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By the way, the name is the name of a boat actually as someone wondered - and I think it is kind of neat.
Anyway, today for the first time I went to work with my hair in pony tail (see picture). I've been waiting until it got to a reasonable length and your encouragement has been greatly appreciated.
I have to say I wasn't exactly nervous about it, after all my hair has obviously been long for some time. People get used to that. But then tying it back seems quite a big step for folks to take. It just seems so curious to me that people get so edgy about something so trivial but they clearly do. Actually I got quite a few encouraging comments - but opinion is kind of split down the middle. One friend thinks its great - better btied back than loose - the other quite the opposite. But its kind of the intensity with which they say it that makes it seem a bigger deal than it really is. I am rambling a bit - but you get the general idea ! What sort of reactions did other people get ?
Nice looking tail. The reactions you had are about normal for an older person sporting a tail for the first time.
Wear it up or down as you fancy and think appropriate in future.
I find a tail actually draws less comments than wearing it loose.
Congrats on your first public ponytail. I know I felt nervous when I wore my first public once, mainly because it really stated the "Hey! I'm growing my hair out and am not going to cut it!" type thing, and I was afraid of some of the reactions I would get. I chickened out on my first attempt to wear it public, and I didn't do it up until recently (when school started like two months ago, though my hair was plenty long to do it way before then). But I'm glad to hear you were very confident in wearing it to work. :)
I agree with Brandon and George the Greater. Tied up is a statement that you are doing it, but tied up becomes less noticeable since it is neater as your hair grows longer. After a while you lose all self consciousness, and it just seems natural to you, and it is natural to you. People will stop mentioning it to you, because they adjust to the bold long haired you.
Early on, I would not mention another man's long hair, but now I feel more comfortable: "Enviable hair," for example, I said to a 30 something blond waiter as I left his table, and he smiled warmly and said "thank you."
Cal.
Opinions will always be opinions, nothing more or nothing less. Glad you are getting so many positives as to equal the 50% mark. Great news indeed.
And of your long hair? Very distinctive and looks great! :-)