My confidence comes from my sense of self and love of self which does not correlate with the length of my hair. I am sure that there may be some people who equate hair length, confidence or some other superficial quality to arrogance or being "stuck up", but that is that person's perception. I am not an arrogant person. Period.
The bolded is not true for me.
ITA 100%. i thought i was the cutest thing ever with my TWA, but nobody thought i was "stuck up" then.
***and shorthairforever... i ran into ALL those girls today. funny how haters just come out of the woodwork because i straightened my hair.
People are sooo silly!
You know I don't keep ya waiting to long. Did I say all that and a bag of chips. I need to work on my lines.
ITA. If you never had something before and you always wanted it and finally get it I think you should let that add on to what's already there. It's accomplishing a goal. If I wasn't going to get anything out of growing my hair what would be the point. yes I'm all that and a bag of chips but now I have a soda with it.
She never had any hair until she was an adult. Sometimes she gets in her little moods. 
I am already pretty confidentwell you might catch me swanging sometimes once I reach my goal
Yeah, thats how i feel. I actually always wanted long hair though, so once i get it I think i'll feel more like "i have it all together"....i think that might make me alittle more confident untill i get used to it as just something about me. 
erplexed Sometimes women just give you an attitude because they are jeoulus, even if your the sweetest person. I have a feeling i'll meet some skank one day with crunchy gelled up jagged eye length hair, and i'll slang it around in front of her & crap. I really hope not . I try to always remember anything could happen. You could get cancer & loose all of your hair, so i dont want to take it for granted & get to much pride. I also remember i would turn my nose up slightly at black girls w/long hair that thought they "all that" and i would really really want to know how i could ever get it.---I would rather tell everyone i can how to get it rather than flaunt it & make myself feel like thats something i have on other black women. (I still will feel really good about myself that i grew it though
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The bolded is not true for me.
Yes it does because I know everyone does not have the time, patience and knowledge to achieve what I have. Deep down inside, every woman has wanted long and healthy hair at some point in their life, but they just dont know how to get there. So, they opt for a short hairdo out of change sometimes, but others claim they got tired of having long hair, when they never really had it. Cracks me up when they say that
. I used to love my short haircut and wore it that way purposely for years. It was cute and easy and HOT at that time...lol. I also never had a problem growing my hair out..just cut it because I was so used to that short cut and liked it so much. When I got tired of that cut (it took two decades) I decided to grow it out for a different look but I will go short again when I'm a little older too. Just like my own mother who actually had long hair all of her life and cut it to a short cute haircut (like Camille Cosby) and she's beautiful with it at 74.I don't agree with this either because I know many women who have short hair because they WANT to have short hair and the love it and actually feel more free and confident without a lot of hair
I also know women of all races--including black of course---friends, family, acquaintances who did have long hair all of their lives and decided to cut it when they turned 40 or so or even before because they grew tired of long hair. I did the opposite--I'm nearing 38 and wanted a different look...lol so I'm going longer. Everyone doesn't really care to have long hair or even look good with it..sometimes the long hair is just hanging there and a shorter cut gives people a younger, fresher look. Long hair isn't for everyone and isn't the goal of everyone.
But i think the other poster said that because alot of people believe that hair is a big part of what makes a women beautiful.
True.
And the most part, long hair has been associated with beauty and ideal to how a woman should have her hair, if not their probally wouldnt be so many weaves & things like that
But in more recent times, i think it hasnt been all about length, but about style---but long hair i think is still something that is put into little girls minds or whatever as something of beauty, probally not a short hair cut. ---I know i've never met a little girl who wanted a cute short haircut or anything like that
. Although when I was very little I wanted a big fro like my Aunt. She had this big, healthy afro that I loved and I wanted Chakas wild hair....lol.
Yes it does because I know everyone does not have the time, patience and knowledge to achieve what I have. Deep down inside, every woman has wanted long and healthy hair at some point in their life, but they just dont know how to get there. So, they opt for a short hairdo out of change sometimes, but others claim they got tired of having long hair, when they never really had it. Cracks me up when they say that
I am naturally observant) I was riding the bus up Georgia Ave a few weeks ago and two girls from my alma mater (HU) got on. They had their very detectable weaves, one dark and one "beyonce-esque" and were flipping it and were enjoying the attention that they were getting. We get further up Georgia and a "dc teenage girl" gets on, rocking her punk rock style, (dark brown skinned by the way) with undeniably real midback relaxed hair. These two chicks whole demeanor just changed. They stared at her, I guess searching for tracks, and they kept staring at her then at each other. The young girl wasn't paying any attention to them. It was so funny to me. It was obvious that they had a problem with her.
