I just had the opportunity to meet a friend of a colleague. Upon seeingmy long hair, she told me had just had her thigh-length hair cut threeweeks ago because she had been told by several people that it was "toolong." The way she described the situation, she seemed to trying totalk herself into believing that she did "the right thing" to cut it,but I sensed she had strong regrets over having cut her hair. I laterspoke with my colleague who confirmed that her friend did indeed feelthis way.The concern I have is other people passing negative judgment againstthis woman's choice -- or anybody's choice -- to have very long hair.I myself had a stranger approach me just a few weeks ago who told methe exact same thing that others had told my colleague's friend -- thatmy hair was "too long." Were it not for my conviction to keep my hairlong, perhaps I too might have suffered similarly.While the sender of such a message may just be feeling uninhibited in"sharing" their (negative) opinion of others to their faces, it couldbe seen (and certainly perceived) as giving motivation/persuasion tocut.My question is, why do some people seem so eager to dissuade those ofus who have long or very long hair from having it?Dave
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David M Squires
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