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Topic subjectDo ppl make assumptions about you based off of how wear your hair?
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12668717, Do ppl make assumptions about you based off of how wear your hair?
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sat Dec-06-14 05:01 PM
If so, what? Do people approach you more or do you get more compliments when you wear your hair one way versus the other? Of course there are stigmas attached to certain styles like if you wear weaves of course you're a self hating, bald queen and if you wear your hair natural you're a self righteous shea butter queen that should consider combing them naps! If you wear your hair short, you MUST have been a damaged haired queen that can't grow any! I feel like the only "safe" ridicule free hair is straightened natural hair, which of course is gonna get heat damage if you're constantly having to straighten it.

Anyway it's all equally annoying, but what's most annoying is when it comes from family members. My parents always have something negative to say about my hair unless I'm wearing it an afro or nappy bun, and it's annoying and uncalled for especially since no one asked you. Unsolicited opinions about hair irk the living shit out of me. I'm sure we've all gotten some variation of the " you would look so much better with____!" Lol like bitch who asked you? Goes for men to y'all gotta chill. Every chick isn't gonna rock the hair style that you prefer and there is no need to shame them for it.

Anyway share your hair woes and stories here lol.
12668723, Nygga weren't they paying for it while u was in college?
Posted by SeV, Sat Dec-06-14 05:31 PM
u askin em for money for ya upkeep u gotdamb right u open yaself up for their opinion

I can't even picture u with a natural btw

when the last time u went weaveless?

lemme see


but im banned tho.
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12668729, Lol did you just make this shit up?
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sat Dec-06-14 06:25 PM
>u askin em for money for ya upkeep u gotdamb right u open
>yaself up for their opinion

Uh I never asked no niggas to get my hair done or for any of my upkeep besides clothes. But ironically the only man that I dated ever bought my weave was white, and he never critized my weave or natural hair


>I can't even picture u with a natural btw
>
>when the last time u went weaveless?
>
>lemme see
>

Like two months ago. Lol . I always do some rendition of this when I wear it natural

http://i60.tinypic.com/qzf1pc.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/300fxqx.jpg


12668731, swore uv said your parents pay for ya weave
Posted by SeV, Sat Dec-06-14 07:08 PM
Thought that was who u was talking about in the post

damb u look like a totally different person with the fro

guess cause most ur weave pics is glam

uv never done braids?




but im banned tho.
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Dallas Cavericks LETS GO!!
12668733, I misread
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sat Dec-06-14 07:12 PM
>Thought that was who u was talking about in the post

I thought you said niggas was paying for my weave lol but yea my parent did/do.
>
>damb u look like a totally different person with the fro
>
>guess cause most ur weave pics is glam

I suppose lol


>uv never done braids?

I'm getting some next week actually
12668736, You look so much better...
Posted by afrogirl_lost, Sat Dec-06-14 07:38 PM
The weave makes you look so much older. Sorry.
12668757, she might, but i find these statements hard to make based on photos.
Posted by Deadzombie, Sat Dec-06-14 09:20 PM
tough judge, you are.
12668896, Yo, you throw off a completely different vibe with that natural style.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Sun Dec-07-14 10:37 AM
Like one look is da club and the other is coffee shop. Appreciate the versatility.



>>u askin em for money for ya upkeep u gotdamb right u open
>>yaself up for their opinion
>
>Uh I never asked no niggas to get my hair done or for any of
>my upkeep besides clothes. But ironically the only man that I
>dated ever bought my weave was white, and he never critized my
>weave or natural hair
>
>
>>I can't even picture u with a natural btw
>>
>>when the last time u went weaveless?
>>
>>lemme see
>>
>
>Like two months ago. Lol . I always do some rendition of this
>when I wear it natural
>
>http://i60.tinypic.com/qzf1pc.jpg
>
>http://i60.tinypic.com/300fxqx.jpg
>
>
>


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12668993, Lol coffee shop? I'm pretty sure that synonymous for okayplayery
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sun Dec-07-14 03:52 PM
Either way that's fine lol
12668724, nobody's made a negative comment about my hair
Posted by luminous, Sat Dec-06-14 05:36 PM
in over 15 years.... man, natural hair has come a long way...
12668734, as a man if you grow your hair longer than a quarter of an inch
Posted by Binlahab, Sat Dec-06-14 07:37 PM
People start thinking you look homeless

God forbid if your edge up aint pinpoint sharp

My hair looks awesome so I don't get the heat other people do but yeah it sucks
12668737, people think im muslim, with the beard, of course.
Posted by Deadzombie, Sat Dec-06-14 08:07 PM
12668738, yes...but do what you want to do...it's just hair...people place too much...
Posted by R A i n, Sat Dec-06-14 08:11 PM
emphasis on hair.

growing up i wasn't allowed to cut my hair...it was long with no style...but, 'luxurious'...lol..whatever...as soon as i had free reign, i chopped that shit off.

my daughter...anything she wants i let her do it from when she was young..color, cut, flat iron..whatever. probably me rebelling for having to keep the status quo.

she wants extensions now...i'm trying to get her that.

it's JUST HAIR.

you look great with the weave and you look great with the natural bun...you're a beautiful girl so anything will work and eventually grow back.

12668742, I feel you. Fools make assumptions about me regarding my hair....
Posted by The Wordsmith, Sat Dec-06-14 08:21 PM
....all the time. For instance, if I don't cut my hair, fools think I'm a king. I'm all out with my fam and I gotta deal with these knuckleheads that keep approaching me on some "your highness", "your eminence", or whatever.

BUT when I cut it and have the beard lined up, fools think I'm God. Do you know how irritating it is to keep fools from burning their meals as sacrifices to you while you're trying to eat at your favorite restaurant? It's frustrating. I can definitely feel your pain.






Since 1976
12668743, ... would read again.
Posted by Deadzombie, Sat Dec-06-14 08:22 PM
12668750, Hahaha! A+ posting nm
Posted by afrogirl_lost, Sat Dec-06-14 08:33 PM
12668758, lol
Posted by lfresh, Sat Dec-06-14 09:25 PM

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.
12668760, lol bye
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sat Dec-06-14 09:26 PM
12668893, lulz
Posted by luminous, Sun Dec-07-14 10:31 AM
12668755, no not really. fades & tapers mystify white people
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Sat Dec-06-14 09:10 PM
they cant decide if they think if its some nigga shit or a work of art.

regardless i get nothing but complements on how cool it looks.

all my fam loves it except for my square ass cousin who i swear gets 1 lineup a year and always looks like shit
12668756, because I wear my locs Rasta-style, people generally assume that I
Posted by homer_pimpson225, Sat Dec-06-14 09:15 PM
... 1.)Am a Rastafarian 2.) Smoke weed regularly and 3.) Don't wash my hair.

I am not a Rastafarian, I haven't smoked weed in nearly three years now and I wash my hair weekly.
12668759, I'm not surprised
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sat Dec-06-14 09:25 PM
12668761, yep
Posted by lfresh, Sat Dec-06-14 09:29 PM
A lot of hair politics involved

I do what I want
Most of which having to do with staying far away from hair dressers and using as little and cheap (but working) products I can get away with

Hair cults are deeeeeep yo

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.
12668772, yeah, they assume it's thinning and receding.
Posted by KiloMcG, Sat Dec-06-14 10:05 PM
and they're right :-(
12668828, Why do you think MOST people (men/women) spend so much money/time on it?
Posted by FILF, Sun Dec-07-14 01:36 AM
12668841, i rock the baldie so people assume i'm on that george jefferson
Posted by BigJazz, Sun Dec-07-14 08:13 AM
but if i get lazy and wait an extra couple of days before cutting, people see i got a full head of hair and they're shocked...
12668903, if another mf come up to me talking about some rasta something
Posted by Bruce Belafonte, Sun Dec-07-14 10:53 AM
12668907, nappy bun? Heeeey sista, GO sista, SOUL sista!
Posted by Fructose Soda, Sun Dec-07-14 11:07 AM
You better do that nappy bun, girl.
*snaps*
12668913, ha...
Posted by morpheme, Sun Dec-07-14 11:25 AM
i have a green
kinky curly knotty
mohawk.

i am sure they do.
what exactly? i'm not knowing.
my mother haaates it. hahaha
i had to remind her one day
"don't you realize by now i don't give a fuck?"
that brand new
catching the vapors shit
must cease.
12668992, What's dosent she like about it?
Posted by SimplyHannah, Sun Dec-07-14 03:50 PM
>i have a green
>kinky curly knotty
>mohawk.

The color? Sounds dope to me but I know how some ppl feel about "unconventional" hair styles and colors. I'm here for it.

>i am sure they do.
>what exactly? i'm not knowing.
>my mother haaates it. hahaha
>i had to remind her one day
>"don't you realize by now i don't give a fuck?"
>that brand new
>catching the vapors shit
>must cease.


Lmaooo
12669074, she's just like ultra conservative...
Posted by morpheme, Sun Dec-07-14 10:00 PM
like anything that brings attention to yourself/not of the "norm" is trying too hard.
she a hater.
i be telling her too.
12669180, hol up... waaaaait!!! - Nate Dogg
Posted by legsdiamond, Mon Dec-08-14 09:46 AM
you mean to tell me all this time you been telling us these stories and I didn't get to envision a green mohawk in any of them?

12669205, Yeah I got to re-imagine all those stories.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Dec-08-14 10:16 AM

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12669236, basically.
Posted by morpheme, Mon Dec-08-14 10:33 AM
12669144, I just saw someone post this to their fb page.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Dec-08-14 06:12 AM
http://youtu.be/SzCwrChj8Us?t=36s

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12669178, lol
Posted by nayaa, Mon Dec-08-14 09:45 AM
12669203, i date white guys
Posted by ndibs, Mon Dec-08-14 10:12 AM

it's not processed or weaved up and there's a lot of it.
12669215, people think i'm an artist or work full time as some sort of creative
Posted by teefiveten, Mon Dec-08-14 10:25 AM
a friend described my hair as "whatever, bitch!" and it is so apt :)
12669391, Don't care if they do.
Posted by 8-bit, Mon Dec-08-14 12:03 PM