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Hey guys,
long time not seen - it's me, Dusk. Maybe you'll remember me.
Well, my hair is now down to my knees and the last time I wrote on the MLHH I talked about cutting it off. I didn't until today.
I decided to give it a shot. I really am not that much into my hair anymore and I want to try something else.
Short story, it doesn't work for myself anymore and I'm okay with that. I don't exclude to grow it long again some day but now as I'm 25 and my life has changed I feel like it's time to have a change.
I'm really looking forward to that new time. I always felt like being captured by my hair by not being able to sleep on my back, having to take care too much and it was too much for me the last months.
My life has, as I said, changed. I had strong depression and my hair was something I had. I went over it and went over people giving a bad mood to me and well, I don't want to have to do anything with my old life anymore.
Thanks for your kind support and I'm sure we'll meet again some day. :)
You are one great community and I really like all of you. <3
Best regards
Tom
Hi Dusk/Tom,
I'm sure many will remember you! Your hair journey was amazing to behold. Each update was so inspirational and your hair just never stopped growing. Congrats on reaching ankle length.
While I'm sorry that you decided to cut it, I can appreciate the fact that you're entering a new phase of your life. Did you cut it all off? Perhaps going in stages might have been worth a try. Regardless, as long as you're happy!
Good to hear from you and check in sometimes.
Jason
Hey Jason,
glad to hear that you're still growing. You were one of my idols back then :)
I already thought about cutting in stages but I don't think it would make much of a difference. So sometimes changes are nothing bad.
Tom
Hi Tom aka Dusk,
I certainly do remember you and your updates when you shared them with us here at mlhh. You are so fortunate to have achieved such long hair length as that is rewarded to so very few of us guys. I do hear what your saying about your life changing but it's still disappointing to learn your hair has to go as a result of that.Still it's your hair, your life , and your decision as I would never take that away from you my friend. Best in life wherever that takes you and hopefully we cross paths again here. Cheers
Mârk
Your story is touching. No one has judged you, and neither will I. We all have our stories and our painful moments. You are very young, as I once was. You had long hair in your youth and it was associated with something you have had to change in life. It is a symbol.
I only came to long hair (awkward stage as it still is) in middle age, having only been allowed to get to a certain length when I was in my teens. My short hair in my 20's, 30's and 40's also represented something that had to change in my life. Perhaps it was truly the mid-life crisis in my life!
Whatever style of life and philosophy you adopt, I am confident you will find happiness, whether your hair is long or short. As others say, it is your life and your happiness that counts.
If I were advising you, like Jason, I would have suggested going by stages until you would find what suited you, rather than go all the way to short hair. Again, it is your decision that we have to respect.
Myself, I am not of a mind of going to terminal length or anything below my lower back at most. I will certainly do my equalising trims when I get to mid-back - at the rate of about half an inch a month. I am learning about long hair in the heat of summer, hair flying into my eyes in the wind or the careful combing in the morning to get tangles out. It is new to me, a challenge.
We often do need changes in life. I often feel in a rut and "trapped", but many disastrous mistakes can be made. Life is not only thinking and logic, but also intuition and instinct. There are destinies we just have to follow.
All I can can suggest is - now that the deed is done - to strive forward in your new life and choices and not look back. I wish you luck and courage, and if I were one of the moderators of this forum, I would ask you to stay and contribute - not as someone with any length of hair, but one who has had that experience and has learned to reflect.
Anthony
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Hi Tom.
Wow....I respect your decision....but I would have never done that...unless being obliged due to illness....but that's me. I'm more than twice your age and don't have many years ahead of me to grow it long....
A.D.
Great to hear from you, Dusk! I must say that I'm sorry to hear you will be cutting your wonderful mane, but I fully support you in doing what you must to feel happy and contented. Thanks for the inspiration over the years, and please don't be a stranger... you've gained a lot of knowledge that will still be of value to the rest of us!
Take care,
Val
Good to see on update of your life Tom. I'm happy to hear that the rough times are In the past and that your grabbing the future with both fists.
Nobody can find fault with your decision to cut you hair, after all it's your hair. Just remember that you will always be a longhair at heart.
Bruce
Well you have to do what you have to do, but you did have some
very awesome hair.