My hair is more Auburn naturaly Red. But I do remember within a year my longerShoulder length hair looked sexy with waves(for being 12 years old, LOL!

 My youngest sister Judy has had mostly Long Hair, she also has natural wave curl, and she is so beautiful. I kinda wish I had longer hair, like NOW, LOL. That way I'd get a Body wave, I Love wavy hair alot!

 My hair is straight, but has enough body to hold a curl, especially my updo, for my wedding!

 See Ya, God Bless.

 P.S. I sincerly want the best for all people, that's why I say God Bless. I'm a Christian, not perfect, just a believer in Jesus, and I'm Proud of it!

Because of all the reasons stated above, and also:

I like the warmth on my neck and shoulders. I like combing it and taking care of it. Taking care of my hair is an extension of taking care of myself. Also, I think it looks better on me than short hair.

I answered this question on another forum...so for pure laziness I am just going to copy and paste

As for me, I can't recall when my hair was longer than BSL. I know it was once longer because I have seen pics of myself when I was a little girl, however I can't actually remember it like that.

So my reasons:

- I want to "feel" long hair on myself. Just want to experience that before I die.
- I want to be natural and "real". I don't want to follow hair fads anymore and spend time styling it and buying styling products. I just can't be bothered, and I don't want to look like someone else.
- I have stopped dying my hair with chemicals and it's made such a difference to my hair's condition. I know now that I CAN grow it long and that it will get there this time.
- I just love how it feels now and I want more of it!
- I believe that I will look better with long hair. After all that growing...what a bummer it will be if I don't!!!! hehehe
- long hair is better for belly dancing....have never seen a short haired belly dancer!

So there ya go

And Katie...God bless you too

Because long hair is pretty and it makes me feel pretty.
Because it feels so soft and silky.
Because it seems special.  It requires thought, care, and attention.
Because I feel so strong and smart knowing how to do it myself and doing what I want instead of wasting money following the advice of "experts" in salons where they always cut my hair too short and damaged it.
Because my Mom always made me have super short pixie's when I was a kid and I wanted long pretty hair more than anything.
Because it's romantic and sexy.
Because mixing up my henna & indigo is fun.  It feels like mixing up a magic potion for making my hair shiny and pretty and helping it get longer.
Because its heavenly.

I just thought of some stuff...

because it makes me feel old-fashioned and traditional
because now I'm so aware of all the ingredients in my bath products
because I don't have to buy lotion, serums, nor any kind of skin creams anymore, thanks to all the homemade jojoba and shea creams for hair, that double for fabulous skin.
because I owe it to myself !  
because it's cheap
because I can do my part to save Earth by washing my hair less
because its care is so meditative

because I like the ritual of long, detailed, unfrequent hairwashing on Sunday nights, and I am going to log off and wash my hair now!  Woohoo

Anais

I am male, 26, with hair simply described as a one-length past-the-chin bob. My reasons for having this somewhat long hair are, in descending order of importance:

1. it does not draw attention to my thin face like when I had short hair. That is the key reason. I like how it looks now, I hated how it looked in the days i had a short back and sides.

2. It is a length that I can easily cut myself at home. I don't like the whole barber/hairstylist experience.

Hi,

 I enjoy reading all of Your reasons for wanting long hair.

 I'm a wannabe long haired beauty. I'm still pretty, even though my hair is growing out from a bob style.

Thanks for all your inpiration

Take care, God Bless!

Sasumi, thanks for the interesting tidbit about "cosplay"  This is the first time I've ever heard that term used.

I've enjoyed reading everyone's reasons!

Anais 

I miss long hair
I miss being able to put it in a different style everyday
I miss being able to wake up every morning without having to put lots of hair product in it to keep it flat-ish

What a great thread.I guess I hadnt thought of it before.

But my reasons for wanting long hair are:

I love the way it feels on my bare back.  Its easier to take care of than my short hair.It feels more glamorous than my short hair .        Long hair is more fun to me,where short hair feels more serious on me. I want my husband to be able to brush it at night.(which he could do now,but it just doesnt seem as romantic with short hair,lol).    I want to be able to wear all the beautiful braids and updos I see.       It enhances my natural beauty.So I dont have to fake it anymore,cause there's nothing like the real thing.

And i agree,Its fun to swing it around.It doesnt quite have the same effect with short hair.

Hello All Beautiful People.

I stumbled accross this forum from another site and found it strange that 1. The date is only yesterday and so many people are talking about growing long hair. It must be the new year-new start-feeling in the air. I have a few reasons why I want long hair. One significant is because like the chick I don't know above me is a Christian, I am too, and years ago I read the story about Samson and his long hair. And how God had given him tremendous strength from his hair. Not that I want to be like a boy and be strong, but because long hair then symbolised dedication, strength, devotion, holiness and beauty-which all reflect our beautiful Creator. Such beautiful things do not seem to be ebraced as much these days as so much has changed, but I think long hair also reflects personality-That you are willing to hold out for something that is truely worth it!!

I've justed turned 18 and I was hoping to have long back lenght hair when I'm 22. Hair will grow about 72 centimetres in that time!! So to all those people wanting it to-STICK IT OUT! And DO be careful of hairdresser's! I'm sure a lot of yous can recipriate of times when they've gone to them wanting just a trim and come out with a new hairstyle and all your hair length gone!! Make sure they aren't getting you for their business and if they say they DO want to cut it off-RUN OUT QUICKLY!!

Ok final thing..Just wanted to recommend some things I've found great to help your hair grow and make it look gorge as it grows. Believe it or not Berocca is one of the best things you can take for your hair-it contains a whole bunch of Vit-B group vits and Biotin as well. Another product a little more expensive is Hair Assist-if you're finding you are losing hair as your growing it: Rosemary, Ginko, Nettle, Sage, Grape Seed, Saw Palmetto, Cayenne<< All those hair loving naturals!

Good Luck Everyone..

Yes! Welcome to All, Including Aussie's!

  I hear Aussie's are nice, people, beautiful place Austrailia, also great mental Health care.

 I should know, I'm BiPolar(AKA- Manic Depression) and sucessfully on Meds. However I'm in the USA. Yes, us Americans are blessed, but we have problems with Health care coverage. For example, I almost didn't get my meds (for this month) covered, due to Federal Red Tape!

 I would have needed over 300 dollars, Thank God, I only had to pay 5 bucks!

 Take care, and may God Bless!

Claire and MsSerenity, nice to meet you both

Anais

Because I have tried short hair and I hate it

Because I am a girly girl and want to feel more feminine

Because I am a natural redhead and proud of it so I want to show it off

Because it is so much easier to look after

Because I save a fortune on haircuts

Because I model and long hair gets me more work

Because I love the feel of long hair down my back

Because it keeps me warmer than short hair

Because I want to be different

Because I'm now old enough for people to be genuinely interested in it.  With males it's especially fun when they notice it and start speaking to be.

Because I always wanted to be Princess Leia, and never gave up on that.

Because I also wanted to be a fairy and hair is easier to grow than wings (but no fairy ever had Han Solo...)

Because it's swishy

Because I can tickle people with it...

Because it's fun to care for.  I find it relaxing to oil and condition an brush etc.

Because I did it all by myself.  Aren't I clever?

Because it's a hell of a lot easier to paint long hair than short hair when you do portraits.

Because bad hair days are easier to hide - one clip and the birds nest is gone

Need I continue?  Things like this topic help me realise why I love my hair so much, and why other people must feel they are missing out. 

Happy growing everyone

My other reasons have already been said, so I'll just say this:

Because it's who I am.

Because I feel that long hair makes me feel like a woman, it is sassy, classy, you can thow it behind you ear when flirting LOL, you can sling it around when dancing

I'm growing my hair long because...

#1 - I like it!

I never have wanted to look like everyone else with the "in" style of the moment, I like to be different.

Lyrical

I like long hair because: ALL of the reasons above plus! I have never cut my hair and my mom has really long hair (knee length) and my sisters have long hair, too. I know lots of girls that have below the waist hair and all of us love it!

In the Bible it says that a woman's hair is her glory, so why would you want to cut your glory off???!! Plus, alot of guys I know love it (My hair is a little below my hips---I even have had some guys walk up to me in stores and such and compliment me on it---women, too, of course---but it's really neat when a guy notices it!) Anyways, (in case you haven't noticed!) I love long hair!

Hi all,

 I'm curious, So literally what happens to you when your hair grows long to your goal?

 Do you enter into a long hair contest and win lots of money?

 Or do you simply feel like you climbed mount everest? Seriously, I'm curious.

 I'll tell You all, Back in the day, I wanted my hair to grow long so badly first to look more like my identical twin sister Barb, and also to appease my narrow minded boyfriends, who didn't love me unconditionally.

 Now at age 35 I love myself with a long bob style. The longest I want, is to my shoulders. I can take the heat, I've got big shoulders, if you will.

 My fiance' Steve met me with shoulder length hair, then I put fushia pink streaks in it, then I slowly cut it to a short Bob, now it's longer. Steve tells me He Loves me now matter what my hair looks like, but he said he loves my hair now.

                        So what's the lesson, simply be who you are,

regardless of what others think(including myself)

DBF, I would've never recognized you with that dark hair! It still looks fantastic, but it sure is different for you.

Hey, Dave, if you're interested, on the introductions page, I have posted a few pictures....this is if you don't see them first! horselover

Because I most DEF. look better with long hair.  And when my hair is long and curly, and down to my boobs...I look delicious! xP And I love making people hate me!

JK!

But like...I'm young...and when you reach a certain age...long hair looks stupid on a lot of people...Like it looks like you're trying to look young, and it ages you...So I figure this is the age to have my hair as long as I want...I'll chop it off when I get older.

I have so many cuts in my mind! xD

Well, I never said a specific age...I said a certain age...It's different for everybody...But...After you reach a certain...point...long hair just doesn't look flattering...It DOES make you look older, maybe not in the sense that it makes you look like you're trying to look younger--but it just makes you look older...Short hair makes older (at least older-looking) women look younger and more sophisticated.

Cause...no matter how good you look for you're age...after you reach a "point" you can feel young, but having that "20 year old look" just isn't an option...you know...I'm sure you're gonna want to look as sexy as always, but with a little more sophistication...

Kinda how many kids have mushroom haircuts, or bangs when they're little, and then you get older...and it just doesn't work...

I just don't agree with you, but you are certainly entitled to your opinion.

dancingbarefoot wrote: I see just the opposite. Most "old lady" cuts are horribly unflattering, IMHO. I can't think of anyone that the Golden Girls poodle 'do or soccer mom flip (aka 'helmet hair') looks truly good on. And if you think about it, if society says "Past the age of X you should have only short hairstyles," then if you see someone with a short hairstyle, you're much more inclined to think they fall above that age.

Well...I just keep getting words in my mouth cause I never said an "old lady" cut...Short doesn't necessarily mean "old lady"...Psh!...Many "old ladies" have long gray hair in braids.
Society also thinks that just because you have long hair...you look younger and sexier...and that's not always the case.

iibangduckiez wrote: I guess that must be why I still get carded all the time? I look so old they think I'm a minor? Actually, one or two women have told me that I have to "act my age" by cutting my hair, even saying that I make THEM look old because with long hair, I look younger than them. Frankly, that's their problem, not mine. Age has absolutely no correlation with hair (other than going gray, of course). I look bad with short hair and I'm not going to cut my hair to make others feel more secure about themselves.

Well...I don't know how you look so I can't say anything about how old you look...Maybe long hair flatters you really well.  For all I know you can be pushing 50, and looking 20.  And you know, I understand the security of having long hair...I love having my hair long, too.  But hair does have a lot to do with the age you look, and how presentful you look, and we all get age...You can't stop that.  I bet a lot of your friends wouldn't be able to pull off long hair the way you do.

We are gonna have to agree to disagree though.

But for example...take a woman like...Joan Rivers...Picture her with long blonde hair...Does that picture work? 

Lemme just show you what I'm trying to say...cause a lot of people are just...completely not getting me.

^ This is lady.  Lady look good with long hair.

About 50 years later...lady cut hair long time ago...but then--doon doon doon...Lady lets hair grow.

Lady look like "AAAAH!" even though the peac*ck thing on her head adds to the "AAAAH!"...any other "long style" woulda been just as..."AAH!"

A few years later...Lady cuts hair...

Horrid facial expression...nonetheless lady is pushing 70-something...Personally, I think she looks younger ^.

I'm talking about cases like these...We're all gonna get like ^ one day...unless we die...And some people get like that faster than others. When you get like that...that you are obviously "older"...and you just can't hide it anymore...long hair look...eesh.

About 50 years later...lady cut hair long time ago...but then--doon doon doon...Lady lets hair grow

I can't see the evil after shot.

Regardless, I'll see your lady and raise you a Sharon Stone.  Granted, Sharon isn't the greatest example because she uses extensions and rarely takes a bad photo, but here is a 2004 Before and a 2005 after.  She just looks younger with the softer, longer hair.

Before:

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2522/Events/2522/SharonSton_Cohen_3098616_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Stone,%20Sharon%20I - http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2522/Events/2522/SharonS ton_Cohen_3098616_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Stone,% 20Sharon%20(I )

After:

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3722/Events/3722/SharonSton_Grani_6228791_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Stone,%20Sharon%20I - http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3722/Events/3722/SharonS ton_Grani_6228791_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Stone,% 20Sharon%20(I )

Hellfrozeover wrote: Lady got surgery and looks like she's a different race to what she started as. Doesn't look her age but not neccesarily her ethnicity either.

LOOL! What does that have to do with anything??
LOL! She's Mexican...so she doesn't really have a "race"...She didn't look her ethnicity to begin with. o.^

Sharon actually looks pretty good in both...But that is one of the only times I've seen her look passable with long hair.

We're just gonna have to agree to disagree.

Omg...-tear-...You called my favorite actress wrinkly!! -cries-

Okay...fine she is wrinkly...but she looks a LOOT better on TV!!! xP

And she's awesome... Hokay had to get that out! xP

Yeah of course.  I understand...and it's like I said you feel comfortable with long hair...and that's just how people are different.  Me...I'm just one of those people who has to look a certain way all the time to be comfortable...you know?  Like...I-gotta-get-my-heels-just-to-go-get-the-mail-type person.  LOL...And I know as young as I am right now...I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable with short hair either...but I also love short hair...and I'm experimental...So it's exciting for me to think one day I'll get some short haircut, and look the way...I "want" to look when I get older.

It sounds plastic...but I'm not plastic...trust me! LOL...Like I don't spend hours doing my hair, and I don't wear too much make-up...and always whine about being fat, or whatever....I'm just a certain way...just like you are a certain way.

Ok, I'm happy everyone got thier opinions out, and resolved.

 I can see both of your sides regarding hair and age, etc...

 I'm not going to take sides, but I'm happy we are all different. I mean, wouldn't this world be boring if everyone thought the same about everything? I think so,..;)

 No worries everyone! I wish all the Best for You all!!!!

 Take care, and God Bless,...

 Katie

Yeah...there's definitely woman well over fifty who pull off long hair...It's like there's women well over 40 who look orgasmic in bikini's...you know?...It's not really a thin of age...I ment it more as a thing of...like...a certain point that everybody reaches at a certain time in their life when...they just you know..."look better with the one piece"...it's a similar concept.

Also...I was looking up hair lenghts...and I read that short hair is like...really short o.0...To me "short" is like when hair is like right above your shoulder.

Thats nice.

Um... group hug?

DaveDecker wrote: More precisely, you are the duck.  The IP addresses match; you are violating board guidelines by using 2 usernames.  Furthermore, you are clearly being disrespectful to the purpose of this board.  You and your duckie alter ego have been banned.  Goodbye.

Nice call, Dave.

To answer the O/P and get away from the troll (thanks dave!)

Because long hair allows me to be lazy (no styling or blowdrying), is cheaper than regular haircuts and is the only way my curls will behave! I can also shock people at work by wearing it down as it's usuallly tied up, which is fun!  Especially good for meetings I find for some reason.....

I wish my hair did sit there doing nothing though, even when plaited then taken into a french roll it still manages to get itslef into a tangled mess every now and again, ahhh the wonders of curly hair!

(edited to correct my awfl spelling - oops)

Welcome, my liege  

I doubt your hair has stopped growing at 18 inches. Terminal length is usually longer than that... maybe the follicles are just taking a rest. Some people wait years for their hair to pick up and start growing again.

Blessings
Anais