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WOW, I can't believe it was exactly 10 years ago today that I impulsively cut my waist-length hair off. I did NOT plan it to happen on the first day of summer, back in Y2k; it just was one of those odd-ball weird decisions you do on an idle Tuesday when you're going through too many mid-life crisis issues...
I don't normally "celebrate" the anniversary of a horrible haircut decision; but, neither can I ignore the significant changes it brought into my life.
The good news is: starting today, I can honestly say now that I've had a commitment to growing my hair long for 10 full years now....
And it's even longer than it was back in Y2K -- YIPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Ken in San Francisco
10 full years. where does the time go? I'm on year number 18 and some odd months. I look at the 18 year olds graduating and think I've had long hair as long as they've been alive. A few here have me beat but not many. Fortunately for me I never had any "impulsive" moments involving scissors.
Happy anniversary Ken.
Kevin
Thanks so much, Kevin!
And as far as your 18 years... WOW, amazing!! Since I'm only 23, that would mean that I must have been about 5 years old when you started growing...
Well, I can dream, can't I?
- Ken
After you kick the bucket we're going to saw you in half and count the rings to see how old you REALLY are...
(grin)
Kevin
Well good for you Ken and must have been a red letter in history. I should wipe it from you mind and you won't have to toil again :-)
Cheers,
John.B
Thanks, John!
If I could only win the lottery, then all I'd ever have to worry about in life would be whether or not the dust particles will collect in my hair that drags on the ground...
Either that, or whether I should have dark chocolate bon-bons for breakfast, or milk chocolate!
- Ken
Hi Ken,
That is truly a milestone and an accomplishment as well.Yes, 10 years ago you made a fateful decision but you more than made up for it:)Kind of wonder how long your hair would have been today should Y2K had not happened.After all planes didn't fall from the sky and computers didn't launch nukes on our false friends!LOL.Oh well just an unfortunate footnote in Urban Cowboy history.Happy Anniversary btw:)Cheers
Mark
Thanks, Mark!
Yeah, who knows how long my hair would have been had that fateful Y2K haircut never happened. I didn't know about MLHH back then -- heck, I didn't even own a computer back then!
But, I learned a lot from the experience, even though it was a painful lesson. For one thing, it taught me the value of solid commitment. I wasn't committed to long hair prior to the Y2K haircut; just thought it might even be just "temporary" (as if the 9 years of me growing it out the first time was just a quick little longhaired "fling" - LOL)...
Thanks again for your kind comments!
"Onward & Downward!"
- Ken
In my case it's 23 years since my last haircut...
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A Linux Longhair
WOW, awesome!!!
Well, eventually I hope to catch up to you; but by then, I'll be a MUCH older man.... and you'll still have 13 years on me!
In my case, it was that Y2K haircut that woke me up to the fact that I needed to be a longhair for life. I can't even begin to tell you how depressed I was, once I realized the full impact of what I had done by cutting off all that hard-earned hair...
"Live and learn", as the saying goes!
Take Care,
Ken
Hi Ken,
Although I am dreadfully late to reply to your post, I would like to congratulate you on 10 full years of growing, and here's to many more! You are a true long hair at heart, and thank you for sharing your story. My own jouney started a little more than 6 years ago, and even though my hair grows like molasses, at least it is slowly getting longer!
Take care,
David
Hi David,
You are not at all dreadfully late, as I only posted this thread shortly after midnight on Monday AM -- and I'm replying to you now, it being only Wednesday! The board has returned to being suddenly very active again, though; so that explains why my thread is already WAY down the page so soon... go figure!
And, speaking of "molasses"...
Isn't it amazing how slowly ones' hair grows, especially as we get closer and closer to terminal-length? That's been my own experience, at least -- I think we're both going through the same thing re. that!
Let's have a race: let's see who definitely reaches their terminal-length first, you or me... It will be a race between NOT the classic old "tortoise and the hare"; but between your tortoise-growing hair VS my tortoise-growing hair (LOL) -- and the winner will get....... (drum-roll, please...)
Terminal-length HAIR!!!
Thanks again for your nice reply, David. Talk to you later!!
- Ken