carmella25
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Gosh I thougth I was the only one who felt that way. Now Im starting to ask myself once I reach waistlength will I say the same thing?
KiniKakes said:I know exactly what you guys are saying. Before I reached Armpit Length, it seemed so long to me..... once I reached it, I was excited for like 2 days. I kept looking in the mirror (turned backward, with my hand mirror), and sweating how long my hair looked.
Then..... it suddenly looked short to me. I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden Armpit Length had lost its appeal, and I felt that my hair looked short, short, short! I think I was looking in the mirror too much. Anyway, I immedietely stopped celebrating, and my new obsession became Bra Strap Length.
Ya'all are right, this *aint* nothing but greed!!!
camellia said:My husband does this too! A while back I had just gotten out of the shower and my hair was wet and stretched out down my back. My DH was in the bathroom brushing his teeth and he looked at my hair and said "Damn woman, look at your hair! It's so long!" He was really suprised. Normally my hair is up in a bun or loose but curly so it's hard to see the real length. He kept touching it
Then I come on here and see everyone else's beautiful hair and the anorexia comes back full force!I suffer from it, too!
Often, my SO says look at my beautiful baby and all of that beautiful, long hair (w/ a big, silly grin on his face like this ---> ). I can see the length on other people, but not myself. Recently, I told him that I feel like my hair isn't all that long. He said, "Are you kidding me? Your hair is very long! It's almost touching your butt!"
so1913 said:All of ya'll are CRAZY!!! LOL!
Legend said:I definitely appreciate longer hair. But after watching my mother loose her hair to chemotherapy--my father cutting off the last bits of it--I’m grateful for any hair at all, and that’s the truth. Sure I obsess at times about length, thickness, texture, whatever, but I just remember what my mother went through, and I’m grateful I have at least two strands to rub together.
Fortunately, my mom’s hair grew back long, strong, and beautiful and it is growing at a rate of about 1 inch a month now--I know this because she has to color her very visible roots every two weeks. But she taught me to be so grateful for not only my hair—at any length—but my health as well. So I try never to feel down about the length of my hair as long as it's healthy. Now, I'm not saying I don't have those "anorexic" moments But, I know how to keep my hair length in perspective.
KiniKakes said:Before I reached Armpit Length, it seemed so long to me..... once I reached it, I was excited for like 2 days. I kept looking in the mirror (turned backward, with my hand mirror), and sweating how long my hair looked.
Then..... it suddenly looked short to me. I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden Armpit Length had lost its appeal, and I felt that my hair looked short, short, short! I think I was looking in the mirror too much. Anyway, I immedietely stopped celebrating, and my new obsession became Bra Strap Length.
HoneyLemonDrop said:I definitely feel this way. But I saw it more after I passed it. I was like dang, bra strap wasnt that long, I wanna be waistlength! Full waistlength, front and back, that's gonna take a while but Im patient.
Now that's some hair!!MizAvalon said:Now, that's what I'm talking about!! FULL waistlength, front AND back. .
sprungonhairboards said:I know I don't want waist length hair that's too much for me.
naptrl said:I think the ladies who say blunt cut brastrap looks and feels longer than layered brastrap are right. My hair has grown in layers and it doesn't seem as long as people who have blunt cut hair.
KiniKakes said:Then..... it suddenly looked short to me. I dont know what happened, but all of a sudden Armpit Length had lost its appeal, and I felt that my hair looked short, short, short! I think I was looking in the mirror too much. Anyway, I immedietely stopped celebrating, and my new obsession became Bra Strap Length.
Ya'all are right, this *aint* nothing but greed!!!
VWVixxen said:Ya'll R greedy! I think I will honestly be happy with APL...if it ever gets there!
Yeah, and to answer your question from the other thread I think curly hair definitely has to be even. I can't wait for all my hair to be one length. It drives me nuts for it to be layered! But like yours, mine grew in layers.hairlove said:I know what you mean. I am currently bra strap length but I don't really feel like it b/c my last visit to the salon resulted in a too much trim and too many layers. So my longest layer is bra strap. But for me this could be because my hair was waist length before I HAD to cut it b/c of a bad relaxer. I really don't think I'll be pleased with my hair until it is waist length again. Though I am thankful that it has been growing back faithfully!
Thanks!! Now, I have a new goal though of course since "bra strap aint that long"!! haha... YOUR hair is beautiful!!! My mouth dropped when I saw those pics! It doesn't look bad like you think. It's gawwwjus!!!hairlove said:naptrl - My hair grew in the exact same shape as yours!! I think it looks beautiful. The layers are nice and add dimension to your hair. However, I agree in the final goal of all one length. Heck, after my hair mishap, I wish I could at least just have the decent layers instead of the choppy ones I now have.
You've made awesome progress. Congrats to you reaching your goal.