Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I never realized all the hidden meanings and representations of short versus long hair!
Eh, some shorten it as it is a pain, but usually do wait til they're in some form of LTR before they really consider it, as it IS a relative truth that most guys find longer hair attractive. But I do wonder what each person is picturing when they say "longer hair". By what I've seen so far it seems more like a Cher in the 70's deal.
I've still seen the supposed "lesbo-cut" on some women that was insanely hot on them. The one where it's short big time in the back to fade to the front longer to say just below the chin. If it can work for them I could care less.
Last edited by Waynec613; 06-15-2009 at 02:20 PM..
Not every woman can pull off the short hair look. Thinner women have a better chance of looking good than heavier women. Obese women do NOT look good with short hair, it only makes their faces look rounder. I notice many women will chop their hair off once they are married. I think it's a laziness thing. They already got the ring on the finger so they quit trying. They cut the hair because it's easier to maintain, and then wonder why their husbands are looking at other women or checking out porn. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I've noticed this with many married women. I was just talking about this recently with a friend. We noticed a local school teacher who was a real head turner, she had long brown hair, a nice figure, and knew how to dress. A year later, she was married with a baby and had short hair, gained about 40 pounds and wore sloppy clothes. I understand women will gain weight during pregnancy, but she really let herself go after that ring went on her finger.
Nebulous, if you are slender, petite, or have a smaller face, than perhaps short hair will work for you, but I think most men prefer long wavy hair on a woman, at least from my opionion and that of many of my friends. Try photo-shopping some photos of yourself to see what you would look like with shorter hair. Or cut and paste your face onto other photos with the hair styles you are considering so you have a rough idea of what it will look like.
I'd rather go the rest of my life without ever having sex again (with a person other than myself, I mean ) than try to grow and maintain long hair. Seriously.
Someone mentioned that the length one can grow one's hair is genetically pre-determined. Don't know if that's true or not. Certainly there are no long-haired females in my family tree going back three generations. I've tried to grow my hair long, and I hate it. HATE. HATE!!! It's naturally fine and not very thick and when it's long it gets stringy and flyaway dry and brittle and crunchy and breaks and takes forever to blow-dry (but has to be blown-dry because otherwise it has no body) and then falls flat the moment humidity hits it. It does nothing for my face or features and winds up in a clip or pulled back. When my is long -- the longest I've ever managed to get it was about 4 inches below my shoulders -- I'm stressed and demoralized and grumpy. I HATE it.
First thing I did when my husband and I separated was cut my hair. Aaaah! Relief! (I had short hair when we met and started dating and he thought I was cute and pretty. He urged me to grow it long because he liked long hair, so I made the effort...for him. Cutting my hair after the separation was like getting myself back.)
Eh, some shorten it as it is a pain, but usually do wait til they're in some form of LTR before they really consider it, as it IS a relative truth that most guys find longer hair attractive. But I do wonder what each person is picturing when they say "longer hair". By what I've seen so far it seems more like a Cher in the 70's deal.
I've still seen the supposed "lesbo-cut" on some women that was insanely hot on them. The one where it's short big time in the back to fade to the front longer to say just below the chin. If it can work for them I could care less.
No, I meant that women are open about not being single anymore. It is like some huge sigh of relief for them, as the poster mentioned.
I can remember eating lunch at one job with a bunch of married women and they went on about how they were so glad they weren't single and not having to go through dating nowadays.
For women, it's like some status symbol, or sign they are "worthy" or "taken"...as if being single means someone isn't any good.
I don't think men are the same. I have heard men say they wish they hadn't married.
Anything more than shoulder length, I would call "long". I'm fine with someone who gets a pageboy or a bob. The Powter, or Sinead, is just a little too extreme for me.
I'd rather go the rest of my life without ever having sex again (with a person other than myself, I mean ) than try to grow and maintain long hair. Seriously.
Someone mentioned that the length one can grow one's hair is genetically pre-determined. Don't know if that's true or not. Certainly there areno long-haired females in my family tree going back three generations. I've tried to grow my hair long, and I hate it. HATE. HATE!!! It's naturally fine and not very thick and when it's long it gets stringy and flyaway dry and brittle and crunchy and breaks and takes forever to blow-dry (but has to be blown-dry because otherwise it has no body) and then falls flat the moment humidity hits it. It does nothing for my face or features and winds up in a clip or pulled back. When my is long -- the longest I've ever managed to get it was about 4 inches below my shoulders -- I'm stressed and demoralized and grumpy. I HATE it.
First thing I did when my husband and I separated was cut my hair. Aaaah! Relief! (I had short hair when we met and started dating and he thought I was cute and pretty. He urged me to grow it long because he liked long hair, so I made the effort...for him. Cutting my hair after the separation was like getting myself back.)
My suggestion to you would be to keep your hair short!
Good for you!
I might have a few years on you, and I get a lot of "when are you going to cut your hair?" Um, why should I? I wanted it long my whole life, and it didn't really start growing well until I approached 30.
I find it easier to take care of too. Just wash, comb it out and go, which is not nearly as difficult as using a blow dryer, curling iron, gels, etc. Just tie it into a pony tail for yardwork, exercise, and babies (though mine is long past the hair pulling phase).
Exactly! Most of the time, it's actually the in-laws asking when I will cut it, and "donate" to Locks of Love (which is theory is great, but actually, not so much), and they just can't understand why I grew out my hair NOT to donate it, lol.
Mine too is super easy to take care of. The last time I cut it (for the LOL donation in 2003) it was up to my chin, and SOOOOOOOO much harder to take care of.
I wash it, brush it/comb it, and braid it, then go. I can so much more with longer hair, than I ever could with shorter hair.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Ya, men have to put 0 effort into it.
) than try to grow and maintain long hair. Seriously.
