Totally off topic...I've been natural for about 2 years but have been wearing my hair naturally for about a year - before that, because I did the big chop and no one told me that I had a ROUND ASS head, I was addicted to the blow dryer. My cute little cut looked fly when I walked out of the hair salon, but I couldn't do anything with it once I washed it on my own. But I digress...
But I finally figured it out - and after some help from some LHCF ladies, I've got a decent routine going (bless your hair SO1913). When wet my hair is bra strap length, when dry it's right below my ears - 4abc whatever (I never understood the classifications). It's fun for now.
But here's the crazy thing about it - and let me start by saying that I live in LA - that might have something to do with it. When I was relaxed and straight, I got attention from the brothers. I went curly and it's the craziest thing - white and arabic (persian and armenian) men seem to love it. And I'm not sure why. And sometimes I wonder - do people interpret natural hair as some sort of statement about blackness - which again, is a bit confusing because it attracts the non-black folks. Do black people try and make natural hair into some sort of statement of blackness? I digress AGAIN.
I was in Chicago, down by the lake with friends hanging out and sure enough, here comes this guy "your hair is adorable" chat chat chat - it always seems to lead down the road "can you do my hair like that?" (no honey, just another one of those things for black folks) "can I buy you a drink?". HUH?
I guess I'm just surprised because it is the last thing I would have expected - white boys diggin' the natural hair. Has anyone else experienced this?
But I finally figured it out - and after some help from some LHCF ladies, I've got a decent routine going (bless your hair SO1913). When wet my hair is bra strap length, when dry it's right below my ears - 4abc whatever (I never understood the classifications). It's fun for now.
But here's the crazy thing about it - and let me start by saying that I live in LA - that might have something to do with it. When I was relaxed and straight, I got attention from the brothers. I went curly and it's the craziest thing - white and arabic (persian and armenian) men seem to love it. And I'm not sure why. And sometimes I wonder - do people interpret natural hair as some sort of statement about blackness - which again, is a bit confusing because it attracts the non-black folks. Do black people try and make natural hair into some sort of statement of blackness? I digress AGAIN.
I was in Chicago, down by the lake with friends hanging out and sure enough, here comes this guy "your hair is adorable" chat chat chat - it always seems to lead down the road "can you do my hair like that?" (no honey, just another one of those things for black folks) "can I buy you a drink?". HUH?
I guess I'm just surprised because it is the last thing I would have expected - white boys diggin' the natural hair. Has anyone else experienced this?