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...to cut off my dreads.

I asked J to buy some conditioner today and planned to cut them off this evening.

Now I'm having second thoughts.

Had the dreads for four years. That's a long time, and yet I told myself I would keep them for at least five.

What to do, what to do?  On the one hand I'm ready for a change and the other, I'm afraid I'll regret it. 

Date: 8 Feb 2011 05:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
Pragmatically I'll observe that your hair will grow again, and you'll be able to create dreads again, if you yearn for them.

.... I'm realizing now, though, that I don't know anything about what it means to have them or to get rid of them--is it something that, symbolically speaking, you can't go back on? My comment above is based purely on the mechanics of hair growing, etc. But if you're not supposed to make dreads having once gotten rid of them, I could see how it would be a harder decision.

... I'm for de-investing these decisions with importance, because otherwise we sometimes cripple ourselves needlessly. I was wedded to the notion of myself with long hair and had a hard time cutting it, though I really wanted to. Finally, one day, I did, and then I spent about 15 years with short or medium-length hair. Now it's back to being long again.

You sure do look beautiful with those dreads, but I know there'll be many ways for you to be beautiful.

Date: 9 Feb 2011 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
I'm for de-investing these decisions with importance, because otherwise we sometimes cripple ourselves needlessly

You are a very wise woman!

You sure do look beautiful with those dreads, but I know there'll be many ways for you to be beautiful

And very sweet!

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