It's definitely a relief to know that I'm not going to have to argue with someone for ten minutes just to get them to cut my hair the way I want it cut.
Man, the woes of being a female with short hair. I cut my hair about as short as yours and I can't imagine going through what you do. I've really been lucky it seems because they just do it. My current hairdresser does always comment about all the "beautiful curls" she has to sheer off but doesn't ever argue with me. I come in and she says 'the usual?' and I nodded and we're done. It's crazy to think that those people would fuss so much. It takes all of 20 minutes to cut that hair, which gives them time to scheduled more clients with more complicated (and more expensive) hair styles! Reinforcing cultural stereotypes is more important than business? People are retarded. *eyeroll
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Oddly enough, I've gotten very few negative comments about my hair from other people. Random comments from people about how well it fits me, yes, but not negative ones.
I expect that's at least part of it, yes. Because it's in Dupont, they do tend to get a lot of women with shorter hair (not to mention a lot of male customers, not to mention quite a few male employees, which also makes a difference I think; most of the other places I've gone have been very much female-centric both when it came to customers and staff.)
See, I'm the opposite. I have short hair because long hair is so much work.
My hair's extremely fine, so I can't pull it up in a ponytail or braid. It won't curl. It won't straighten. It gets extremely greasy if I don't wash it at least twice a day. Basically, it does what it wants to do, which typically involves it standing straight up on end with half of it curling up and half of it curling under at the ends.
I'd much rather go in once a month and spend ten minutes letting someone chop it all off than have to spend hours on it each day, trying to make it even remotely presentable for going out in public.
While I think your hair looks awesome and really wouldn't encourage you to do anything differently, I just want to point out that my hair at 14 and my hair at 24 were wildly different beasts (and twenty years further down the road is a whole 'nother story). Something to keep in mind when you otherwise decide it's time for something different.
For me, having long hair means that I wash it every 3 days or so, put it in a ponytail or braid, brush it when it dries, and never think about it otherwise. When I had short hair it took a lot of messing about to make it look other than a bowl cut and having to figure out where to get it cut, make appointments, keep them, etc. was a major hassle.
I'll keep that in mind, though I definitely don't see myself growing out my hair anytime soon. *sheepish grin* I actually wore a pixie cut until I was 8 or so, when I was mistaken for a boy one time too many (because back then I didn't have curves and was actually bothered by the idea of someone thinking that I was a guy). So, in the past 25.5 years, I had long (halfway down my back) hair for about a year-and-a-half, shoulder-length hair for four years, and hair somewhere between my ears and my shoulders for about two years. The other eighteen years? It's been a pixie cut.
With my pixie cut, I literally wash my hair, towel it dry, and go. I don't have to worry about drying it or brushing it or using products on it or anything. *sheepish grin* And, you know, when it comes to my hair? I'm very lazy.
Yay!! When I got my hair cut super short, I had the same reaction and it was funny to convince them YES I wanted it that way. Now I know it takes forever to grow back though lol.
I mean, I expected that reaction the first time I got it cut this short, when I walked in with shoulder-length hair and said: "Jennifer, please just chop it all off."
It's a little bit more o_O inducing when it's pretty damn obvious that it's not something new. I mean, when I walk in and tell them that it's been six weeks since my last haircut - and it's still very short - it should be obvious that my last haircut was even shorter.
I went in once to get my very long hair cut very very short, and the argument I had with the hairdresser about how YES I AM SURE I WANT TO CUT IT ALL OFF. Phew. I'm so glad you found someone who listens and does what you want.
I mean, I expected that reaction the first time I got it cut this short, when I walked in with shoulder-length hair and said: "Jennifer, please just chop it all off."
It's a little bit more o_O inducing when it's pretty damn obvious that it's not something new. I mean, when I walk in and tell them that it's been six weeks since my last haircut - and it's still very short - it should be obvious that my last haircut was even shorter.
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Looks great.
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It's definitely a relief to know that I'm not going to have to argue with someone for ten minutes just to get them to cut my hair the way I want it cut.
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I expect that's at least part of it, yes. Because it's in Dupont, they do tend to get a lot of women with shorter hair (not to mention a lot of male customers, not to mention quite a few male employees, which also makes a difference I think; most of the other places I've gone have been very much female-centric both when it came to customers and staff.)
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This is why I have long hair--short hair is so much work!
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My hair's extremely fine, so I can't pull it up in a ponytail or braid. It won't curl. It won't straighten. It gets extremely greasy if I don't wash it at least twice a day. Basically, it does what it wants to do, which typically involves it standing straight up on end with half of it curling up and half of it curling under at the ends.
I'd much rather go in once a month and spend ten minutes letting someone chop it all off than have to spend hours on it each day, trying to make it even remotely presentable for going out in public.
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For me, having long hair means that I wash it every 3 days or so, put it in a ponytail or braid, brush it when it dries, and never think about it otherwise. When I had short hair it took a lot of messing about to make it look other than a bowl cut and having to figure out where to get it cut, make appointments, keep them, etc. was a major hassle.
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With my pixie cut, I literally wash my hair, towel it dry, and go. I don't have to worry about drying it or brushing it or using products on it or anything. *sheepish grin* And, you know, when it comes to my hair? I'm very lazy.
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It's a little bit more o_O inducing when it's pretty damn obvious that it's not something new. I mean, when I walk in and tell them that it's been six weeks since my last haircut - and it's still very short - it should be obvious that my last haircut was even shorter.
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It's a little bit more o_O inducing when it's pretty damn obvious that it's not something new. I mean, when I walk in and tell them that it's been six weeks since my last haircut - and it's still very short - it should be obvious that my last haircut was even shorter.
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