Awkward hair questions: "How long have you been growing your hair?"

[moxamoll]

LostSoule77 you aren't alone - I had the same thought. I also tend to get caught up in the idea of growing your hair as if it's a deliberate activity. "Want to go to a movie tonight?" "Can't - I have to grow my hair!" LOL

I tend to answer this by saying something like, "Well, I haven't done a major cut for about two years now." They tend to focus on the "two years" part and are happy and I feel like I've said something that sort of makes sense.

[Nini]

I just say that I've always had long hair, of varying length of course. Except when my dad tricked me into cutting it real short when I was five, and to just below my ears when I was in fifth grade. That wasn't my dad's work though

[Kelikea]

Maybe I'm a bit of a smart a**, but I'm pretty sure that my hair has been growing since before I was even born, regardless of whether or not I had a hair cut.

Ha, Ha. Hopefully everyone will see the humor in this.

[lesbia]

I'd answer "two years" because it is two years since I decided to grow my hair long and I stopped cut it (I only had a couple of microtrims)

[Carrie Ingalls]

I always just say something along the lines of "I had it cut to my shoulders when I was four and a half, then I had it trimmed sporadically growing up, and I have been maintaining at ankle length since the early part of 2009." I have been asked soo many times, the answer is quite rehearsed. I think that is part of why I don't really like giving a response like "my whole life" because it just adds time to the conversation and a lot of the times I get asked I am in the middle of something (studying, shopping, going somewhere, etc.)

[spidermom]

I once asked my long haired SIL the same question, and she said "all my life; how about you?" I thought that meant that she had never cut it, but she meant that she'd had hair all her life.

I haven't been asked that question, but I'd say about 10 years.

[trolleypup]

Given that my hair is at terminal, it has been longer since my last haircut than the age of the longest/oldest hairs. Usually I say something like..."A very long time, but this is as long as it gets, about 7 years of growth."

For shorter lengths, something like "Two years from waist length" might work.

[going gray]

For as long as I can remember, it's been back & forth from 24"(?) to short pixie! I've finally decided to get off the "roller coaster" once & for all.

[Herb]

I get that question all of the time. I just say: "I haven't had a big cut since middle school."

[Beatnik Guy]

"Oh, years and years" usually satisfies people. Mostly they're not actually interested how many years, but just want to know that it's an endeavor that takes longer than they would have patience for.

The actual answer is that my hair has been long my whole adult life.