Mom

[redbird]

When I spoke to my mother a few days ago, I mentioned that I'm growing my hair out. Her response included the phrase "I don't approve".

I assured her that I understand about trimming split ends, and we went on to other things.

But I keep thinking about this, partly because I don't remember her explicitly saying she didn't approve of anything in close to 20 years. She hasn't said that about the tattoos, which are much further away from any social norm I might be expected to fit. Maybe she knew that a tattoo, once done, is there barring expensive surgery, whereas hair can always be cut again?

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Comments

[mneme]

I've noticed (mostly with nrivkis's interation with -her- parents) that there's a sizable fraction of the female population -- often those younger than my mother (she's 62, and has always had long hair as long as I've known her), who think that short hair makes a woman look childish and immature.
Personally, I just donlt get this, though I know that during medieval and rennaiscance times, it was customary for maidens to wear their hair loose, and put it up and/or wear a hat when they were married (and, of course, there's a similar but more stringent custom within Jewish Orthodoxy).