Hair is a Big Deal

by Zoey @ Good Googs on April 2, 2010

Riley’s hair is finally long and thick enough that a clip will stay in. Momentous. Really. Hair is a big deal. It’s a big part of why she looks like a little girl and not a baby. And also will probably mean that people will stop referring to her as a ‘he’. Unfortunately I’m sure that this means that she’ll have thick, unruly hair. It’s in the family.

I’ve always had a lot of hair. I’ve had comments like “It’s so lovely and thick” for a very long time now. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. And please, people with straight hair? Stop saying you want curly/wavy/thick hair. You don’t. Trust me. I can count all the good hair days I’ve had on one hand. Hint: I don’t have them without professional help.

It’s not a purely superficial thing. Hair is as much of an expression of personality as anything else. Ok it’s a little superficial. And I like the expression of my hair permanently straightened, back when I could still afford it.

I fear for my daughter. I really do.

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  • http://www.writingloud.blogspot.com Megan at Writing Out Loud

    Yes, my daughter’s hair is looking like it could end up like mine – curly and doing whatever it wants, never to be coerced into a place it doesn’t want to be in. Sigh.
    .-= Megan at Writing Out Loud´s last blog ..Farewell Gluten Free =-.

    • http://goodgoog.com Zoey @ Good Goog

      I think the in-between hair is the worse – not ringlet curls – not straight just the hair version of grey matter. I’m considering a Keratin straightening treatment the next time I can scrape together the money.

  • http://fe.org.au Fe

    As you’ve seen, I have the curly curly frizzy hair, which looks ridiculous and crazy at any length other than “long”.

    And, thankfully, only Toto inherited it. Boo, lucky duck, got my mothers’ thick and wavy but NOT FRIZZY and FRANTIC locks.
    .-= Fe´s last blog ..I can see! I can see! =-.

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