How Long is Your Hair (AKA are you a Dirty Hippie)

[blue tiger]

Hello all, Let me start by saying I'm 38 years old and until recently I never had long hair. I have always been a "high and tight" kind of guy and since I've got a widows peak that will sometime in the next 10 years or so reach a growing bald spot it's always worked for me. For about 10 years or so it's never been longer than 1/2 inch or so.

Fast forward to last summer and in the space of a few weeks my mother in law and my cousins wife both were diagnosed with cancer and soon after lost all their hair to chemotherapy. Being the funny guy I am I made my MIL's day when I told her I was going to grow my hair out for locks of love. Grow a 10 inch ponytail and you can donate it and it will be made into a wig for cancer patients. Specifically little kids. I started on my hair growing oddysey.

That was about 18 months ago. Both of my relatives are fully recovered and cancer free. They both endured multiple rounds of chemo and a few unplanned trips to the hospital. I am still growiing my hair. I have maybe an 8 inch pony tail and figure I will need to grow it for another 4 or 5 months. It is a pain to deal with and I have had to explain to my professional collegues why I look like a throwback from the 60's. I must admit that I kind if like it. Hardly any men have long hair these days so it's a little different. I wont say cool because luxurious long locks that are surrounding impending baldness will never look cool. It does look neat flying out of the back of my helmet though. Once I cut it I'll probably get it high and tight the first cut and then grow it out for the same reason. I've been saving money because I havent had a haircut in a year and a half !!

So how long is your hair ??

[the_Journeyman]

Mine comes past my shoulder blade ~

JM

[superjohn]

I used to have hair long enough to reach past my waist. I rebelliously  kept it all the way through the 90's until I went to get a corporate job and had it all chopped off. Now I can't let it get too long before it starts to annoy me and I have to cut it. Maybe when I retire I'll grow it all back and be one of those creepy old guys with the grey ponytails.  

[ducpainter]

Actually...

I am a dirty hippy....

but I cut my hair about 8 years ago...

and an 8" pony...

is nuttin'.

[darylbowden]

Long hair just ages you, you really need to be in your 20s to pull it off (even then only a minority of people can really pull it off).  I've had about every hairstyle known to man, but I keep it pretty short nowadays.

[Nitewaif]

Almost waist length, but then I'm a chick.  I usually let it grow a year or two, then cut it off short (donated to Locks of Love, of course) then let it grow again 'cause I'm too lazy to get it cut.  Long hair on a man is sexy.   

[herm]

#2

[jdubbs32584]

I had long (long enough to sit on), beautiful white blond hair til I was 12. I'm tryin to find a pic of it thats digital. I cut it all off at 12 and donated it as well. Now its down just a smidge past my shoulders but I'm gonna cut it.

[red baron]

I had long (long enough to sit on), beautiful white blond hair til I was 12. I'm tryin to find a pic of it thats digital. I cut it all off at 12 and donated it as well. Now its down just a smidge past my shoulders but I'm gonna cut it.

Hmmm, long hair, lives in PNW. Yup, you'll make a fine hippie.

[jdubbs32584]

Hmmm, long hair, lives in PNW. Yup, you'll make a fine hippie.

oh make the beast with two backs that! gawddamn hippies! i shoot them with a pellet gun! 

[cloudseeker]

Almost waist length, but then I'm a chick.  I usually let it grow a year or two, then cut it off short (donated to Locks of Love, of course) then let it grow again 'cause I'm too lazy to get it cut.  Long hair on a man is sexy.   

Every time I see a dude with long hair now, I think "what's up with that dude?!?", then I realize I have long hair too.

It's not that long though - 6" pony tail maybe now.  Been long for ~18 years now.  But the good part is that I only pay for a haircut like once a year, and then only if I can't get my wife to do it.   That's a lot of money over 18 years.

I'm not a hippy though.

And my wife likes it long.

[red baron]

oh make the beast with two backs that! gawddamn hippies! i shoot them with a pellet gun! 

[695LAM]

Ok Men, lets see some pics of your long hair.  You got my attention so lets see what you look like.

[Grampa]

SAVE THE TREEEEEEEEEES 

[Scooter Montgomery]

Mine is about 12" long all around. A couple of years I donated my hair to locks of love. First time I had a "real" hair cut since 1989. I'm planning on doing it again, but my hair grows really slow.