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Hello,
I've written this for people that tell you should cut your hair. Feel free to edit this text if you have better ideas.
I'm a guy with long hair and I speak to you who tells me “When you will cut your hair?”. I heard this sentence a thousand of times and you aren't the first nor the last to tell me this, so I don't care.
Only, did you asked yourself the question of why I have long hair? Yes it's my choice to have them long.
For some people, hair are just a fashion accessory, and they will cut them one day.
But for others their hair are part of their body. When you say to someone to cut their hair it's like if you asked mutilate himself. His long hair are a part of his personality. This person feels good in their body. So, next time, think before critic someone on his hair length. And this hair length has nothing to do with his skills.
I have long hair and I'm more tolerant than you, you have short hair it's your choice and I don't criticize it so be tolerant to me.
Hi Jesus,
No worries about us here agreeing with you and being on your side!
People who make abusive and nasty comments, besides being very narrow-minded, simply don't know how to follow the wise old sage advice, "Mind your own damn business!"
Text messaging negative comments to people, regardless of whether young or old, requires a certain degree of cowardice -- if somebody REALLY & TRULY feels strongly about an issue (ANY issue), the proper and mature way to tell somebody something is to say it directly to their face. But, when it comes to people's physical appearance, most folks have been taught from a very early age that physical differences should always be a non issue. Again, "mind your own business"; plus also social tolerance and acceptance of human differences, -- including embracing racial, religious, socio-economic differences, as well as language and someone's national origin, etc. -- is truly the only way that all of us will ever be able to get along and live in peace on this planet.
Often intolerant and rude text messages are just some pitiful person's desperate attempt to bring you down -- so that maybe their nasty comments will help their own sad ego feel "superior" to you? Who knows...
My advise is as follows:
*IF* you feel you absolutely must respond to them, then I suggest you keep your answers SHORT... Why waste your time talking to idiots??
The simpler and more strait-to-the-point, the better the reply. Here are a few examples of comments I have said myself over the years:
1) Silence...
2) "Because I like it long!"
3) "So, if I cut my hair short, does that mean I have to look as bad as you?"
4) "Long?"
5) "OMG, last week I had a buzz-cut -- how the heck did this happen?!!"
6) " F*** YOU!"
7) Just staring back, eyebrows lowered in seriousness, showing them my disgust / disapproval (but refraining from making any verbal comment at all)....
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The goal was just to write something that explains what we feel when our hair length are criticized and hope that people will understand and stop to focus on our hair length. I think that some people just follow the herd and could be comprehensive towards long hair.
Hello,
I have long hair since 1979, and I have heard all kinds of strange remarks: Apart from the usual one liners, like "Get a haircut" here are the most interesting ones:
Pop-Psych: Non professionals pretending to be your shrink.
Your keep your hair long, because you are too attached to the past. You need a fresh new start in life, and you should be open to change. That starts with a trip to the salon.
You are narcissistic, you only love yourself, and the length of your hair shows that you do not care, if your hair makes people uncomfortable.
New Age
Change is the only way to raise your vibrations. Your long hair is an example of how you just want to stagnate, rather than go with the flow. Look at the masters of meditation, they all shaved their heads, because hair is ego.
Pseudo intellectuals
You are a walking cliché, you need to change your trite appearance, as to deconstruct that myth, where long hair is a badge of creativity. You can have short hair, and yet still be yourself deep inside.
Poetic
Your long hair is superficial, it is the inside that counts. By cutting your hair short, you are putting forward your true soul, and yet, you can be a long hair at heart.
These phrases are examples of manipulation by others trying to convince you to change just to please them.
Have a nice day,
Georges.
Actually a long time ago LongHair Religion had a website with alot of good advice on the subject. I haven't been able to find the site, I should check the way back machine.
Addedum Success found it https://web.archive.org/web/20160310235413/http://hairreligion.tripod.com/
I had already seen this website when I was looking for long hair websites and it always exists but seems abandoned: http://hairreligion.tripod.com/
