My Love Affair...

[TigerLily]

I'm having an affair...with my hair!

My hair my not be the best looking or the longest, luxurious head of hair, but gosh darn it! It's mine and I love it!

You see, this affair started when I was a wee little thing. I loved hair. Long, thick hair. I loved hair so much that I ruined my mother's wigs by wearing them backwards 'cause the front was longer than the back and it would flow down my back!

None of my dolls had short hair. Long hair or else! My attraction to long hair was so strong that my and my friend stopped this lady from shopping to play in her hair! I longed for hair! I just had to have it! Never mind that I had thick 1 inch past shoulder length hair myself. It wasn't good enough.

Fastforward to my twenties. My poor hair was misused, abused and mistreated (yeah, I know they all mean the same thing, but hey, I'm trying to be dramatic here!

) I felt so bad! 'Oh, hair! where art thou...going?' Breakage, dryness, shedding, overlapping!!! EGADS!!! What was a girl to do? Could it be? Could it be that I was so driven in my appreciation of hair that I foolishly neglected my own? Nah, I don't think so! Surely, as much as I love hair, I would know better...wouldn't I?

Thus, began my quest for healthly, long hair. I no longer admired others' hair as much as I begin to pay attention to my own. Wait! It's not so bad! I even see a curl or two! Ooops! that's frizz. Oh well...hey! even the frizz is kinda cute! I can work with that!

You see, that's how the love affair with MY hair began. Mom thinks I'm obsessed, my friends look at me and go 'Oookkkaaay!' when I go on and on about it. Gee, why don't they see what I see? Feel what I feel? That hair is wonderful!!! Who do I discuss these feelings with? The need to buy hair products right for my hair? The elation that is felt when a product works just right? Ah...the ups and downs of hairdom??? I felt so alone...until I found...HAIR BOARDS!!!

: More specifically, here at LHCF

Finally, people who understand! People that understand my fanaticism, um, I mean my LOVE for hair!

How wonderful!

I love my hair...finally! I love my hair on the good days when it goes it into just the right poof.

I even love my hair when it gives me a run for my money, making me scream in frustration, only to come back and work out the kinks. That's what you do in a relationship, you see. I go throughout my day, lovingly molesting, OOPS, I mean, ahem, touching my hair, thinking of which products I'm going to try on it, which hair styles I'm going to try next...etc. etc. etc.!

So, in closing...

My hair may not be the best looking or the longest (yet), luxurious head of hair, but gosh darn it! It's mine and I love it and I'm not giving up my affair!

Is anyone else involved in an affair with their hair? Come on' fess up!!

 

[Divastate]

Girl congratulations on your hair affair! Nothing wrong with loving what's on your head. I never had that feeling until 3 years ago when I stopped trying to make my hair do what everyone else's was doing and loved and appreciated its individuality the good and the bad.

I've always loved hair too but its really nice to finally love my own!

 

[Nay]

Awww, that was cute. May the love affair be LONG and LASTING!!

 

[LEOLADYSW]

Sometimes I love my hair, sometimes I don't. But you just keep on keeping on Tiger!

 

[amy1234]

I can definitely relate with you. The bond that I have with my hair is deep!

 

[AngelicRose07]

lol, what a cute story. i have a love affair with MY hair too

 

[nurseN98]

That is cute. Only you can give your hair the right kind of love...lol. I'm falling in love with my hair too since starting to transition. I'm always molesting it though......I know I need to quit, love shouldn't hurt

 

[Desert Skye]

That is exactly how i feel! Oh i would spend so many days fighting with my hair to make it straighter or curlier and it was so stubborn it would just frizz up. I used to look at other girl's perfectly healthy shiny hair and hate my own wondering why couldn tit be like her?

But then i started to take care of my hair better. I still fought with it but time went on and and the "aruguments" became less and less

THen the other day I saw a girl with shiny black hair and i thought to myself, if i could trade my head of hair with hers would i? and i realized i wouldnt really want to, I guess i kinda like how stubborn my hair is cuz it reflects my own stubborn personality.I liked the challenge and feel very successful when i a product or a style works well.

I realized i learned alot about my hair and myself while trying to take care of my hair. Yeah getting frustrated with it is really bad but getting a compliment on how nice ur hair looks after doing ur own hair is soo nice (u can be like thanks i did it myself hehe) So i feel the same way with my hair. It may not be the best head of hair on planet earth but i wouldnt trade it for anything.

 

[LittleMissScientist]

I feel you TigerLily

As long as you are keeping your hair satisfied, it will not feel the need to stray...away from whatever style you are aiming for

Sorry, just in a happy/silly mood!

 

[Healthb4Length]

congrats! Gurl I taught I was the only one! I am loving my hair too! Everyone always have something positive to say about it and I guess that helps but I LOVE MY HAIR! People keep asking if it's a weave and I'm like looking at them like they crazy cause my hair is only medium lenght I don't got it long like Adrienne or Hairlove or Nay! I am just too happy! If I knew what I know now back then, I don't think I would have ever put any chemicals in my hair.

 

[Jenai]

Thank you so much for that Tigerlilly! I have always loved hair, too! When others would say that someone has "good" or "bad" hair, my mother would always say that my hair "has a mind of its own."

Hey, everyone! Let's learn to love and accept our hair just the way it is! *Waiting for the weekend so I can dep condition and spoil my hair.*