Never let your mother trim your hair

[Tigerwallah]

I asked my mother to trim my hair, and now I have no hair. It It was supposed to be shoulder length, and somehow I got a bowl cut that was no longer than my ear lobes. I was forced to cut a lot more off to prevent looking like a little Dutch boy with breasts. It's shaped now, and looks ok, but I've had long hair for the past 21 years.

Needless to say, this is the last time I hand my mother a pair of sissors. :p and say, "Could you trim my hair?"

[D~M]

haha!!! 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

[Rævyn Cigány]

Oh noooooooooooooooooooo :( you poor thing!!!

I had that happen last fall...not by my mother, thank Gaea, but it was traumatic all the same! I went to the hairdressers and asked her to take no more than a couple of inches off, just to get rid of the dead ends and clean it up a little....she took SEVEN inches off!!! I was so mortified when I got home..my hubby loved it immediately (even though he loves my long hair), but I just started bawling on his shoulder and couldn't stop for 20 minutes or for long enough to tell him what happened!

I feel for you sweetie!

BB

Rae )0(

[reanna]

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You poor thing! My mom did the same to me years ago.
I am not holding a grudge, but I have never forgotten.
but..........
I am always especially careful when I trim my daughters bangs.

Hang in there though, it grows back pretty fast. You may even decide that you like it better shorter. Anything is possible.
It is just such a s"shock" to the system to see it for the first few days.

Blessings to you. I hope you feel better about it soon.

[Yvonne Belisle]

I learned a long time ago not to let mine come near my hair. Grandmothers can be worse mine tried to perm my hair and burned quite a bit of it there was a lot of stubble amid the remainder. When I was young I had hair to my waist at 7 my mother decided she wasn't washing my hair anymore. She used to wash it by having me bend over in the tub and put my head under the facet so I never saw what she had used. I was told that if I wanted to keep it I had one chance to wash it myself and it had to be squeeky clean. I used a whole bottle of conditioner trying to get it clean. Then she page boy chopped it. I cried for a long time and had to be escorted to my classes because I wanted to wear a paper bag over my head and my parents knew even at 7 I would have cut school rather than be seen like that. Her other famous trick place a comb at the part pull down as fast as you can the knots come ripping out very quickly you are done. Of course the child (me ) was crying but that was trivial the job was done. Ok just a wee bit of bitterness there. I now have a hang up about anyone even a hair dresser near my hair especially with a comb. My husband knows it's a mark of trust that if I am having trouble with my hair I let him brush it and my daughter after years of Mommy doesn't like anyone to play with her hair still tries. Then she gets that wounded animal look when I am crying because she is hurting me. Such is life.:D At least she will never know how it feels to have a knot riped out.

[Lavender]

Tigerwallah, I know how you feel. The last haircut I got from my mom was when I was 7. I promised myself that she will never cut my hair again! I'm still very fussy about my hairdressers. I have long hair now but that's because I haven't found another hairdresser I can trust. I prefer short hair. It's now almost to my waist.

[loopy]

Aw! That sucks, Tigerwallah. ::hug:: I'm sure it looks great though. :)

Eesh, you brought back very painful memories of when I was five and had my hair cut from waist-length to above shoulders--and before I looked in the mirror, I decided to "experiment" with the scissors when my mother wasn't looking and ended up having to lop off a few MORE inches just to keep even. :p

[Tigerwallah]

At this point, the biggest problem I'm having is that my neck and ears are cold in the air conditioning. I was NEVER cold before. It's a weird feeling. Anyway, thanks for your funny stories and support. I :heartthro you guys!!!

[Mairwen]

Well, look at it this way, the Moon is waning, and depending upon when your hair was actually cut, it will grow faster. :D Promise! If I need to trim my hair, I trim it during the New Moon/growing moon (because that makes it grow, grow grow!), but if I want it to grow gradually, I cut it during the Full Moon/dying moon. Makes sense, and it works. :D

[random]

ouch... i don't let my mother touch my hair, that last time she did I got that same kind of hair cut and then it took forever to grow out. though, she does trim my bangs a little when she gets tired of them being in my face. ugh, nothing i can do about that, she corners me. my hair still isn't as long as it was when she cut it that one time... oh well, it will get there.

[ladyrowan]

Very sad stories, bad hair experiences can have a long-lasting effect on us!
Reminded me of when i took my son for his first haircut when he was about 3 - it was shoulder length at the time.

He sat in the chair, the hairdresser came up to him with the scissors - and he screamed and screamed and screamed, wouldn't stop, turned absolutely hysterical, they'd never seen anything like it before.

He's now 20 and has hair down to his waist! :eek:

[Merrie]

Oh!!!Ouch!! ((Hugs)) I feel your pain. My mom always used to cut my hair. Oh, the Bangs, The Bangs!!! Never again!

[Yvonne Belisle]

I have two boys with short hair that want it buzzed and one my 4 year old with long blond hair between his shoulder blades. Everytime my family sees him they start eyeing the scizzors! I have forbidden it but I have to make sure they are never alone with him they will cut it anyway they have that gleem in their eyes.....

[Myst]

hehe me too, I remember many years of botched uneven bangs. Maybe it's part of the reason why these days I still can't be too concerned with my hair - it always grows back doesn't it :)

[Armitage]

Ack, another couple reasons never to let my mom touch my hair...I'll do it myself rather than have it all cut off. I've waited a long time to get it past my waist. ^_^

[D~M]

awww, yours is past your waist????

It's been my lifelong dream to have hair that goes past my waist :( It's still only *just* past my shoulders...........

:D :D :D

[Myst]

I used to have hair to my waist and bum for most of my childhood years. Now it doesn't get longer then my shoulders, I just don't have the time to care for it otherwise :)

[Lavender]

I never told you guys about the time my mom gave my sister & I matching perms. 8O 8O 8O 8O I can laugh now but not when I was eight! That was the very last time I had a haircut until I was 15. I went to a hairdresser. :D

[Tigerwallah]

I would love to have hair that long. Of course these days shoulder length looks long to me. :rolleyes: