On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:09:38 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>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

Pony tails are very 1950s !!!