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My parents saw how long my hair really is for the first time last month. :)

I live 2 hours away & don't see them much but was there visiting and had my hair in my standard bun. My mom said "Wow, that's a lot of hair. Take it down." So, I did and she stretched it down to see how long it was and I'm a solid BSL. :) She called my dad over to look too and they were verrrrry surprised and also proud. :) I always had dammmmmaged hair since I discovered bleach and relaxers in high school.

It tickled me to see how proud of my hair they were, lol.
 
fitnessmommy said:
My parents saw how long my hair really is for the first time last month. :)

I live 2 hours away & don't see them much but was there visiting and had my hair in my standard bun. My mom said "Wow, that's a lot of hair. Take it down." So, I did and she stretched it down to see how long it was and I'm a solid BSL. :) She called my dad over to look too and they were verrrrry surprised and also proud. :) I always had dammmmmaged hair since I discovered bleach and relaxers in high school.

It tickled me to see how proud of my hair they were, lol.
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I'm glad that they were proud you don't get that response very much mostly jealousy
 
This past weekend at my aunt's repast my sister (22) leaned toward me and said,`You see, my hair is starting to caught up with your hair now.' She's neck length and I'm midback length. I didn't have the heart to tell her it would be a loooooooong time. I decided to let her have her moment. So I just smiled back and said, `Oh yeah!' in a surprised tone. She's so cute, lol!
 
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wheezy807 said:
This past weekend at my aunt's repast my sister (22) leaned toward me and said,`You see, my hair is starting to caught with your hair now.' She's neck length and I'm midback length. I didn't have the heart to tell her it would be a loooooooong time. I decided to let her have her moment. So I just smiled back and said, `Oh yeah!' in a surprised tone. She's so cute, lol!
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:lachen:I gotta wonder how long was her hair before.
 
Today is the first time I've worn my BSL hair down and totally straight.

I'm loving the stares and questions. It's windy today and I'm sure to walk and hold my head where my hair just blows carefree in the breeze.

Some folk still believe I'm a straightened natural because I stretch my relaxers without heat. So I go from a mountain of newgrowth to bone straight when I relax.

I love being walking proof that relaxed hair can grow long and healthy no matter how damaged your hair was before.

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sunnieb said:
Today is the first time I've worn my BSL hair down and totally straight.

I'm loving the stares and questions. It's windy today and I'm sure to walk and hold my head where my hair just blows carefree in the breeze.

Some folk still believe I'm a straightened natural because I stretch my relaxers without heat. So I go from a mountain of newgrowth to bone straight when I relax.

I love being walking proof that relaxed hair can grow long and healthy no matter how damaged your hair was before.

Sent from my Comet using LHCF
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Yeah, that long hair blowing in the wind is a head turner, always. I've had guys chase me up the street only to ask me if it's real.
 
wheezy807 said:
Yeah, that long hair blowing in the wind is a head turner, always. I've had guys chase me up the street only to ask me if it's real.
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Get outta here! Is long hair on a black woman that fascinating and powerful??? :lol:

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i LOVE this thread! Ive been crackin up at almost every response ive read.

Long healthy hair is definetley fun. Im a whole nother person when my hair is straight. My DIVA comes out lol. I feel like i have an alter ego lmbo. I cant relate on the whole shower bit :ohwell: because when my hair touches water the shrinkage is unbelievable. You would never be able to tell how long my hair really is when its curly or wet in any way.

But when i do my mini twist outs, (or when I straighten it and I'm layin in bed and try and sit up but my hair gets stuck and I try and act all annoyed like I don't like it LOL) i feel like Rapunzel lol. Maybe thats a little extreme!:lol: But you get my point. I think what i love the most is the weight of my hair i feel against my back. It feels so heavy and thick annd strong. Like in those hair commercials where those girls have their hair tied to a bar handle or a car bumper and when they walk away it completely breaks off the car bumper! lol i always thought that was hilarious for hair to feel that strong but it feels great.

I havent persoanlly expereinced hatred, or jealousy. Maybe because I don't care or pay attention enough to what other ppl think to notice. But nothing but love has come my way. Allot fo curious people though wondering how my hair is as long as it is. The people at work are amazed lol. They started callin me foxy cleopatra from the austin powers movie. they say i should go under cover because i change up my hair so much they cant keep up. One minute its huge and all over my head and the next its twisted up put back, then they come back to work on monday and its straight BSL-MBL and they like O.o ... how d you do that??? But thats whats cool about our hair..we can do so much with it. When its long we can walk around feelin like america's next top model and somebody just did a total makeover on us...and just as quick we can go back our roots and create sculptures out of our hair lmbo.

Growing it out is the best part though. Experiencing the different lengths and loving it at the length its currently at. ^.^ My parents weren't so for me goin natural. They personally like the straight sleek look. But I'm happy to see there faces when they see my hair and realize what taking care of it will do. It feels good to be an inspiration to others.
 
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I got my hair straightened over the weekend last Friday. So many stories came from that lol... My hair's a little longer than full SL now so not long by MY or LHCF standards but I digress. On the stories!

-My brother who hasn't seen my hair straight since my big chop was home over the weekend and asked me to pick him up from the airport. When he saw me he said he liked the color and that my hair looks very nice. As we were wondering around the airport I was walking ahead of him and he said: "Is that ALL your hair?" I was surprised and said yes, it's all mine w/o extensions. He smiled all big, shook his head said: "Nice!" I was so happy!!

-Earlier that same day, I was taking a walk. I walked past some building and saw my reflection in some of the windows. My hair was behind my back, behaving, blowing in the wind and looking gorgeous! I was so shocked I couldn't stop staring! I must have been too into myself because just then I missed a step and almost broke my ankle! I looked around and luckily no one was there. But I burst out laughing at my foolishness anyway.

-Yesterday (Sunday) one of oldest friends came over. She's one of the girls who doubted me when I started my hair journey. Anyway I had my hair pulled and pinned over one shoulder. She came right over, asked me if I was wearing a weave. I said no, then took out the pins to show her. I said: "Feel free to look". So she basically weave checked me and started playing in my hair. I just laughed and shook my head.
 
I just found this thread and have been lmao for 2 days!!! I'm only up to page 22, but if any of y'all beautiful ladies wanna throw in some updates, i'm more than happy to keep reading. Tia!
 
Ok, I'll go. I usually wear my hair in a bun and it's usually in a shrunken natural state so when I straighten (1-2x a year) I’m usually surprised at the new length. I also do not know how to manage it. The last time I straightened in June I found that I couldn’t comb it all the way down. I was like, “What?!” I had to bring half of it over my shoulder and comb that way and then sort of swing it back and then do the same for the other side. The end result was a bunch of miniparts in the last 5-6 inches as I could not figure out how to get a smooth and uniform look. (See what I mean in my avatar/profile pic above). I'm not complaining but it was an odd threshold I'd never approached before.

Also, when I had it down for those 2 dys I was walking around with my head so straight I thought my neck would snap. It was just weird having that additional weight/length back there. I remember having that same feeling when I went from sl to apl, but I must admit that this felt even better. :yep:
 
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constance said:
Ok, I'll go. I usually wear my hair in a bun and it's usually in a shrunken natural state so when I straighten (1-2x a year) I’m usually surprised at the new length. I also do not know how to manage it. The last time I straightened in June I found that I couldn’t comb it all the way down. I was like, “What?!” I had to bring half of it over my shoulder and comb that way and then sort of swing it back and then do the same for the other side. The end result was a bunch of miniparts in the last 5-6 inches as I could not figure out how to get a smooth and uniform look. (See what I mean in my avatar/profile pic above). I'm not complaining but it was an odd threshold I'd never approached before.

Also, when I had it down for those 2 dys I was walking around with my head so straight I thought my neck would snap. It was just weird having that additional weight/length back there...hope that makes sense.
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Aaah..to have #longhairproblems *dreams* :dork:
 
Haven't written in here in a while...

So my hair is almost tailbone length now. What I find is that in a group of white, Indian, and Asian women... 99% of the time my hair is the longest. Damn it that feels good. Still trying to lose weight so nobody can tell me nuthin LOL


ETA: For those day dreaming, I had shoulder length hair for like 26 years :lol: and once I got serious about my HHJ it took me 3 years to go from 5 inches of hair to MBL.
 
I guess im officially back in the long hair club. :D

I flat ironed my hair yesterday and it took me from noon to 7 o'clock at nite to finish the whole process! When i finished and showed my family they were all happy to see it long again. I was happy to have my ponytail back! It reaches APL!!

Im so happy...but of course...being that i have had WL hair before...this length is still short to ME..lol. That is SO strange.

It swangs and everything! I will never chop my hair off that short ever again!:nono:

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BostonMaria said:
Haven't written in here in a while...

So my hair is almost tailbone length now. What I find is that in a group of white, Indian, and Asian women... 99% of the time my hair is the longest. Damn it that feels good. Still trying to lose weight so nobody can tell me nuthin LOL


ETA: For those day dreaming, I had shoulder length hair for like 26 years :lol: and once I got serious about my HHJ it took me 3 years to go from 5 inches of hair to MBL.
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@ bolded: Busting that myth wide open

BostonMaria
You are so there.
 
The other day I wore my hair in a single braid down my back and as I was sitting down I kept feeling a tugging sensation at the back of my head. So I adjusted myself in the seat several times before I realized that I was sitting on the tip of my braid!!! I kept reaching back and pulling it to be sure my braid had really gotten that long lmao. I couldnt believe it. I havent sat on my hair since I was a little girl!
 
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The other day I wore my hair in a single braid down my back and as I was sitting down I kept feeling a tugging sensation at the back of my head. So I adjusted myself in the seat several times before I realized that I was sitting on the tip of my braid!!! I kept reaching back and pulling it to be sure my braid had really gotten that long lmao. I couldnt believe it. I havent sat on my hair since I was a little girl!
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:grin: I can relate to is this my hair? all my wigs was around BSL. when i wear my hair no one really said anything I assumed they didn't know.
when I wear my hair down It feel strange, for a while...& it tangle at the nape.
I was holding my head like I would a wig...
I do not touch or toss my hair, cause haters hate that.

My Mom ask why r u letting your hair grow out? you don't do anything but wear it in a ball.:lol: I said Mom you use to call it a rabbit's tail.
frienemies will ask you that too, have u noticed?
beautician( if u go) will say you got the face for short hair..... (I fell for that once.) I have short wigs now:spinning:...
8 times out of 10.
beauticians don't wanna deal w a lot of hair,,,,, it's too time consuming:yep:
fireneimies say catty things like "you sure spend a long time on your hair"! w their noses turned up.... knowing they have a Train Station full of tracks w added hair in them that took hours.!!!:fan::smirk::poke:
 
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