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I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o / — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o / — Marina, Frank and Nikki

That *is* disconcerting, isn’t it? Almost like, a sign or something. If you’re not sure, wait a month, then see how you feel about it.  It’s a big decision. You’ll miss it at first, for sure. The lady was right–you don’t see long tresses especially on women my age very much. Mine is just below my shoulders, but is very fine and I just pull it back in a clip. I think about a short ‘do every once in a while, but I honestly don’t know how to primp, I’ve never done it. I think short hair would be more trouble! Sherry

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.)

She may be on chemotherapy.  She may have been telling you how lucky you are to have your hair.   Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

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She may be on chemotherapy.  She may have been telling you how lucky you are to have your hair.  

That thought did cross my mind. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o /

That’s funny!  Until a couple of years ago I had hair down to the middle of my back (that’s as long as it would grow).  I went into one of those "quick cut" places to get the dead ends trimmed off.  The stylist looked at me as I walked over and said "Oh no, I will *not* cut that hair off!"  How odd! I’ve never heard of a stylist refusing to cut someone’s hair before!  She relaxed when I said it was just a trim. I did wind up getting it cut later, but Marina, you don’t have to go "short short".  I got mine cut to just past my shoulders.  I still feel like I’ve got my long hair.  Short hair on me is really not *me*.  Another thing to consider; if you’re used to braids or ponytails, some of those short cuts that look so "easy" aren’t.  Do you want to get up and have to fuss with your hair?  I sure don’t! Good luck with your decision. Jill

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) She may be on chemotherapy.  She may have been telling you how lucky you are to have your hair. Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

This is a good segue to my suggestion:  There is an organization where you can donate your hair, which is used to make wigs for people on chemo. I’ve worn short hair for years.  I’m lucky enough to have just a tiny bit of natural curl.  I wash my hair, comb it, then shape it with a round brush and let it air dry.  No muss, no fuss, and it always looks neat and nice.  Only you can make the decision, of course. Joy

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o /

Maybe she was a hair angel? :-) Twice now I’ve had weird experiences where someone would come up and talk to me about something that I was wrestling with.  Once it happened when I was with my brother and he looked at me and said exactly what I was thinking.  "Are you aware that we just talked to an angel?"  I was very surprised since my brother is pretty much a no nonsense type person. Anyway, maybe you should wait a few weeks and then get just get a couple of inches off if you’re still feeling like it and see what you think. Even tho it will grow back it will be a huge change to make all at once! — Margaret Fine

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o /

Boy, that’s wierd. I don’t blame you for doubts. Maybe you just need to sleep on it a bit. Hair is hard to part with when you have had it that long. That being said, it’s also kind of fun to have a sudden complete change, which only happens with cutting, not growing out.Be sure to keep us posted.

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yodeled: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) She may be on chemotherapy.  She may have been telling you how lucky you are to have your hair. Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ This is a good segue to my suggestion:  There is an organization where you can donate your hair, which is used to make wigs for people on chemo. I’ve worn short hair for years.  I’m lucky enough to have just a tiny bit of natural curl.  I wash my hair, comb it, then shape it with a round brush and let it air dry.  No muss, no fuss, and it always looks neat and nice.  Only you can make the decision, of course. Joy

Me too. For years I had nice, healthy, shiny short hair with a nice natural curl that needed nothing more than to be washed, moved around a little bit, then voila.  But could I leave it alone?  Nooooooo. It was really nice hair, so I figured how much nicer lots of it would be.  Now I have hair that does absolutely nothing that I want it to do, and I’m still too stubborn to admit defeat and cut it off again.  I waited all this time to have long hair, dammit, and I’m going to have it.  Check with me in six months. ;) Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.) Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o /

I’m sorry to hear you have probs with your shoulders and neck. Have you tried "stick-gymanstics" (keppijumppa)? Many of my work buddies do it and they say it helps their aching shoulders and necks. We’re all mostly sitting at computers, so many of us get stiff shoulders. Here’s a Finnish site with pics (drawings) to give you the general idea: http://www.yths.fi/suomi/terveystietoa/keppijumppa.htm And it sure was spooky with the lady addressing you on the street about your hair like that… — Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 Laku: DS B G 4.11 Y L W C+ I+++ T++/- A+ E H+ S+ V++ F Q+ P- B PA PL

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Just a thought: snip very quick, regrowth very long & tedious. Definitely worth a second thought after such a timely happenstance of an intervention, and perhaps then shorten in stages? Purrs Gordon, Bandit, Pericles & Snowball (1st 2 shorthairs, 2nd 2 longhairs, none of us anxious to change) — Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair.

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  Maybe she was a hair angel? :-) Twice now I’ve had weird experiences   where someone would come up and talk to me about something that I was   wrestling with.  Once it happened when I was with my brother and he   looked at me and said exactly what I was thinking.  "Are you aware that   we just talked to an angel?"  I was very surprised since my brother is   pretty much a no nonsense type person. When I was about 20 years old, I had a lot of problems getting along with my dad, and we had a lot of huge fights. One night I remember he kept saying, "It’s not all my doing. You’re responsible too. I’m just a person, I’m not just your dad," etc. The next day I went with some friends to a tea house where "psychics" would read your tea leaves when you were finished. (They look into your cup and divine information from the leaves at the bottom.) I’m not especially into stuff like that, but it was for fun. Well, first she read one friend’s leaves, and it was all about her career issues. The second friend’s was about creativity and art. When she read mine, she said, "You have a troubled relationship with your father. But you have to remember that he’s just a person too, and now that you’re an adult, it’s a two-way street, so you have to try harder, too." I almost fell off my chair!! Of course, one of the friends I went with happened to be at my father’s house with me when this fight was happening. So maybe she met with the "psychic" and told her about it… I don’t know. I’m a very down-to-earth type of person and not given to spiritual or occult beliefs, but to tell you the truth, I’d rather believe the tea leaf reader was a true psychic (I do believe that is possible). The alternative – that my friend was interfering and imposing her beliefs on me – is more disturbing… It took me years to be open to that message anyway (that my dad is just a person), but I think it was a wise message from a stranger. Joyce

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This is a good segue to my suggestion:  There is an organization where you can donate your hair, which is used to make wigs for people on chemo.

    That’s what I did with my hair when I got it cut.  I’d been letting it grow for a decade.  Too bad they couldn’t have used the beard hair too.  Now, there’s barely enough left for Lady Jane Grey to snuggle in. Regards and Purrs, O J

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Now, how could that woman know that I had just decided to cut my hair? No-one has ever told me not to cut my hair before, at least not a complete stranger in the street. And there was nothing strange about the woman, she seemed perfectly normal and certainly sane. This was such a strange coincidence that I’m not at all sure about cutting my hair any longer. :o / — Marina, Frank and Nikki That *is* disconcerting, isn’t it? Almost like, a sign or something. If you’re not sure, wait a month, then see how you feel about it.  It’s a big decision. You’ll miss it at first, for sure. The lady was right–you don’t see long tresses especially on women my age very much. Mine is just below my shoulders, but is very fine and I just pull it back in a clip. I think about a short ‘do every once in a while, but I honestly don’t know how to primp, I’ve never done it. I think short hair would be more trouble!

I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair (*really* short hair). And personally, unless buzz-cuts ever become suitable on proffesional women, I"m leaving it long. I just have to pull it back and pop it in a pony tail and off I go. I don’t *have* bad hair days, because all my hair days look the same – in  pony tail or plait. Short hair needed to be styled and I really couldn’t be bothered anymore. That and I’m too cheap to go to the hairdresser every month to make sure it keeps the style that it was intended for. A buzz-cut I could do myself, or get Joel to do (I do his buzz-cut, takes 5 minutes out on the back patio. I would not pay $30 for that!) but I need to keep at least a semblance of feminity at work. Yowie

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Yesterday I went and booked the hairdresser for after my last day at work before the holidays. Then I spent most of the evening looking for pictures of the kind of hairstyle I would like to have. Today I had a dental appointment, and afterwards, when I was on my way to the office, a woman in the street came and tapped my arm and asked me if my pigtails were real. I said, "Yes, of course," and she said, "Please don’t ever cut them off! There are too many of us baldies around already." (She was wearing a hat and no hair was showing. I don’t know if she was actually bald or just short-haired.)

Wow Marina.  Whatever her intent or inspiration, it probably causes you to really think about it carefully anyway.  So, what are you going to do?? Susan M Otis and Chester

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   Maybe she was a hair angel? :-) Twice now I’ve had weird experiences   where someone would come up and talk to me about something that I was   wrestling with.  Once it happened when I was with my brother and he   looked at me and said exactly what I was thinking.  "Are you aware that   we just talked to an angel?"  I was very surprised since my brother is   pretty much a no nonsense type person. When I was about 20 years old, I had a lot of problems getting along with my dad, and we had a lot of huge fights. One night I remember he kept saying, "It’s not all my doing. You’re responsible too. I’m just a person, I’m not just your dad," etc. The next day I went with some friends to a tea house where "psychics" would read your tea leaves when you were finished. (They look into your cup and divine information from the leaves at the bottom.) I’m not especially into stuff like that, but it was for fun. Well, first she read one friend’s leaves, and it was all about her career issues. The second friend’s was about creativity and art. When she read mine, she said, "You have a troubled relationship with your father. But you have to remember that he’s just a person too, and now that you’re an adult, it’s a two-way street, so you have to try harder, too." I almost fell off my chair!! Of course, one of the friends I went with happened to be at my father’s house with me when this fight was happening. So maybe she met with the "psychic" and told her about it… I don’t know. I’m a very down-to-earth type of person and not given to spiritual or occult beliefs, but to tell you the truth, I’d rather believe the tea leaf reader was a true psychic (I do believe that is possible). The alternative – that my friend was interfering and imposing her beliefs on me – is more disturbing… It took me years to be open to that message anyway (that my dad is just a person), but I think it was a wise message from a stranger. Joyce

Wow. That is just too coincidental and it seems like your friend would have given themselves away if it were a set up, don’t you think?  I went to a psychic once with a friend.  Her line with me was that I was going to be well off, happy, etc.  I thought this is what she told everyone (this was before I heard my friends reading) but as I was leaving she stopped me and said "You didn’t ask the question that is really in your heart but I’ll give you the answer anyway.  As much as you love him he loves you"  I was floored since I had been wondering (for no reason I might add) if my husband loved me as much as I loved him. Then I heard my friends reading.  My friend asked the psychic if she would ever be rich.  The psychic said Listen you will never do more in your life but get by.  You shouldn’t even ask about money because so many others areas of your life are screwed up.  Work on the relationship with your husband because he is very sick.  Work on your own health because you don’t want to leave your kids orphans.  My friend was really upset because she was having marital problems but her husband was not sick.  ABout six weeks later her husband did get very sick and was permanently disabled and almost died several times.  Made a believer out of me.    This person read auras.  Ever since then I do not discount things like that. — Margaret Fine

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I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. I stopped cutting it in the mid-80s and after a few years, it was as long as it is now (before that I had *very* short hair, with all the colours of the rainbow. Will have to scan some pictures one day). The last few years, I’ve had trouble with my shoulders and neck, and just making a pony tail is getting very painful. So, after thinking it over for a long time, I’ve decided to cut off my hair. Might not sound like much of a decision to make, but this long hair of mine has become a huge part of who I am, especially since it turned grey then white. <snipped

I had my hair cut off to about chin length last year. It used to be down to my shoulder blades. I think it probably looks better short (I no longer look much like Ozzy Osborne!), but unless I can be bothered to keep getting it trimmed it gets untidy very quickly, and I’m not one who’s very interested in that kind of stuff. It was so much easier to just clip the whole lot back in a ponytail. I think I’ll probably end up letting it grow back again, but I don’t regret giving the change a try. That probably doesn’t help you make your mind up at all, does it? Don’t know what you use to tie your ponytail – I find a spring loaded clip or a barette a heck of a lot easier than an elastic band. That might help with the shoulder pain a bit.

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I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair (*really* short hair). And personally, unless buzz-cuts ever become suitable on proffesional women, I"m leaving it long. I just have to pull it back and pop it in a pony tail and off I go. I don’t *have* bad hair days, because all my hair days look the same – in  pony tail or plait. Short hair needed to be styled and I really couldn’t be bothered anymore. That and I’m too cheap to go to the hairdresser every month to make sure it keeps the style that it was intended for. A buzz-cut I could do myself, or get Joel to do (I do his buzz-cut, takes 5 minutes out on the back patio. I would not pay $30 for that!) but I need to keep at least a semblance of feminity at work. Yowie

You’re my kind o’ gal, Yowie. Exactly my attitude about standing in front of the mirror for an hour "fixing" my hair….I won’t do it. I have a big assortment of clips and it takes me 2 minutes tops. I also cut DH’s hair. One day we figured, he doesn’t have *that* much hair left anyway, so why not try? Saves 10 bucks and I am now quite good at it. The first haircut he looked a little like an Auschwitz survivor or something, but I did get better. He couldn’t have cared less though. Sherry

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I’ve had long hair about 15 years now.

<<snip Funny, I just cut my long hair. It was real fine and brittle and wouldn’t behave. Hair changes texture as you get older and many of us get thin on top. Now with short hair it fluffs up and hides the thinness on top. And I look better. And I don’t have all that weight pulling on my neck. And it looks better with my wrinkles! The picture i saw of you didn’t look like your hair was thin. That means more hair to weigh you down. But before making a decision, can you try a short wig for awhile to see if the style fits you? Have you checked into handicapped supplies? There may be something to help you tend to your hair without raising your arms so high. You can use a long-handle bath brush to help you shampoo your hair. Maybe a spaghetti lifter can be used as a de-tangler–coarse comb; and a clean bath brush as a hair brush. A lot of them have straight handles; but occasionally I have seen them with curved handles. Just a couple ideas. — CATherine

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I’ve had long hair, I’ve had short hair (*really* short hair). And personally, unless buzz-cuts ever become suitable on proffesional women, I"m leaving it long. I just have to pull it back and pop it in a pony tail and off I go. I don’t *have* bad hair days, because all my hair days look the same – in  pony tail or plait. Short hair needed to be styled and I really couldn’t be bothered anymore. That and I’m too cheap to go to the hairdresser every month to make sure it keeps the style that it was intended for. A buzz-cut I could do myself, or get Joel to do (I do his buzz-cut, takes 5 minutes out on the back patio. I would not pay $30 for that!) but I need to keep at least a semblance of feminity at work.

The going to a hairdresser each month is what is my main problem with having short hair – not really the expense, just the bother. I’ve had short hair before, and my job doesn’t pose that kind of restrictions on me, so there’s really no other reason not to do it – except that this complete stranger came up to me and told me never to cut my hair just when I had set my plans in motion for doing just that. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Funny, I just cut my long hair. It was real fine and brittle and wouldn’t behave. Hair changes texture as you get older and many of us get thin on top. Now with short hair it fluffs up and hides the thinness on top. And I look better. And I don’t have all that weight pulling on my neck. And it looks better with my wrinkles! The picture i saw of you didn’t look like your hair was thin. That means more hair to weigh you down. But before making a decision, can you try a short wig for awhile to see if the style fits you? Have you checked into handicapped supplies? There may be something to help you tend to your hair without raising your arms so high. You can use a long-handle bath brush to help you shampoo your hair. Maybe a spaghetti lifter can be used as a de-tangler–coarse comb; and a clean bath brush as a hair brush. A lot of them have straight handles; but occasionally I have seen them with curved handles. Just a couple ideas.

Excellent ideas! I’m still in two minds about going short. I know I looked good in short hair when I was younger, but then I was considerably slimmer, too. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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Boy, that’s wierd. I don’t blame you for doubts. Maybe you just need to sleep on it a bit. Hair is hard to part with when you have had it that long. That being said, it’s also kind of fun to have a sudden complete change, which only happens with cutting, not growing out.Be sure to keep us posted.

It is fun, and I like going to extremes in this sort of "safe" way, if you know what I mean. :o ) Besides, it’s time for something radical. When I turned 30, I quit smoking, quit my job, and entered university. I will be 40 this year, and I need to do *something*, even if it’s only cutting off my hair. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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I’m sorry to hear you have probs with your shoulders and neck. Have you tried "stick-gymanstics" (keppijumppa)? Many of my work buddies do it and they say it helps their aching shoulders and necks. We’re all mostly sitting at computers, so many of us get stiff shoulders. Here’s a Finnish site with pics (drawings) to give you the general idea: http://www.yths.fi/suomi/terveystietoa/keppijumppa.htm

Thanks for the link, Christine. I do some stretching exercises daily, but this has been going on for over three years already, and the doc said it should pass in 18 months. I’ve had physical therapy (fortunately, the university pays for ten sessions a year – well they should, since my shoulders hurt from working there ;o) ). Maybe I’ll try those gymnastics. And it sure was spooky with the lady addressing you on the street about your hair like that…

Especially since, as you probably know, people in Helsinki seldom talk to strangers. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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Funny, I just cut my long hair. It was real fine and brittle and wouldn’t behave. Hair changes texture as you get older and many of us get thin on top. Now with short hair it fluffs up and hides the thinness on top. And I look better. And I don’t have all that weight pulling on my neck. And it looks better with my wrinkles!

A colleague once told me that she ties her hair back to give herself a facelift.  She might have been pulling my leg though. :)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve had long hair about 15 years now. <<snip Funny, I just cut my long hair. It was real fine and brittle and wouldn’t behave. Hair changes texture as you get older and many of us get thin on top. Now with short hair it fluffs up and hides the thinness on top. And I look better. And I don’t have all that weight pulling on my neck. And it looks better with my wrinkles! The picture i saw of you didn’t look like your hair was thin. That means more hair to weigh you down. But before making a decision, can you try a short wig for awhile to see if the style fits you? Have you checked into handicapped supplies? There may be something to help you tend to your hair without raising your arms so high. You can use a long-handle bath brush to help you shampoo your hair. Maybe a spaghetti lifter can be used as a de-tangler–coarse comb; and a clean bath brush as a hair brush. A lot of them have straight handles; but occasionally I have seen them with curved handles. Just a couple ideas.

I have been "stewing" about my hair also.  I want to get away from perms if I can find a way to let it be straight.  My hair is  white and grows very fast.  I have a frozen right shoulder, so it is harder all the time to put it up.  I have always done my own hair except for cuts and perms.  There are wide toothed combs available that make combing easier.  If the drug store doesn’t have them, try a beauty supply store.

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