Haircut

I'm going to get my hair cut! I do this every so often. I chop all the length off my hair and have a fresh, short look for a little while, then I grow it out again until it gets so long I can't stand it anymore, and repeat. I always wait until spring, because I like having the extra length under my winter hats. And if I make it to summer, or fall, I might as well wait until next spring, which is what's happened the past 2 years. I thought about cutting it, and had people talk me out of it. Two years ago, I really did like it long, so I didn't mind keeping it. Last year though, everyone else was more attached to my hair than I was. To me it didn't matter, so I just let it be, but by the end of summer I was pretty done with long hair. So, here it is, spring again, and it's finally going to happen!

It's weird how other people are more attached to my hair than I am. I understand the color is unique, but for them to get upset with me about cutting it is odd. It grows back! And I went through my super short pixie phase already. I'm not going back to that short, even though I think I looked good with that haircut. It's too much maintenance for me; I didn't like how often I had to go get it trimmed. I prefer to get it cut once, maybe twice a year at most.

I once had a hairdresser 'compromise' with me about my haircut. My hair was not as long as it is now, but long, and I went to do a dramatic chop. I even showed her photos of myself with the pixie and the short bob I wanted when she didn't believe me about wanting to go short. I ended up getting a shoulder length cut instead of the chin length I asked for. I'm pretty sure I cried. And I was angry. Why wouldn't she cut it the way I asked?!

I think that was the first time I realized that my hair could be important to other people. That woman didn't know me; that was the first (and last) time I went to her for a haircut. But she cared more about my hair than my wishes for my own hair.

Every time I say I want to cut it, people look at me with horror. And honestly, I'm kinda thinking I must be dumb to start a business centered around my red hair only to promptly cut it all off. But it's just a cut. It's well past time for it, and I have good reasons. And I promise, I will never, ever, dye my hair. It will always be Red.