Thanksgiving hair discussions

[Honi]

Before dinner I walked into a coversation between my two nephews. They were talking about hair which surprised me because I would not have expected these two clowns to talk about anything regarding female beauty. Anyway, I heard one of them say something about good hair and nappy hair. So I interrupted and flat out said..."there is no such thing as good hair or bad hair. I hate when folks say that.." One of them says that I could say this because I have good hair. I laughed and said no I don't. My hair is coarse and well...I had just come out of a rollerset.

So I leaned over and let them feel my roots and both to my surprise said..."nah...your good."

So I began to explain to them how I took care of it, etc and the oldest called his girlfriend from my office. Now keep in mind she wears weaves although I don't think she had one at this time. She comes in and tells me to start over...so I did. I told her that I wash my hair twice a week, blah, blah, blah and she says..."I can't wash my hair that often." I said why? She said..."because of my perm, it will break my hair off." (typical response right?) So I asked her how many times she washed her hair she said every two weeks. Type of shampoo used...nephew chimes in... "any cheap brand", she said a neutralizing shampoo. Conditioner...I didn't hear because big mouf nephew wouldn't shut up. When I continued she interrupted me to say something and he said to her..."why don't you be quiet, she's trying to help you because you have bad hair" Then she slapped him square in the face.

I pretended I had to help set up the tables and walked away.

I will never have a conversation like that again.

How was your holiday gathering???

 

[AFashionSlave]

WOW!

You had an interesting Thanksgiving.

 

[aqualung]

Are the nephews usually that crass? We're talking about grown men here?

It started out an evaluation of your hair and ended up an interrogation about her hair. She didn't volunteer for that. OF COURSE she knows better than anyone else present how much manipulation it takes to break off her relaxed hair. If she's smart, girlfriend will have Thanksgiving dinner elsewhere next year.

 

[miss_brown]

Interesting, but not nearly that funny. I'm not a promoter of domestic violence, but that slap is hilarious (and somewhat deserved based on his comment). Anyway, at least you tried to educate her - maybe her "bad hair" will improve some based on your recommendations

 

[Allandra]

Interesting.

 

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