I am going to get my haircut this afternoon. I think it has been six or seven months now since I went. My hair is getting long, scraggly and hard to comb so I think its time.
When I was a little girl my mom kept my hair cut very short, shorter than in the picture here. She called it a pixie cut and insisted on how cute it was. I thought she was trying to make me look like a boy and often threw a fit when it was time for a cut. I desperately wanted long beautiful hair. I dreamed of having it put up in ponytails and ribbons, of having it braided and curled, but it was not to be. As a child I didn't understand why Mom wouldn't let my hair grow even it it was "thin and fine". As I grew older my hair grew longer too but it didn't grow prettier until I had it cut in junior high. It really did look and behave better when it was cut short.
My mom always insisted I have long hair - Tracy's she kept short! Funny how mom's can be. LOL. I did have it cut short a few times...
ReplyDeleteI think you looked cute too.
ReplyDeleteI had that pixie cut myself as a child. You were an adorable little girl!
ReplyDeleteI think there were a lot of us who had pixie cuts. Looks like mine is starting to grow here and I don't mind it so much. When the cut was new, I hated it.
ReplyDeleteI remember you throwing a fit about it.
ReplyDeleteAs they say, "Mother knows best" (don't you wish that were always true?)
I really remember throwing a fit only once. I think that was my last pixie cut. Funny thing is I don't remember ever throwing a fit like that for anything else.
ReplyDeleteWell...I'm nott sure I meant a "fit" in the sense of throwing yourself on the floor kicking and screaming. I definitely remember you being very outspoken and upset about getting your haircut like that.
ReplyDeleteI always thought you looked fine.
I was definitely kicking and screaming. I don't know how old I was but I do recall that it was Mrs. Gorton who was doing the cutting. I did NOT want my hair cut!
ReplyDeleteI had my hair quite short during junior high and high school. I had a Dorothy Hamil, remember that? in 4th grade. Oh, there was another one that I had that was a celebrity thing... who was that singer - something and The Captain? Anyone remember?
ReplyDeleteThe Captain & Tennille. Yes, short haircuts were in for quite a while. I have had my hair short for most of my life and I like it that way too. I just didn't like it whe n I was little and looked like a boy.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of looking like a boy... My best friend and I went to camp together one summer. We both had short haircuts. We were going to OUR cabin and one of the counselors yelled at us - "you boys get away from the girls' cabin!" We were MORTIFIED and didn't even know what to say. Finally, out came "but we're girls..."
ReplyDeleteI remember being called "young man" once in the grocery store. I was about 15 and I was thoroughly insulted. My mom said he was probably joking but I don't think so.
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