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I'm growin mine out and I'm in tha poofy stage
and my parents wont stop bothering me about it
they tell me that if I grow it out my hairs gonna get too oily and fall out
They tell me im getting a hair cut everyday
my dads like "thats it your getting a hair cut right now!"
and I dont get why hes so against it
He use to have long hair when he was my age too (17)
they tell me tha dumbest stuff to try and get me to not grow it
i was jus wonderin if theres anyone else who shares my pain lol
absolutely man im 17 too and my parents were dead set against at first but they realized the more they wanted me to cut it the more determined i was to keep it so they stopped nagging me and eventually realized my hair is a part of who i am
im 16 almost 17 too, and exact same thing as Kal El, you just need to show how determined you are and how bad you want and need your hair to be long
No, I haven't been nagged yet.
An interesting source for the definitions of terms
used in the above user's user name. Tricky, tricky!
- Avernos
Yeah, interesting... :)
I find that a bit shocking to be used as a pseudo...
Wow! I would never have caught that. Good eye! Definitely a strange choise for a username. Post history shows nada. Troll maybe?
Carol
Probably a troll. When was the last time you saw a neo-Nazi with long hair?
I'm past that stage, my parents have simply smartened up and gotten past their sexist or just plain stupid views. I'm 16, turning 17 this fall and I don't know how it works in your family but as long as your parents will not forcefully make you cut it...verbal abuse is easily manageable. Grow it out dude, its worth whatever they throw at you.
-animosity
I'm growin mine out and I'm in tha poofy stage
im in the poofy stage and im in the same situation as you. i have been growing out for 6 whole months and they have been bugging me since month 3. hope to see a pic of you soon!
Poofy stage is for the hair as annoying parents are for the one growing the hair.
It's terrible at first, you make some exploration and eventually you find a way to manage it or it just dissapear. Both poofy and annoying parents.
Keep the ball rolling, they will get tired someday.
Restav.-
I agree with Kal El, my parents were against it although not dead-set against it and eventually softened up as long as I took care of it. Hopefully yours will too. Just try to keep it as prim and proper as you can.
Best of luck,
-Christian Epp
Seems to be a running theme here...
LOL! Does mom have long hair? Is it oily and falling out? Growing it long will not make it oily or cause it to fall out, but I know that YOU KNOW that, and most likely the rents do to.
I wish mine grew that fast! ;-)
It's obviously not working with you.
He grew up, joined the establishment, and forgot his youth?
You can either a) Come up with a clever retort or b) Ignore them and act as though they are invisible
As you can see by the responses, many have benn there, done that, and a few prolly got the t-shirt to prove it. :-D
Are you otherwise a relatively well-bahaved kid? No drugs/drinking, responsible driver, get decent grades in school, stay out of trouble/court/jail, contribute to the household in some way, according to your means, otherwise have a fairly good relationship with the parental units?
If you can pretty much answer 'yes' (except the occassional adolescent rebellion born of immaturity, that you later regreted), your parents should be thanking their lucky stars instead of harping on you over your hair.
Then again, maybe they don't have anything else which they can use to hold parental control over you, so they find the only obvious thing they have left, your hair.
I wish a lot of parents would ease off on the kid who wants to grow his hair long, and/or pierce an ear or two. There are a lot of teenagers buried six feet under, who's parents wished that long hair, earrings, clothing choices, etc. were their ONLY problem.
A bit of a sobering thought, don't you think?
Maybe it's time for a chat with the rents. You can use some of the points I raised above, as a starter. If all else fails, you can use the classic adolescent response to nagging parents, pretend you aren't hearing them. :-P
I wish you luck and perseverance.
Just Carol
No, not really. My mon only ever commented once " god your hair's long" but she never said she hated it and none of the rest of the family complained. Now my mom loves it. Guess I'm lucky.
I only ever had one co worker years ago give me a negative comment.
She said she hates guys with long hair so I said I'd make a point to avoid her in the future. Then she says "Oh no that's ok" my reply was simple, "No it's not"
Kevin