how attatched are you to your long hair?
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Topic: how attatched are you to your long hair?
Posted By: duke
Subject: how attatched are you to your long hair?
Date Posted: Feb 3, 2003 at 9:01pm
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As I stated in my last post, my hair is long (for a guy), basically a home-done chin-length bob (longer at present, I cut my own hair and have to be in a good state to be able to do this) and I know I want it no shorter than that. For the rest of my life in fact, because in my opinion, short hair looks ugly with the shape of my face. Plus, I am not a slave to fashion; that stuff should work for you not you for it, and I don't care if fashion dictates or has recently dictated that men should crop their hair. Nonconformist that I am, I may even be helping fight against the pointlest standards! Anyway, are y'all attatched to YOUR long hair, and think you may want to keep it forever (or at least until yer getting old and grey whatever) or do you see it as just the look of the moment? And theoretic question, important for my sociological research: suppose you were going with your long hair for a regular trim. The hairdresser suggests it's time for a bigger cut. How quick would you be to say okay? Maybe the long hair board is not the best for this question, as it may draw long hair lovers more easily than the general board! Let's hear y'all, I'm in a good mood tonight despite the weather!  ------------- |
Replies: 72
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: Feb 3, 2003 at 9:01pm
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As I stated in my last post, my hair is long (for a guy), basically a home-done chin-length bob (longer at present, I cut my own hair and have to be in a good state to be able to do this) and I know I want it no shorter than that. For the rest of my life in fact, because in my opinion, short hair looks ugly with the shape of my face. Plus, I am not a slave to fashion; that stuff should work for you not you for it, and I don't care if fashion dictates or has recently dictated that men should crop their hair. Nonconformist that I am, I may even be helping fight against the pointlest standards! Anyway, are y'all attatched to YOUR long hair, and think you may want to keep it forever (or at least until yer getting old and grey whatever) or do you see it as just the look of the moment? And theoretic question, important for my sociological research: suppose you were going with your long hair for a regular trim. The hairdresser suggests it's time for a bigger cut. How quick would you be to say okay? Maybe the long hair board is not the best for this question, as it may draw long hair lovers more easily than the general board! Let's hear y'all, I'm in a good mood tonight despite the weather!
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Posted By: grenwich
Date Posted: Feb 8, 2003 at 12:25pm
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Lots of people have looked, but no one's replied. So here goes - I'm very attached to my hair. I will more than likely NEVER cut my hair again in any quantifiable measure. Right now I do trims of 1cm or less, and snipping off the occasional split. Long hair as a "look of the moment"? Considering the patience it takes to actually grow and maintain long hair - several "looks of the moment" come and go while you're growing out - so no, long hair, by it's very definition, can't be a "look of the moment". This is not to say extensions can't be a look of the moment, however. If - IF - hypothetically I were to be sitting in a salon chair and the hair dresser suggested it was time for a bigger cut. Hmmmm... Funny, that's not what my watch says, and didn't I tell you I was here for my regular miniscule trim? Actually, I'd probably be asking to speak to a manager, and telling her that I was no longer a patron of her salon. Well Duke - 5 days later, here's an answer for you. How's the weather?  < , BAaha4`r$ %$6$`b $ (`b .$ !,$ !,!!!)! ( 2 %(
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Posted By: Nicole Z
Date Posted: Feb 10, 2003 at 10:44pm
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I'm very attached to my hair... ;) My hair has been at least waist length for 9 years, and short hair is a vague memory for me. All I remember was wishing it were longer so I could do more interesting things with it. I can't imagine what life would be like without my hair. ! ( A` ha a`e !$ 4b ) (b` # (,% ) !,$ !-,`` %$ |
Posted By: grenwich
Date Posted: Feb 16, 2003 at 7:09am
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So Duke - are you attached to your hair? Evidently people are looking, but no one's answering. NicoleZ and I are definitely attached for the long term though. Ah well. I guess some threads die no matter what you do. Gren< , BAaha4`r$ %$6$`b $ (`b .$ !,$ !,!!!)! ( 2 %( |
Posted By: Elissa
Date Posted: Feb 24, 2003 at 7:44pm
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I am very attached to wearing long hair. I think it's feminine and sexy, and it's always been kind of my "trademark". I once thought that after 30 I'd have to start wearing it shorter--silly me. I am 36 and not planning on changing anytime soon. Elissa |
Posted By: hairalways
Date Posted: Feb 26, 2003 at 4:54am
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I have a love hate relation ship with my hair.....most days I absolutley adore it and am so glad to have it.....then some days I crave a change. Like today. Today i wish I could have a pixie like Ashley Judd's and feel the nape of my neck and be able to wash it after the gym and just leave it alone. But most day I LOVE my hair and wear it around me like a security blanket. jacqui |
Posted By: uzma
Date Posted: Feb 27, 2003 at 7:15pm
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Yes, indeed. I am attached to all 90,000 or so strands and feel each one like a limb. Not cutting any hair ever again, no way, no how, never. As it gets longer I feel more and more like a tree with branches spreading out all over the earth, like a network of external nerves and arteries growing all around me, like channels of radiance through which energy passes through my head outward into the Universe and though which I pull spiritual energy into myself. My hair breathes it's own breath. Reductionist science says hair is dead. BAH HUMBUG !!! ), R '. `p % |
Posted By: dingojunction
Date Posted: Mar 4, 2003 at 7:23pm
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I wanna keep growing mine out.I got it cut to a chin length bob in mid august but now its down to my shoulders.I wanna grow it another 6 or so inches.till its halfway down my back. Waist length is too long for me and too much maintainence!
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Posted By: Vineman
Date Posted: Mar 5, 2003 at 6:04pm
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I'm attatched with: A short stick 2 elastic bands A bottles worth of super glue 3 very powerful magnets Some old sticky jam covered cheese And a safety pin, just to be sure. )! Aa la q`e !$40`" 4$b /4 ! $% ) , ,%,b` #( |
Posted By: Karrinne
Date Posted: Apr 1, 2003 at 7:08pm
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I am VERY attached to my hair. I had my hair up in a tight updo and my grandma's neighbor came running out and said, "OH NO!!! You didn't cut your hair!!" And my grandma replied before I could open my mouth, "She would cut off her hands before she would cut off her hair, what's wrong with you???" And she' s right!! (!) Pid`a$``a $.,br /6,`` " !,%!)!, ,---0"" "<
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Posted By: Robert
Date Posted: Apr 2, 2003 at 10:07pm
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I would never cut my hair. It's a part of me. My hair is currently a little past mid-back legnth. I remember when I had short hair and I was just starting to grow it long, everyone I knew was telling me what a pain taking care of long hair would be. They were wrong! I love taking care of my hair. Brushing, shampooing, braiding... I love it all. Since I was about five, I have wanted hair to my ankles. That hasn't changed. Someday, it will be that long. I'm going to love taking care of it! I know it's not common for a man to have long hair, and outside of reniassance faires, I've never seen a man with hair to his ankles. I guess I'll be a bit of an oddity. Should be fun! |
Posted By: Anne-Loes
Date Posted: Apr 3, 2003 at 3:13pm
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My long hair means very, very much to me. My hair is waist length and I'm very attched to my long hair. I started to grow my hair quite late but I can't imagine anymore to have shorter hair. Long hair is feminine and makes me feel young. I take time for my hair and love to comb it daily several times quite long. I vary the ways I wear my hair. Favorite is long and loose but I also like braids, ponytails and buns. My long hair is me! Anne-Loes ,% @ieb |
Posted By: Jennifer
Date Posted: Jun 11, 2003 at 8:18am
| Probably a lot more attached than is healthy! I cut my hair short a few years ago, and everything just felt wrong about it. I missed not being able to catch a whiff of freshly washed hair if I shook my head and the hair ran past my nose. I missed the feeling of "silk" running down my neck and back. I missed not using all the wonderful combs, barrettes, sticks, and other hair accessories. I missed ponytails! I looked perfectly fine in short hair, but I didn't feel fine. I don't have to have super long hair, but I need it a few inches below my shoulders. Without it, I'm just not me! |
Posted By: 3katz
Date Posted: Jun 12, 2003 at 7:36pm
Oh, I'm especially looking forward to long hair when mine turns completely  grey! One of my professors has stunningly beautiful waist-length silver hair that she wears loose. I'd been debating for the longest time whether I should cut my hair. I teach high-school English and I was afraid I'd slide into total frumpiness. I mean, I already have the practical shoes, long skirts and multiple cats. Jean 0!!$ |
Posted By: laststar
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2005 at 12:42am
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I am very attached to my long hair I love it. I am aiming
for elbow length possibly waist length but not sure yet. I would
also have to say that it is my trade mark as well. I like looking
at other's hair and thinking how mine will look similar when it gets to
that length. It was much longer when I was younger although I had
bleached it blond and it was damaged so cut it quite short. Now I
am almost to that point again but it looks much healthier and I will
grow it much longer. I don't figure I will ever go short
again. I am almost obsessed with long hair I guess I just love
it, don't know why I just do. Starfighter 0 - Ai dape ),4 `b ($0 ` .& !! -$ %-!!-0" '. |
Posted By: deltagirl12345
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2005 at 1:21pm
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Hi Hi: I love my long hair. As one of the other girl's posted. I am very attached to wearing long hair. I think it's feminine and sexy, and it's always been kind of my "trademark". I totally agree with her. I love the feeling of my hair falling and resting on my shoulders. Susan
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2005 at 5:50pm
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Glad to see someone's revived this thread! I am SO attached to my hair. Well my hair's attached to me, actually, but who's being politically correct? Anais $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4 |
Posted By: Gear Girl
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2005 at 12:13am
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I love my long hair and would hate to have to cut it. I want to get my hair past my waist. If my hair dresser suggested I cut my hair, I'd tell her that if she ever cuts my hair shorter then I request she'll be short a customer. I'm very insecure about my body, but my hair is the one part of me that I am proud of. I always try to display it nicely and show it off every chance I get.
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Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2005 at 12:01am
| When I used to audition for plays in college, we had to sign a contract that included being willing to make certain changes to your physical appearance. I would always put a note at the bottom that said "will not cut hair." I don't know if it made any difference in my being cast or not, but I knew I was safe, just in case. (Like they couldn't just get me a short wig?) |
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2005 at 12:23pm
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Good question, Leia1979. By the way, at 13, I was a standby in two scenes of the episode Reunion of "Kung Fu: the Legend Continues". One of the scenes happened in a shaolin temple. I was just a martial arts student and wore jeans and a plaid shirt, but there were a bunch of guys being filmed that day who represented monks or priests. This is interesting: most of the guys had their hair shaved CLEAN OFF (including a fellow who had gone in with a beard, gone too), but the two main characters (Kwai Chang Caine and his son Peter) had their hair covered by skullcaps that take several hours to put on. Now take into account that David Carradine, who played Caine, had long hair, and that these skullcaps would have to be put on EVERY EPISODE they had flashbacks to the time when Caine was in the temple. Which, I think, was in many if not most/all episodes. So if the studio spent all that time and trouble on getting skullcaps to mask the two main actors' hair (and while I may be wrong, I'd say KFTLC wasn't the highest budget production), I wonder why so many highly paid actors in big budget movies allow makeup to "wreck" their hair instead of just giving them a wig. A minor example: Colin Farrell having his hair bleached in Alexander the Great. Less minor examples: Mandy Moore going from very long to short hair in How to Deal. Catherine Zeta Jones did reportedly have a bob wig cover her long hair in Chicago, but this seems to be almost an exception to a rule. Admittedly sometimes it might be hard to get a wig for this purpose, for example, when Demi Moore takes clippers to her hair in G. I. Jane and gives herself a buzz cut. I don't know if you could make a buzz cut wig, I. E. the base being like a scalp and the hairs all being stubble. I must admit, however, Demi is a rare lady, in my opinion, who looks good with a buzz cut! |
Posted By: sarondie11
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2005 at 12:35pm
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Well, the celebrities can just spend the big bucks to wear extentions until their hair grows out, or they thrive on the publicity of doing crazy things to their hair. As far as being attached to my own hair...sometimes my friends will pretend threaten me with scissors just to see my reaction. They can't believe I've spent three years growing my hair from a chin-length cut. My hair is the one thing that always makes me feel beautiful, and I'll keep it long for as long as I can. $$ )'fat$Pa )%2`b /28"b -. , , -,,)-% br -" |
Posted By: Jenny21
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2005 at 9:19pm
| I'm also attached to my long hair, although I must admit that there are many times where I think of getting my scissors and cutting it short. |
Posted By: Katja
Date Posted: Mar 22, 2005 at 5:09pm
| oh my god... SO attached to my hair. i've had long hair my whole life, with the exception of about 4 years ago when i cut it chin-length twice. that was fun and all, but like a lot of other people said, i'm just not me without my long hair. luckily my hairdresser is a family friend who's been cutting my hair since i first had hair, and so she knows not to even mention shorter hair unless i bring it up first. she even takes special care to cut off as little as possible when i go for a trim. but man, if i ever went to someone who suggested a shorter look, i think i'd probably walk out of the salon. $ Ca'ba dbd $!(,`b $4`r .-% !,$ !%!),, `p # |
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: Mar 25, 2005 at 5:34am
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Sarondie, is that you in the avatar? Your hair is gorgeous. You can keep it long for the rest of your life! I have to ask, did you have the chin-length hair just once (how long was it before) or did you have it shorter for awhile? How did you decide to grow it? Did you have any trims while growing it out and if so, how often?
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: Mar 25, 2005 at 5:42pm
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I didn't used to be attached to my hair, but now that I had to deal
with an ear length bob in 2003, I'm quite attached to it. I
didn't know what I had till I chopped it off! Won't be doing that
again, ever. I avoid salons to avoid that whole situation where
they want to cut off too much. !)) C ed``d ` %44`r #.,bb $ !,) ! (!) !!$` ,. |
Posted By: deltagirl12345
Date Posted: Mar 25, 2005 at 8:18pm
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Hi Hi: I really do love my long hair. The men seem to like it also. Susan |
Posted By: strawberryfine
Date Posted: Mar 29, 2005 at 1:44am
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I love my hair when it is long and can't wait to get back there again. I cut my waist length hair in 2000 to about an inch all over. NEVER again! To answer the question: I now trim my own hair, but if I were in a stylist's chair and they suggested a shorter cut, it wouldn't be a matter of how quickly I would give in, it would be a question of how many times the chair would spin around before I reached my car to leave! My hair, MY way! SF 0 ! Babbadabe ,"0 " " `` ," -,! - %,% -4`r ). |
Posted By: Grace912
Date Posted: Mar 29, 2005 at 7:29am
| Very attached, I'm another person who's just not herself without it. It took plenty of healthy rebellion to get it long and keep it that way growing up, and if I didn't have that stubborn streak, a lot of things besides my hair would be different (and not in a good way). I feel free with it resting on my shoulders and back or blowing in the wind, and I feel in control with it pulled back. It would take rather extraordinary circumstances to get me to go short. !,) A( Had%p (%2$ ` ) 4`p $(!$ )-% !-%,$ ,bb |
Posted By: OceanicDreams
Date Posted: Mar 30, 2005 at 1:06am
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Am I attached to my hair? Ask anyone who knows me, and they |
Posted By: LongBraidz
Date Posted: Mar 30, 2005 at 11:28am
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I have become VERY attached to my hair. It is no longer a vanity issue but more of a comfort issue...like a small child that sucks their thumb or clings to a security blanket. I have learned so many wonderful tips and tricks from this site...but most importantly I have learned to just leave my hair alone and enjoy the various lengths as I'am growing it long again. - A` nat p` $ 4(` !24` %,)%($! $- $%%, `b "
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Posted By: deltagirl12345
Date Posted: Mar 30, 2005 at 12:33pm
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Hi Hi: LongBraidZ wrote: " I have learned so many wonderful tips and tricks from this site...but most importantly I have learned to just leave my hair alone and enjoy " I totally agree with her. I also have learned so much from so many nice people. Thank you all. Susan !!! |
Posted By: CrazyGirl
Date Posted: Mar 31, 2005 at 5:55pm
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I just had a haircut last night. Long layers... came out realy pretty but I also chopped at least 3 inches off... I still love the cut but I miss my long long hair. I felt sad when I saw the floor full of my hair last night. I still feel sad... I have mixed feelings right now. |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Mar 31, 2005 at 8:37pm
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Oh no! I remember you saying your hair was tailbone length! Well, I'm still happy to hear you say it "came out really pretty" though. here's a ((((HUG))))) Anais $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4 |
Posted By: enfys
Date Posted: Apr 1, 2005 at 3:18pm
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Just be glad it wasn't a huge disaster which you hate. Now *that* would be a waste or hair Now, I would NEVER let anyone but me cut my hair, so the hairdresser would get a slap, and an angry letter/angry chat with me and the manager. But, if someone very close to me lost their hair through illness for instance, someone like my sister or best friend, I would give up length for a wig for them. I'd never do that anyone who I didn't know and love very much indeed. So, I'm attatched to it. More attatched than I am to most things. But it's not the be-all and end-all to me |
Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: Apr 3, 2005 at 5:21pm
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Posted By: LadyFrog Date Posted: Apr 23, 2005 at 9:50am
Posted By: DaveDecker Date Posted: Apr 30, 2005 at 7:54pm
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I agree that there are still a lot of unenlightened stylists out there "practicing" their craft.
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...unless of course we wanna talk about how attatched we are to our mane! 
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You're probably right about sticking to the subject so, yes. I am very
attatched top my hair.If wasn't it would fall off my head. Sorry! Start
again. If someone tried to persuade me too cut my hair I would 
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