With each passing hour of today I fell more and more in love with
Lilikoi's new haircut. I love how it was sticking up in a
tousled mess when she woke up, and how when I asked her if she liked her new haircut she just said "Yep" so nonchalantly (non of the hair drama that comes with age I guess), and how her bangs frame her face just right. Bangs are the practical haircut for a two year old. Before bangs, her hair would fall in sticky
tendrils over her face from things like
Popsicles or fruit. And now I don't need to fight with her about keeping a
barrette in either. Despite all the
practicalities I just had an unspoken bang
aversion~ and now it is
dissolving.
It is just that I had bang
trauma growing up.
Actually, when I stop and think about it, it is more like post-
traumatic-bang trauma. Because at the time of my bad bangs (grades 2-7)
I did not care. I had way cooler things to do than think about fashion sense (although it was the 80's). Only in retrospect was I traumatized by the bangs that started way back on my head and fell to my
eyebrows, and dropped off into a mullet in the back of my head.
Anyhoo... I had some serious bangs, and it is high time that I embraced these bangs of the past
,
let go of my phobia, and revel in
Lili's.
let go of my phobia, and revel in Lili's.
6 comments:
Hmmmm ... I wonder if a hair=dresser would have given you the same look ...
Wonder also if we can we pass on PTSBD (post traumatic stress bang drama)? Maybe I kept yours looking LONG like that - and DIDN'T take you to a hairdresser was b/c my mom took me to our neighbor hairdresser who cut mine soooooooo short that they stuck straight up (thanks to a lovely cowlick) and I was forced to go to school with the 1/2" that was left of them TAPED to my forehead!
You are the BEST!
xxooo
when my adella was littler, i used to keep her bands cut super-short and choppy. i loved it! (even though i had folks asking if she cut it herself)
i love being able to see their sweet faces -- and it drives me crazy to see them with scraggly hair hanging in their eyes!
i understand your trauma, but i know you weren't alone -- it was the 80's!
Love the bangs!! I think I had some like it in the 80's. Haven't had any since, it was kind of traumatic. I was actually contemplating getting some again for a new look, maybe not quite as thick.:) I think I have had the same hair style for almost 20 years!! Wow, long time. Oh, nice shorts too!
I too have bang issues. I had bangs for much of my childhood. My dad was my hair cutter and in addition to my hair looking a little choppy, my ears also have notches in them from me not wanting to sit still and getting cut! I have memories of holding a cold washcloth on my bleeding ear to make it stop.
I feel bad. I might have contributed to your PTSDBD by trying to always get you to "do" something with them. I would also argue that they might have lasted a little longer...like at least till 7th grade :-) I am sure Lili's look super cute!
Linda says: "I wonder if a hair dresser would have given you the same look ..."
The answer is: "No. absolutely not."
Just clearing things up. Becca
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