Things they DONT tell you about having long hair...

[doll-baby]

I miss my BSL hair ! My hair isn't long any more but when it was my hair would always get caught in the strap of my purse when I wore it on my shoulder.

 

[Cherokee-n-Black]

I'm surprised after "wind sweeps hair across face" there was not a short interlude about flailing to unstick the hair from the lip gloss. Clearly, you are already aware of that particular pitfall...I do not miss that aspect of my relaxed/transitioning hair!

 

[KurlyNinja]

Lighting Candles and fros dont mix. Tried to light a candle in my room a few weeks ago and I smell burning hair. When I was bending over to light the candle my hair in the front fell all the way into the candle flame and I didnt even notice. THANK GOD it was only a few strands.

Be careful or you can end up looking like this:

 

[Angelinhell]

all of this is true, my cousins who have had long hair(they always cut it off) say it really is overrated. I personally have changed my goal length to bsl or mbl from wl and hl.

 

[BostonMaria]

What folks didn't tell me....
It now takes me 120 MINUTES under my Pibbs to dry my hair. Rollersetting weekly has become a nightmare LOL

I carry a bobby pin with me when I have to do an emergency bun. Especially on airplanes and on the train.

Oh and one poster mentioned that people look at DD and assume you gave her those "good, long hair genes." my youngest DD has tailbone length hair and people always assume its because of me. Little do they know I had stringy, dry, forever SL hair for 26 years.

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[butterfly_wings]

Lol so funny, work it girl!!!

 

[SmilingElephant]

I'm surprised after "wind sweeps hair across face" there was not a short interlude about flailing to unstick the hair from the lip gloss. Clearly, you are already aware of that particular pitfall...I do not miss that aspect of my relaxed/transitioning hair!

...My hair is now long enough in the front again, while curly, to have this problem! Ugh!!

 

[MissRissa]

I.cannot wait to b called Pocahantas

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Every single time i straighten my hair, 1 guy in particular at my job calls me pocahantas every day that my hair is straight. after 2 years, it's hella annoying.

 

[cocomama]

Wow what a cute thread!!!!

 

[leiah]

I have 2 children under 2 years old and my hair has to be in a bun 24/7 or else I always have little fists pulling on it. It will be down to my butt when they finally grow out of this!

 

[sckri23]

Wow it was like she didn't think you understood her question or something. If you said its all yours why would she still ask if you had tracks?

Cause ppl have a "i bought it with MY money so its MINE" mentality even if its weave

 

[Daeuiel]

My hair is still short to me, but whenever I wear it in an afro, they make me kneel or stoop forward in all the group cosplay photos, because 'your hair is blocking folks, they want to be in the photo too'

^^^^stuck kneeling again

If I wear my hair in an afro or a puff, people ask me if it's real or where did I buy the puff. I have type 4 hair so I've never seen a puff that really matched my texture, or an afro wig either. Shoot if I did I would wear it for cosplay, much easier than blowing out my hair

 

[sckri23]

I hair isn't long but i've had weave before (under protest) and layin to the side (elbow down hand on head) to read, watch tv, or text is dangerous (apl,bsl) if you push off the elbow trying to get up fast dont realize your layin on your hair

1 of 2 things would happen either your hair is strong so you'll hurt your scalp might make it bleed (happened to my sis) or your hair is in the process of strengthening and it breaks like tissue paper

 

[Asha's-Hair]

Puffs and umbrellas mixed with wind leads to constantly trying to untangled the metal bits of the umbrella from your hair in the rain.

 

[growbaby]

Straightening your hair changes from a task to an event that is almost impossible to take on alone

 

[Evolving78]

Straightening your hair changes from a task to an event that is almost impossible to take on alone

Yaas! it takes me almost an 1 1/2 hour to flat iron and takes 45mins-hour to blow dry. i did that crap for three weekends straight! it was starting to get out of control.

oh and getting caught are purse straps and getting snagged on anything isn't good either. i am still thinking about this strand that got snagged and caught on my bobby pin. i miss that broken strand.

 

[Kindheart]

Hair get stuck behind your back when u sit down .

 

[springy_curly]

1. People will stare at your hair and then stare at your child's hair to see if it's long too. I guess they figure that if your child's hair is long then your hair has to be real or your child wouldn't have gotten the long hair genes.

I notice people do this to me and my baby girl all the time.


2. You might receive nicknames like Barbie, Pocahontas, or Princess.

My guy friend just started calling me princess after seeing fb pics of my hair out. I always ps so few people have seen it loose in person. I have hairorexia so didn't even make the connection

 

[momi]

Gotta a story too be careful of comments coming out of the blue even from the hubby totally unexpected.

We were on skype the other day and my hair was freshly done in twists. I am telling him about some craziness going on at work and in mid sentence he interrupts me with the serious deadpan look and says, "I just want to run my hands through you hair and sniff it!" I was like ahh honey did you hear what I said, he was like, what? huh? sorry I can't stop looking at your hair. I bet is smells really good too? Don't it? All I could do was say dear, earth to hubby, earth to hubby......

This is too sweet