Apparently I'm clinging to my youth.

[Kusanar]

my hair(dreadlocks) is down past my knees and I have no plan to cut it. i refuse to put my hair in a bun.. Nothing worse than a manbun / I just keep my hair in a hat unless im sitting around relaxing or going out , if i dont i get it caught in everything.

YES!! Someone I can agree with on man buns! I imagine it's easier to get really super long dreadlocks. Though, I would also imagine that they would get heavy faster. I know how much hair I lose every day and can't imagine if that was all still just stuck in there adding weight!

 

[Kusanar]

Why do all of us long hair people keep it in buns?
(Me included)

I don't put mine in a bun much when it's longer, I braid it, then fold the braid 2 times and put another elastic around it, that way it's still hanging down at my neck like the weight would fall naturally and it is still out of the way at work ( I work in an industrial plant and can't have ANYTHING loose or baggy on with the machines I work around)

 

[Kiki]

Sometimes when I pull my down, out of the bun, it is almost like I have dread locks! It's gets twisted up pretty good!

 

[1cock2hens]

it is easier in ways, it takes much longer. I havent had a haircut in 12 years lol

 

[Chickassan]

I step on mine when I bend down, and I got it caught in a vacuum cleaner. I just braid it sometimes wrap it around my head and clip it. The bun is still top dog though it's just so easy and I can secure it will handy stuff pencils, chopsticks, forks pretty much anything.

Why do all of us long hair people keep it in buns?
(Me included)

 

[Kiki]

I step on mine when I bend down, and I got it caught in a vacuum cleaner. I just braid it sometimes wrap it around my head and clip it. The bun is still top dog though it's just so easy and I can secure it will handy stuff pencils, chopsticks, forks pretty much anything.

GIRL!!!! THE VACUUM!
I would have died!



I have nightmares about someone sneaking and cutting my hair off!

 

[Kiki]

Who would have thought there are so many of "us"!
I am ging to have my husband measure mine tomorrow!
I wonder how many inches of hair we all have if put together!

 

[Leighe]

I step on mine when I bend down, and I got it caught in a vacuum cleaner. I just braid it sometimes wrap it around my head and clip it. The bun is still top dog though it's just so easy and I can secure it will handy stuff pencils, chopsticks, forks pretty much anything.

So my friend has hair down to her knees, and every once in a great while she decides to shock people and wear a "bob cut" wig....I mean SHORT WIG! You should see people! They go into a panic thinkin she cut her long hair . I say go get a wig (and maybe make it blond or grey (like your MIL's real hair) and surprise them at a family gatherin. That'll give'em somethin to talk about...gossips...that will give everybody in the family somethin to talk about and when they ask you what you were thinkin you can say a coupla people in the family didn't seem to care for the long hair so you were tryin out the wig to see how short you wanna go! Guaranteed other family members will nip this in the "bun"......

 

[Hinotori]

Since your hair is thick, keep it long!

My hair has always been very fine and it's thinned a bit as I've gotten older. Mine just looks better short.

So I'm envious of your hair. I never could get mine past mid back.

Your family is stuck in the strange mindset that was around from the 1920s or so to the '70s where women cut their hair short when they got older. Actually a lot of them never had long hair as short was the fashion when they grew up so they felt it was the only appropriate look. (I had a talk with an older realtive about the short hair once.) Through most of history women had long hair their whole life. Just that small timeframe where only short hair was appropriate.

In otherwords, your family is way out of the loop on hair. The fashion has mostly been 'do what you like' for the last couple decades.

 

[Chickassan]

It was awful, it was one of those canister vacuums from the 50's or 60's. I killed it, the motor started smoking I was stuck in the stupid thing. Luckily I was able to unwind and get loose and it didn't catch on fire. I hated it though it was a cool vacuum.

GIRL!!!! THE VACUUM!
I would have died!



I have nightmares about someone sneaking and cutting my hair off!