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Hello, everyone. I thought I'd share with all of you a recent experience I had while at the DMV getting the tags on me and my wife's car renewed.
It was a relatively warm Friday, just after noon. Most people were wearing t-shirts and a pair of shorts. I hate even the idea of tanning, so I never wear anything but jeans or slacks. For Friday, I wore my black dress slacks, black button-up long-sleve banded-collar dress shirt, and my favorite pair of grey suspenders. I'd thought about wearing my hair in a pony tail, maybe even putting my black satin ribbon in it for added effect, but I opted to wear it lose and not put nearly as much mousse in it as I've normally done.
Amazingly enough, I discovered less mousse allows the hair to have more body; which, as long as my hair is (almost waist-length all around), looks REALLY nice, and I LOVE feeling it blow back when I walk into the wind.
As I was standing in a VERY long line, a mother and her two daughters walked in and got behind me in the Renewal line. After about 15 minutes of continued waiting, and the daughters had tired of their child-like fidgeting, I over-heard one of them (they couldn't have been more than 10) whisper to the other, "Look at that man's hair. It's LONG, all the way down here". I glimpsed out of the corner of my eye to see that she was rubbing her hand against the back of her waist to emphasize my hair's length to her sister. Then, she asked her mother, "Mommy, is that right?"
Her mother earned respect she might not otherwise have received from me had she whispered anything to her daughters but, "Quiet. It's long because he wants it long."
Without turning to face any of them, I smiled, glad for the fact that this parent was teaching her kids acceptance of, at the very least, men with long hair.
Sounds like, hopefully, she's teaching them acceptance of ANYONE who is "different." At least a couple of kids are being raised right.
Long-hairs aren't always dissed. Once, I was standing in line at a Wal-Mart and there was a guy in the same line who had absolutely gorgeous long hair. I want to tell you, all the women in line with me, as well as the checkout girl, postively GUSHED with admiration (and jealousy!) at his mane.