Oh hush up, Justkiya!
Girl, you wear your big plaits. As soon as I can pull 'em off, I'ma be right there witcha!
I wore pigtails to work and was called Pipi Longstocking and asked whether I thought I was sixteen. My first response was, "How did you know what look I was going for
?" and the second, "I don't feel a year older, actually, and lots of people have told me that I don't look a day older." In both cases, nothing more was said...and in the first case, the person kinda tilted her head and smiled with a look that some would've sworn was a newfound admiration and perhaps a decision to emulate the look.
I may not have been entirely truthful in my responses, but I do know from experience that if you walk tall and
ack like your ish don't stink, you confuse folks and they begin to view the style as an OK and even very normal do.
So you do your big plaits. Just don't put cute little bows on the ends or bobbles or you'll be on your own right there.