On 12/12/2016 11:21 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
> On 12/12/2016 10:18 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-12-12 9:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 12/11/2016 5:18 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> Let me guess.... she was a bit of a control freak in other ways as
>>>> well.
>>>> I worked with a couple people that that over the years. It was all
>>>> about them having their way with things so they could be in charge.
>>>>
>>> Not really. She was a sweet little old lady. She did make some
>>> ridiculous statements from time to time. I recall her being irritated
>>> because her *40 year old* daughter still wore her hair long, past her
>>> shoulders! I couldn't help but laugh. (I was about 42 at the time wore
>>> my hair long; still do.) I didn't realize there was a mandatory age
>>> where women suddenly have to cut their hair and start going to the
>>> beauty parlor for a weekly wash & set. It ain't 1950, ya know.
>>
>> I don't think that there is any specific age when women have to start
>> getting their hair cut shorter, but for most women there comes a point
>> where they would be well advised to reconsider the long locks. My SiL
>> is getting close to 80 and still has shoulder length hair that looks
>> good on her, and a friend of my wife has hair that she wears in a sort
>> of long braid that goes about 1/2 of the way down her back.
>>
> I have never found a short hair style that I liked on myself. I'm not
> one who is willing to spend time fussing with my hair. No sleeping in
> curlers like my mother did (how one earth does anyone manage to sleep in
> those things?!) No blow drying or styling. I just want to wash it,
> comb it out, let it dry naturally and go on about my day. I am, after
> all, a child of the 1960's.
>
> Jill
> ===========
>
> Same here but I just like to keep my hair up. Never needs to be cut
> and I wash it myself. Suits me just fine)
>
I pull my hair in a pony tail so it doesn't get in the way (or hair fall
into food when cooking). Other than that, I don't fuss around with my hair.

Jill