What made you decide to grow out your hair?
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Topic: What made you decide to grow out your hair?
Posted By: duke
Subject: What made you decide to grow out your hair?
Date Posted: February 03 2003 at 8:54pm
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Okay, I've read some interesting growing-out stories on the boards so far. So, let's have some reasons why people decided to grow their hair longer. Here's mine: Until well into my teen years, I all but abandoned my childhood protestations against the short back and sides haircut my parents always took me for. But my face was changing and short hair was growing even worse for my face shape in my opinion. At 20, I started cutting my own hair and gradually got used to it being longer than I originally intended it to be. Now I want my hair to be practically uniformly no shorter than chin-length and certainly do not expect to have any desire for "change", except maybe to grow my hair even longer, and then more out of practicality than out of aesthetics. |
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Posted By: Lady Maria
Date Posted: February 04 2003 at 11:05am
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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? ------------- Lady Maria |
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: February 04 2003 at 12:07pm
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No, no one's encouraging and I'm single. I like my hair longer but some people don't, my parents, for instance. What I'm interested in is how much people care about their long hair and how much they see it as just a look of the moment or something to have while they're younger only. ------------- |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: February 04 2003 at 2:56pm
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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! ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: AmandaPanda
Date Posted: February 04 2003 at 4:57pm
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Long hair is beautiful, and I like it better on myself than shorter hair. -------------  http://amandapandahair.spaces.live.com/ - My Long Hair Odyssey
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Posted By: dianefromcanada
Date Posted: February 04 2003 at 11:07pm
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I grew out my hair because my husband had a passion for Crystal Gayle and wanted me to have hair as long as hers. ------------- dianefromcanada |
Posted By: caro
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 3:13am
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I have very fine features, I like my hair longer because it frames them very lovely, much more than short hair does ------------- |
Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 5:48am
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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 ------------- |
Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 8:04am
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Because I had a dream where I was involved in saving people from a disaster. At the end of the dream, I moved out of my body, turned around to face myself and - expecting to see my normal short-haired, tom-boyish self - instead saw a silent woman with long hair staring back at me. It was a true dream, not a fantasy...and yes...I am probably out-of-my-tree crazy. But there it is. Enough to compel me to re-examine choices and choose to manifest the vision by transfiguring myself. ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: karonica
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 12:01pm
| I did it because I got tired of little stubs of hair poking out of my ponytails. Also, because long hair is versatile. |
Posted By: Gord
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 11:07pm
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Just once I'd like to read, "I grew my hair long because I knew Gord would love it!" ------------- |
Posted By: dianefromcanada
Date Posted: February 05 2003 at 11:31pm
I'm keeping my long hair because I know Gord would love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- dianefromcanada |
Posted By: caro
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 2:53am
here you go: I'm growing my hair long because I like the feeling of it caressing my back and also because of the compliments people give me about it. (I always had long hair in the past so I can compare) ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 3:00am
| Because it feels so great when it brushes against my waist when I walk. :-) |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 7:41am
| I'm keeping my long hair because I know Gord would love it! Some how I bet you didn't enjoy that as much as when Diane did it? |
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 11:10am
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A bit off topic Diane, am I correct that you once had an afro-perm? How long ago was this? |
Posted By: Gord
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 5:07pm
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Halfromcanada wrote:Posted By: grenwich
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 8:26pm
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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  ------------- 1bCiii between tailbone and classic (43.5inches) |
Posted By: dianefromcanada
Date Posted: February 06 2003 at 10:55pm
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A bit off topic Diane, am I correct that you once had an afro-perm? How long ago was this? (Duke) No I never had an afro-perm. I have had a few spiral perms but my hair is much to heavy and long to have another one. My hair is a bit wavy. It tends to be more curly when it was above my shoulders. Hello my dear friend Gord: How many years, emails, postings etc. I will not cut my hair and yes I hope it grows much longer plus it's better than a scarf when its cold outside. It has been part of discussions among friends etc. I'm keeping my long hair because I know Gord would love it! Some how I bet you didn't enjoy that as much as when Diane did it? (halffromcanada) Okay now flip your hair backwards, blink your eyes and say it in the sexest french accent you can achieve and maybe just maybe you will have the same effects. lol ------------- dianefromcanada |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: February 07 2003 at 7:17am
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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... ------------- |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: February 07 2003 at 7:21am
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This is completely unrelated to the subject at hand, but does anyone know why the word "all" ends up in red uppercase letters in a lot of posts? ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: Nicole Z
Date Posted: February 07 2003 at 11:18pm
From my ears to my hips: I had it waist long till I was 6 and hated having my mother take care of it. It was my choice to have it cut off, and I was able to comb it myself for the first time in my life. It was kept at my shoulders or shorter throughout elementary school, and it was my responsibility to care for it. I hated having it cut, and managed only going to the salon like 3 or 4 times a year, so it would get kind of shaggy looking. Then, sick of getting my hair cut, I got it cut really short right before the beginning of 5th grade so I wouldn't have to get it cut for a long, long time. Then, I sat next to the girl with the longest and thickest hair in the school and decided I wanted long hair again. I never really forgot what waist length felt like, so that was my original long term goal. Also, I was starting puberty, and realized the practicality of hair covering me, and I wanted it to cover my bra, my first short term goal. By the time it did, all the girls were wearing bras anyways. Then I made the stupid mistake of cutting 80s bangs, and decided after 6 months that they were a waste of effort, and so I had a section of hair that was about 10" shorter than the rest. I still had my eyes on waist length, and 3 years later, it was there. I spent part of that tiime maintaining my length while my bangs grew longer. A year later, hip length. All in all, 8 years including lots of trims. From my hips on: Once it reached my waist, it just didn't feel right. It wanted to grow longer, but I didn't know how to care for it so that it would be healthy. I kept it between my hips and waist for 7 years only because I didn't think I could grow it longer and keep it healthy. Then about a year and a half ago, I had an epiphany which caused me to look up long hair care and learned how to care for my hair. Once I figured out that I actually had a pretty fast growth rate (I was cutting it all every month)and how to properly care for my hair, I decided to let it get even longer. Now, it's 42" from my hairline to my ends, practically past my butt, and I'm curious to see how long it will grow. This year I don't expect to have to trim my ends as often as last year, so I'm hoping my hair will reach at least 52" this time next year. ------------- My hair is almost to my knees (~50") and continues to grow longer. Rather slowly these days, but that's ok - it's still *growing*. |
Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: February 13 2003 at 1:09pm
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Nicole Brilliant. I am so glad you posted your story - it made me so happy to read about another woman who is committed to length. Long Hair Love to you Uzma XXX ------------- Uzi |
Posted By: Anne-Loes
Date Posted: February 14 2003 at 12:35pm
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Hi Nicole, I agree with Uzma. Your story is beautiful and inspiring. It's so lovely to read about other girls who are committed to long hair. We have in common our hairlength. My hair is 42"as well . I always wanted to reach that lenght (1 meter) and my hair comes to my waist now. I'm very happy with that length and honestly spoken I intended to keep that length. Since I read your story I Doubt. Shall I let my hair grow longer. 50"or more. I don't know yet. Anyway: thanks! Anne-Loes ------------- Anne-Loes |