Posted by Long Hair In Albany (other posts) on January 25, 2012 at 16:14:27 Previous Next
In Reply to: Want to cut my waist length hair, need advice. posted by Why? on January 25, 2012 at 14:00:23:
: I'm 15 and have been growing my hair for 4 years. My parents say it is getting to long, but I want it longer. Another problem, I tend to dress a little androgynously. Tight clothing, vibrant colors, I guess the combination is not to fun for my parents. How do I convince them to let me be?
: P.S Im straight, so thats not the problem
Been there, I know what you're going through. I started growing my hair long in 1964 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan. Got lots of complaints from parents, from my school, and others. Through out it all I kept my hair long and it is still long today.
My advice:
1. First and foremost keep up your school work and strive to
get good grades. If you're getting good grades they have one
less thing to complain about
2. Stay away from drugs, alcohol, and other vices. Your parents will be lucky if long hair is the only thing they
have to complain about.
For many years i got complaints from my parents, it wasn't until
I bought my own house, had my own money paying the bills that
I could set down the law that "it's my house, my money
that is paying the bills, I'll wear my hair the way i want to
and wear the clothes I want to. and if you don't like it you can leave." I was in my 30s when I finally issued that ultimatum.
So now my hair is still long and I get no complaints.
But it wasn't easy getting here, I had to wade through
a lot of complaints along the way.
It actually does get easier, i'm now 57 years old and
get no complaints anymore. The complaints stopped as
I got older.
[I was at a family get together a couple of years ago,
one dad was complaining to his son about how long his hair
was. His hair was just long enough to put in a pony tail.
I was at the table with much longer hair and nobody said
anything about it.)
Age has it's advantages. I can wear my hair the way i want
to and wear the clothes i want to. And if someone complains i'm not afraid to tell them what window they can jump out of.