I voted for hip length - and I would want to be hip length unstretched, which would make my hair about thigh/knee length stretched, I suspect, since I have about 75% shrinkage
Do I think that's realistic? Heck yeah! The only thing that will prove that it ISN'T realistic is time and TLC, and I'm doing that anyway.
Will I go crazy taking care of it? Nope - I think the longer your hair is, the easier it is to take care of - but then, I'm not tied to having my hair rolled/set/curled/whatever -
long hair is it's own style, in and of itself, and there are some FLY updos that can only be done with long hair. I can't wait til I can rock 6-8 two strand twists in a gorgeous and elaborate LOOKING bun that took me about 15 minutes to do. And the hair toys! Clips and sticks and bun covers and...... girl, I won't know what to DO with myself.
Am I worried about detangling all that natural hair? Nope, not in the least - it'll actually be easier because I'll be able to SEE the tangles, rather than acting like a blind woman and feeling them out with my hands.
Water bill?
Well, I don't stand in the shower with the water running to wash my hair now - that's just a plain old waste of water! The only time the water is running is to get my hair wet, and to rinse the conditioner out - otherwise, why do I need the water running?
Cost of prodcts? I already mainly use cheap/homemade stuff for my hair, so the cost of my hair supplies might go up, but that's the cost of longer hair - no matter what. If you realllllly want the ultra cheap/easy to take care of hair, go bald.
Salon time/expense? Ain't nobody but me touched my hair in well over 8 years, I don't see that changing just because I have longer hair....oh, wait I take that back. I might need some help hennaing all that hair!
So yes, I consider it to be totally realistic to want hair longer than hiplength -
but then, I hang out over on THLC with women who HAVE hair that long, and so I have them as an example and an inspiration.
And I'm sure the women who DO have hair waistlength and longer really appreciate you saying they either look homely or like whores - thas real
unappropiate on a board all ABOUT growing hair long.
erplexed