This is for both ladies and gents
By Starmaiden
@Starmaiden (9311)
Canada
July 1, 2018 11:00am CST
Do you prefer to wear your hair long or short?
For many years (since childhood) I had worn my hair short, but I always had a fascination with long hair. My mother never let me grow my hair long in childhood and throughout my teenaged years into my young adult years. She always told me I "didn't look good with long hair" because of the shape of my face. That changed when I turned 40. I decided to let my hair grow despite what she or other people have told me and I haven't looked back. I get the split ends trimmed about once a year but keep the length. Now it is down to my butt and I have so much fun "playing" with it. I put it in braids, put it up in a bun or a ponytail...
It is more difficult to look after than short hair but I LOVE it! I can make it crinkly by putting it in braids while it is still wet and with styling gel, then leaving them in overnight. Better than paying tens of dollars at a salon for the same job. 
How about you? Do you prefer short or long hair?
How about you? Do you prefer short or long hair?21 people like this
24 responses
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
1 Jul 18
I have had long hair most of my life as a kid, married woman, and mommy with a few exceptions. A few years ago I had it cut to chin length and find it more youthful. I can still blow it straight or wear it wavy.
Our grandson loves that rocker look and wears his long. He's only 8! Hair is a good way to express yourself whether long or short, as long as it makes you happy.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
1 Jul 18
@Starmaiden Keep your hair up in this hot and humid weather!!!!!
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
I agree completely! Self expression is important.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
1 Jul 18
Hi Lucinda. I like it not too short and not too long. But sometimes I want it short because it is too hot.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Jul 18
@Starmaiden Yes,I do the same. Unless I cut my hair really short.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
The heat is unbearable. I keep it upswept and off of my neck as much as possible in the heat.
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@andriaperry (117173)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 Jul 18
Long, I have extremely curly hair and my mom kept it short when I was a kid because of tangles, I have not cut my hair in three years, except me doing my bangs. Mine is down to my mid back , its curly so it does not look that long, unless I braid it and I do often in the summer, I wore it up yesterday in a bun while working, I didn`t want it sticking to my neck in sweat.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
2 Jul 18
That sounds so pretty. You can do so much with long hair
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
I wear mine off the neck in the heat too. I wish mine had more of a natural wave but it is straight. I have to style it if I want waves or curls.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 18
I have little hair so I have no choice!
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jul 18
@Starmaiden It flew away forever!
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
1 Jul 18
I like long hairs. It's easy to make beautiful hairstyles in long hair.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
I agree. I love playing with mine and experimenting with new styles.
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
2 Jul 18
@Starmaiden I like learning them on YouTube in DIYs
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
@anamika161088 Me too but even those are hard to follow sometimes. I need eyes in the back of my head for some of them, like the Dutch or French braid. 
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
One of my brothers had long hair in his youth. He resembled Weird Al Yankovich.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
@Kasjnak Go for it....but please to it on the kiddie hill.
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@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
2 Jul 18
@Starmaiden I bet it was a fun time. We were all young once, I'm still young and I will always be. In my 80's I want to go ski jumping 
. We were all young once, I'm still young and I will always be. In my 80's I want to go ski jumping 1 person likes this
@pitstop (14134)
• Australia
2 Jul 18
With a disclaimer that I am a guy, I'd like to say that I have short hair. Not close or bald or a crew cut, but just short. When it starts tickling my ears or rubbing my eyes or poking in to the back of my shirt I have a haircut.
The problem is that if I cut it too short it sticks out like a half plucked chicken!!
@pitstop (14134)
• Australia
2 Jul 18
@Starmaiden looking at the world cup football players I am tempted to do that!!
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Go for it!
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
1 Jul 18
I have had long hair most of my life. Right now my hair is very short. I dyed my hair some time ago and I wasn't happy with the result, so I decided to cut it very short for a while. When my hair grows I want long hair again.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 Jul 18
I sported long hair ( ala the young Neil Young who was one of my singing idols ) when I was a teen as it was the fashion during the 70s. Short at front and long at the back during the late 80s to the 90s, clean and shaven barbers cut when I went into business up to the present.
) when I was a teen as it was the fashion during the 70s. Short at front and long at the back during the late 80s to the 90s, clean and shaven barbers cut when I went into business up to the present.3 people like this
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 18
Hairstyles have changed so many times since the 70's. The thing at the turn of the 70's/80's decade was the Afro. I remember having one.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 Jul 18
@Starmaiden i had a thick crop of straight slightly wavy hair so afro was impossible for me.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
2 Jul 18
I love long hair, I used to have it really long but since have it shoulder length because it has thinned down.
Your must be pretty good to have it grown down to that length.
Lots of styles for long hair
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
Long hair is so much fun to play with, though it is more difficult to look after.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
2 Jul 18
When I am about younger, I love my hair being long but due to school standard I can't maintain it. But now, being close to 40 I like my hair to be short.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
2 Jul 18
Most of my life I have grown my hair long. I just got it cut very short and I am getting lots of compliments. It is wash and wear hair and that is suiting me right now. I will put more herbal hair color on it soon. I never have paid much for hair care, mostly done it myself. The really short cuts though, I get at the salon.
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@May2k8 (18392)
• Indonesia
2 Jul 18
@Starmaiden you are right, for me my hair grows too fast so every 3 months my mom always cut my hair.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
Short hair is cooler in summer heat, but then it takes so long to grow again.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
I have never and would never cut my own hair. That would be a catastrophe!
@pitsipeahie (5011)
•
2 Jul 18
I have tried both short and long, straight and curly. But now, I'm keeping my naturally wavy hair, shoulder length.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
I have straight hair. I need to braid it with hair gel while it's wet to get the wavy look.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
2 Jul 18
I love long hair. Right now I have neither long not too short...shoulder length one. It is easier and convenient to leave it open on certain occasions. As a little girl, I had long hair with piggy tail braid through out school. Then in college I got influenced by Princess Diana and got a haircut like her for couple of years. I got a lot of compliments for that. Then I grew it till my waist after my marriage.But due to lack of time to take care, I have cut it again till shoulder length. My daughters have long hair below their waist and I take good care of them.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Jul 18
Long hair is a bit more difficult to care for but I always have the time.
t to care for but I always have the time.@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jul 18
@Starmaiden I have time for my two daughter's long hair but not for my own hair
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