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For me, it was finally accepting who I was inside. I always loved long beautiful hair, it seemed so magical on the girls I went to grade school with. I wanted that for myself even at such a young age!
Also, I hated the haircuts that were forced upon me as a child. My parents seemed to think that crew cuts looked good on me, I always felt bald with them. So after senior year of high school, after I turned 18 and headed away to college I said to myself, for the first time I'm independent from my parents and I'm growing my hair out as I please! That was over seven years ago. My waist length mane has been hard fought for its entire journey. And it still is since I still do get many cruel stares from people who clearly can't open their minds to accepting a male who chooses to have his hair this long. My hair also is my source of strength, its my comfort. No matter what kind of bad day or bad week or bad year I'm having in my life, it will always be there for me to see, feel over my body, touch to feel its soft and shiny silkiness. It truly is a gift given to me from God.
I had extremely long hair in high school. It was cut for the army. I have gone back and fourth since and was always happier with it long. I got a taxi job in 05 and noticed most had beards and a few with long hair. so I regrew it. AND i decided that I will never cut it again voluntarily. it is me, has always been me and now I'm old enough I don't give a rats ass whether anybody accepts it or not. It's a lot easier to get a job with long hair than to grow it out after being hired in most cases I think.
Actually, it was my now ex girlfriend that turned me on to the idea. She loves long hair on men, and inspired me to grow it out. I saw and liked the look of long hair on men before, but for reasons unknown, I never actually grew my own out. I grew it then to about nipple length, and cut it. I regret the cut so bad! It eats me up inside. I didn't get it cut too short though, and now my hair is about mid shoulderblade in back, and just falling on them in the sides. Because of a botched trim of my bangs, they are a lot shorter than desired. I was contemplating cutting all short to match the bangs, but I decided the less painful route would be to let it grow and let the bangs catch up. I have learned from my mistakes, and am aiming for waist length. I just love how long hair looks and feels on me. I will never again make those mistakes.
I was inspired by long-haired men all my life, or at least most of my memory. I was inspired by long haired men as early as my 5th grade year. Then as I got older, I saw long-haired men more often. I attempted to grow out my hair during high school, but I went nowhere. Then in the spring of 2007, I finally decided to grow out my hair, this time forever. My hair is now down to my shoulders, although I got my hair trimmed unwantedly for my cousin's wedding back in February. In addition to this, I see long-haired men almost every day, and not just at my work.
Regardless
The main reason for my decision to grow my hair long is that I am a metal fan since I can remember.The second is that long hair makes me feel like I'm breaking free from the oppressed society,thus making me feel unique also.The third reason is that I have a personal hatred for military and their dirty duties,such as shaving their heads as a law and so on,so having my hair long is a symbol of my disgust for them.The last reason is that I like the way I look with long hair,I like it's softness and how it protects my face from the sunlight(Brazil is a tropical country),yes,I like having my skin as white as possible because I'm goth :p.Oh,and I also love having my hair flying with the wind,there's nothing better!
For me it's both spiritual and political.
A visual reminder for myself and others that what seems to be the accepted "norm" might not be a good thing.
I've always identified with the sentiment of the hippy movement (acceptance, love, peace, etc.) even though I am too young to have participated when it counted.
More importantly, having long hair reminds me I'm alive, growing and changing all the time.
Sometimes I can loose track of that while caught up in the "rat race" of city life.
Having long hair also helps me stay connected to what's really important in life.
Family, love, happiness, kindness, compassion, fun... all the good stuff.
I never grew my hair out to look like a "bad ass" or a "pretty boy".
My folks were mostly supportive when I was younger.
My hair grown and was cut many times over the years but I always felt more like "me" with long hair.
Peace please.
Anything is possible!
Me with a former student and his father. They have great hair.
Goofy me and my nephew.
Hippies never went away bro. They just changed their name. Check out the Rainbow clan, Rainbow warriors. google them. Also the long walkers.
I never really decided to grow mine long. I just hated getting haircuts, so every month I'd convince my parents to let me grow another month since I was already at my ideal length. Eventually my hair was so messy they gave me an ultimatum: Cut it or grow it out and tuck it behind my ears. I went with the latter, but never tucked it behind my ears. LOL. But now my parents are very happy with my hair. No one in my family has hair as nice as me, and I have a nice part in the middle of my forehead that keeps my hair out of my eyes.
Quite simple for many years had it various lengths and style and wanted it long for a change and now you can keep those scissors away...eh trimmers!!!
Cheers,
John.B
Forgive me! I always thought it was due to genetics and keeping away from scissors than some kind of divine intervention!
Cheers,
John.B
Myself.
dee snider of twisted sister was my insperation now its him slash and herman li
And I always thought Dee Sniders' was a wig, it certainly looks like a pantomime dame's hair-do anyway.
~ Dave
nope its real surprizingly
Hi Eric.
I decided to start growing my hair because like you I didn't like getting my hair cut. Plus, I thought it would be a cool experiment. However, as far as actual decisions about how long I wanted to grow my hair - it was a case of "see how it goes". I'd get to a point where I thought "looks cool, but it would probably be better longer". And that has happened several times : ) Pure laziness really.
Neil
Like the way it looks, always was facinated with long hair even when I was REALLY young...makes me feel "epic".
-Phil
Always liked the look of long-haired guys, even though most of them never got much past the shoulders. So when I was leaving the Navy I decided to grow it out for a while and see how I liked it. Surprise, surprise, when I stopped cutting it just kept getting longer, and the longer it got, the more I liked it.