Excuses people make to justify their short and/or damaged hair

[*CherryPie*]

There ARE people who really don't care about having long or healthy hair. Wigs and weaves are fine for them. They don't like to bother with hair.

So for some people, it's truly not an excuse.

 

[Kurlee]

they used to have long hair.........

 

[Polyesterdiva]

All my friends with damaged hair say that they like it that way and wear it that short and choppy on purpose. I just look at them like...come on son. Who cuts their ends into a W shape?

OMG you HAVE ME ROLLING!

I know what you mean, unless they cut their hair with those special zig-zag scissors for construction paper projects!

 

[dynamic1]

Some women wear short hair because they like it....not because they believe their hair won't get long and healthy. I know women like this and I was one of them (short but healthy). I decided to grow my hair out pre-LHCF just so I would have more hair to cut into a different style. I got accustomed to the pony for my workouts and couldn't think of another short cut I wanted. I actually miss the feeling of a short, sharp cut.

If someone says I used to have long hair before I cut it but it is still short 5 years later...perhaps they are maintaining a short cut intentionally.

Do we assume every non-black person with short hair is making excuses if they indicate they don't want long hair for reasons x,y,z?

ETA: How many big choppers inform people they use to have long relaxed hair?

 

[Kurlee]

Some women wear short hair because they like it....not because they believe their hair won't get long and healthy. I know women like this and I was one of them (short but healthy). I decided to grow my hair out pre-LHCF just so I would have more hair to cut into a different style. I got accustomed to the pony for my workouts and couldn't think of another short cut I wanted. I actually miss the feeling of a short, sharp cut.

If someone says I used to have long hair before I cut it but it is still short 5 years later...perhaps they are maintaining a short cut intentionally.

Do we assume every non-black person with short hair is making excuses if they indicate they don't want long hair for reasons x,y,z?

ETA: How many big choppers inform people they use to have long relaxed hair?

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

 

[NikkiGirl]

Some do have short hair because they want to. I had long hair all my life. I have never been below apl without cutting. But I cut my hair in a bob a year or so back and loved it. For me it was about change. I had always had long hair and wanted something different. That is no different from something always having short hair wanting long hair. I still think a bob is one of the cutest short styles.

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

.........

erplexed ​

 

[dynamic1]

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

touché

 

[NikkiGirl]

That pic is really bad. WOW.

 

[phynestone]

"I don't have time to be usin' that chicken-smellin' grease u be usin' girl" -referring to my use of MTG.
"You ain't go no good hurr (mispelled on purpose) and you can't use water on your hair!"

I don't hear those comments anymore b/c my hair is always weaved up, but whenever I take it out, people ooh and ahh over it's length. I'm just APL, but will probably be longer after I get my next touch up. It's been 8 months.

 

[halocj]

oh i have one,"I'm bald headed by choice"

 

[Seraphina]

Some women wear short hair because they like it....not because they believe their hair won't get long and healthy. I know women like this and I was one of them (short but healthy). I decided to grow my hair out pre-LHCF just so I would have more hair to cut into a different style. I got accustomed to the pony for my workouts and couldn't think of another short cut I wanted. I actually miss the feeling of a short, sharp cut.

If someone says I used to have long hair before I cut it but it is still short 5 years later...perhaps they are maintaining a short cut intentionally.

Do we assume every non-black person with short hair is making excuses if they indicate they don't want long hair for reasons x,y,z?

ETA: How many big choppers inform people they use to have long relaxed hair?

I think they're talking more about hair that is clearly unhealthy and chewed up opposed to simply being short.

As to the bolded, I have actually thought about this to myself, too. I think that when a non-black woman has short hair there is an assumption that she chose to do so (which is not always true...I know several white women who complain about how thin and fragile their hair is and they have trouble growing it past shoulder length). And to be completely honest, this is something that has kept me from cutting my hair a few times...the concern that folks will assume that my hair doesn't grow. It's silly and petty but it is what it is.

 

[Geminigirl]

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[Priss Pot]

Ok, you guys. I don't mean to come back in here and vent.

But the roommate who has the hair problems, the one who "lost" my shears. We just got into it (over another matter; I feel that she's a user, but that's a different story). She told me that I was the Devil, and that I was evil.

So, I told her she was never gonna grow any hair..... I know that was mean

 

[Almaz]

No one ever asks me for anything. I just hear the same old well Almaz you is Ethiopian thats why you got GOOOODDD Hair and that is why it grows. Okay but I STILL have to take care of it or it will be chewed up like yours

 

[locabouthair]

Ok, you guys. I don't mean to come back in here and vent.

But the roommate who has the hair problems, the one who "lost" my shears. We just got into it (over another matter; I feel that she's a user, but that's a different story). She told me that I was the Devil, and that I was evil.

So, I told her she was never gonna grow any hair.....:look: I know that was mean

oh snap. what did she say?

 

[Priss Pot]

oh snap. what did she say?

Nothing, just kept yapping at her mother about me and my devilish antics (but a couple days ago, she told me how much of a wonderful person I am...go figure).

Then she repeated to her mother what I told her. But I was telling the truth though . I ain't never been called that before, so yeah it kinda sent me over the edge a lil bit.

 

[locabouthair]

I hope you guys can resolve your issues. I used to hate when me and a roommate didnt get along. I hated the tension in the air.

 

[Bene]

Ok, you guys. I don't mean to come back in here and vent.

But the roommate who has the hair problems, the one who "lost" my shears. We just got into it (over another matter; I feel that she's a user, but that's a different story). She told me that I was the Devil, and that I was evil.

So, I told her she was never gonna grow any hair..... I know that was mean

I'm sorry but From now on, she'll think of you as the devil who can at least grow their hair.

 

[southerncitygirl]

if i had hair like yours i'd go natural, you're mixed with something right? WTF aren't damn near all black people? meanwhile their dumb arses are using crappy products taht promise to grow you hair that can't spell "doo" or "gro" properly....or have something with african in the name and black folks don't even make ...smh. they asking me why do you wear that wig and you have all that hair? its called protective styling. I try to pass on info about thsi site or diffrent natural hair care comapnies that are black owned/natural but whatever, with anything you have to put forth the effort.

 

[natura87]

OMG you HAVE ME ROLLING!

I know what you mean, unless they cut their hair with those special zig-zag scissors for construction paper projects!

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

Stick a fork in it...I am done.

 

[*CherryPie*]

Ok, you guys. I don't mean to come back in here and vent.

But the roommate who has the hair problems, the one who "lost" my shears. We just got into it (over another matter; I feel that she's a user, but that's a different story). She told me that I was the Devil, and that I was evil.

So, I told her she was never gonna grow any hair..... I know that was mean

Never wish bad stuff on others. It may come back on you.

 

[Natirelle]

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

I've seen hair like this, and it always crossed my mind "WHAT HAPPENED?" and also what can i do to NOT to achieve that look.
I've had sun damaged, overprocessed, underprocessed,and dry hair.
MOi never akonpli cheveux anvan and dont want to ever no MANTI .

 

[OhSoOthentik]

oh i have one,"I'm bald headed by choice"

LMAO

 

[Priss Pot]

Never wish bad stuff on others. It may come back on you.

I know girl. I don't normally do that to people anyway, but somebody calling me the Devil just doesn't sit right.

 

[LoveLiLi]

There was a girl I was friends with in college. She was in my room one day and after complimenting my hair she went on to tell me her hair story.

According to her, she used to have long hair all the way down her back and her neighbor would do her hair everyday before school. She said the neighbor was jealous of her hair and instead of using grease, was using pure lye on her hair everyday for a year.

She said she didn't find out what the neighbor was doing until the year was over and that's why she had short hair.

 

[Natirelle]

There was a girl I was friends with in college. She was in my room one day and after complimenting my hair she went on to tell me her hair story.

According to her, she used to have long hair all the way down her back and her neighbor would do her hair everyday before school. She said the neighbor was jealous of her hair and instead of using GREASE, was using pure LYE ON HER HAIR EVERYDAY FOR AN YEAR.

She said she didn't FIND OUT what the neighbor was doing UNTIL THE YEAR was OVER and that's why she had short hair.

Smdh

 

[♥Lamaravilla♥]

I'm more curious to find out why so many women on forums like lhcf still have chewed up short hair . . .

It's one thing if you've BC'ed but there are a lot that just have raggedy arse hair and still post 50-11 times an hour in the hair forums

 

[Crackers Phinn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrL9MV6jSk



They blame it on everything but themselves.

So sad.

Words cannot express how pissed I was to see Milli Vanilli when I clicked on that link.

I'on like you no mo.

 

[Mizz Diamonds]

i was referring to hair like this

and they talk about dax making their hair grow and touchups every three weeks ..........

This is exactly how my sister's hair is like.

Thing is if somebody want to have jacked up hair that i s their buissness i just don't like them sharing their ignorance with everybody else. My sister going on about how her hair won't grow because her hair is "stunted" you know like how your height growth gets stunted or that she is not mixed . She shares that mess with her friends and all her friends have long pretty hair.

I BC'd in Sept09 and we had the same length fastfoward to Jan 2010 my hairmy hair is almost shoulder length.

Funny excuse I heard was my hair doesn't break as much because I have tough Nigerian hair and that it was quite long . My friend will listen to Lil Wayne but not me and my advice