WhippedButterCreme
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Hey Ladies! Hope your friday's good! I just wanted to see if some of you protective stylers have encountered this same 'ISSUE' that I have on my healthy hair journey
Anyways, I have relatives that I ONLY see like...once or twice a year so when I happen to visit the midwest, they feel like they gotta be all up in my business .
But this ONE particular uncle, ever since I started protective styling in braids, he's been blunting saying stuff like 'When are you going to wear your real hair again?' 'You pay how much for your hair??' 'I don't think it's economical to wear your hair like this...' and really he comes off as negative .
I'm a girl who hates attention being brought to my hair, cuz I get it ALL the time with my friends or at school (as I'm usually the only brown face in bio class )
He has plenty of other nieces (with dry, choppy damaged permed hair, mind you ) but his hands always seem to be active in my hair and he always seems to 'disapprove of it'
It will start as a side convo, but by the end of it, he'll have all my uncles and aunts discussing MY hair. keep in mind I'm only 23, and respect is a HUGE factor with my family (with anyone else I woulda told them to take a long walk off a short bridge a loooong time ago )
So anyone of you ladies have a similar problem? I explain to them all the time that I have real AND long hair mixed in with my braids but nooo...it seems like they'd rather I have dry, brittle hair that's all my own vs growing, thriving hair in a protective style.
My daily hair style i wear is in my signature (points). Any advice/help/stories you wanna share?
Anyways, I have relatives that I ONLY see like...once or twice a year so when I happen to visit the midwest, they feel like they gotta be all up in my business .
But this ONE particular uncle, ever since I started protective styling in braids, he's been blunting saying stuff like 'When are you going to wear your real hair again?' 'You pay how much for your hair??' 'I don't think it's economical to wear your hair like this...' and really he comes off as negative .
I'm a girl who hates attention being brought to my hair, cuz I get it ALL the time with my friends or at school (as I'm usually the only brown face in bio class )
He has plenty of other nieces (with dry, choppy damaged permed hair, mind you ) but his hands always seem to be active in my hair and he always seems to 'disapprove of it'
It will start as a side convo, but by the end of it, he'll have all my uncles and aunts discussing MY hair. keep in mind I'm only 23, and respect is a HUGE factor with my family (with anyone else I woulda told them to take a long walk off a short bridge a loooong time ago )
So anyone of you ladies have a similar problem? I explain to them all the time that I have real AND long hair mixed in with my braids but nooo...it seems like they'd rather I have dry, brittle hair that's all my own vs growing, thriving hair in a protective style.
My daily hair style i wear is in my signature (points). Any advice/help/stories you wanna share?