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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:37 PM
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Is my daughter's hair too long?



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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:41 PM
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1. No
I know some with hair past the butt
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:44 PM
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2. Her great-grandmother
(my mother's mother) born in 1901
was able to sit on her hair when she was a young
school teacher.

:hi:
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:45 PM
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3. only if she thinks so
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:45 PM
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4. I would actually ask her that question...
Since she's the one taking care of it, most likely!

Or did she ask you to ask us....

IMHO, it's not too long...for me it would be but that's ME!

:hi:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:55 PM
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7. I mostly wanted you all to see
how well my daughter takes cares of herself.
She will be twenty-one in the first week of October.
I have been the custodial parent since she was three years old.
We are all lucky to have lived this long.



Is this the little girl I carried?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:02 AM
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8. I hear that!
Raising children to responsible adulthood is the TOUGHEST job evah!

Congratulations to all of you for having survived this period...

Trust me, it does get easier from here on out...if you did your job correctly, that is!

:grouphug: :yourock:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:08 AM
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12. Thanks for the encouragement, Peggy.
I am starting to appreciate the friendship
that can be found here at DU.

:pals: :hippie:

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:24 AM
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18. I would be dead without DU... no, not literally...but my soul
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 12:26 AM by CaliforniaPeggy
would not be nearly as happy as it is....

This is a magical place, truly magical...especially the Lounge, and especially at night...

There are a few of us who inhabit the Lounge at night, and we trek around and post in each other's threads...

We've become good friends, and the web of our friendship goes around the globe...

Sometimes I can almost literally feel the connection of love between me and all my friends...

I hope this will happen to you, as well...:loveya:


:hug:


:pals:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:35 AM
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19. Magical is right, Peggy.
Here is a special photo one of my younger
brothers took:







:hi:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:40 AM
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22. Ah yes, my dear Ptah...
I remember your posting this pic before...and I commented on it, I believe...IIRC....

That is WONDERFUL!

Was that from the 1991 total solar eclipse?

My husband, our two daughters and I went to Hawai'i to see it...

We very nearly got clouded over...but managed to find a relatively sunny location to see it....

It was incredible...

Thank you for this pic....

:pals:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:46 AM
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25. That was the eclipse of 1978
My brother went to Livingston, Montana in 1978
I think it was Februrary.

He spoke of the cold and clear sky.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:41 AM
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23. Sunrise, Sunset.

(Tevye)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

(Golde)
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

(Tevye)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?

(Golde)
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:54 AM
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28. I was remembering these lyrics above with your daughter's young
pic...but couldn't remember them accurately...

Thank you for posting them...

This musical "Fiddler on the Roof" is the only one my husband has ever liked...he says it is the only musical with a bite to it!

I LOVE this song...and all of them...but as a mom, this one really sings to me...How true it is...

:hug: :pals:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:50 PM
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5. *sigh* I remember when my hair was about that long.
I kinda miss it. Well, I miss being able to braid it, but I don't miss taking care of it. ;)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:21 AM
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17. The longest mine ever was,
it reached the point of my shoulder-blade.

Back in the day..

:hippie:
:hippie:
:hippie:
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BamaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 11:50 PM
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6. No
I used to be able to sit on mine. Growing it back out now. ;)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:02 AM
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9. It's not an issue of length, it's an issue of...
mmmmm, i hate to say it... but, you know, presentation.

A brush, some good posture, a tucked in shirt... she'd look like a different person. Especially the good posture.

That hair could really sing with some good posture.

And, not wearing a t-shirt as the sole top.

I bet she'd look awesome with her back straight and her head up and her legs held so they have the same length (so that the right hip isn't dipping below the left one). And I mean AWESOME!
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:06 AM
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10. You are correct.
She doesn't seem to be standing proud.

I wish she was a little more confident.

Thanks for an honest view.

:hi:
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:07 AM
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11. Hmmm. Length of hair.
And this is relevant to . . . what?
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:10 AM
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13. A fashion question, mostly. n/t
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:17 AM
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15. It's hot.
;)
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:14 AM
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14. Too long for what?
It's longer than I'd want my own hair, because I'd rather not bother with it that long.

It takes longer to wash and dry.

It gets too hot and sweaty for me.

However, it's her hair, not mine.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:19 AM
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16. She is quite happy with it.
I'm just proud of her taking care of it.

A little bragging, family pride, etc.

:thumbsup:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:36 AM
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20. A girl's hair can never be too long, if she likes it.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:43 AM
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24. She likes it, and won't consider trimming it. n/t
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:52 AM
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27. Very good. It's beautiful! :-)
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 12:52 AM by BikeWriter
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:39 AM
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21. Not at all
So long as it is taken care of there is no problem. I'd love to have long thick hair like that. Alas mine is thin, fine and brittle so I can't grow it that long. :-(
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:52 AM
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26. Nah, ain't nothin' wrong with the Pre-Raphaelite look.
Gimme a head with hair, long, beautiful hair...
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:57 AM
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29. Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 01:01 AM by Ptah
Give me down to there, hair!
Shoulder length, longer (hair!)
Here baby, there mama, Everywhere daddy daddy




:toast: :bounce:
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saged52 Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:21 AM
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30.  it's freaking gorgeous
but it's still just hair. I'm over 50 years of age and have long hair - my husband's hair is even longer than mine. It does not take that much time or intelligence to maintain healthy long hair. Does it make a statement? Maybe - depending on the viewer. Should the length of hair matter in the overall view of things? No. Hair is decorative - it can be fun and whimisical. In my case - and your daughter's - more is better! Cool!
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:36 AM
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32. Almost cut my hair

It happened just the other day
It's gettin kinda long
I coulda said it wasn't in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why



:toast:


:hippie:
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:24 AM
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31. Unfair
I want hair like that. Mine will never grow as long :cry:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:42 AM
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33. But you have the advantage;
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 02:10 AM by Ptah
You live and learn in her ancestor's homeland.

Any history of Geradstette would make me like you even more
that I already do.



:toast:

On edit; I meant to spell: Geradstetten

And thanks for the personal response.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:50 AM
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34. check your inbox
:)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 02:43 AM
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35. Thank you, MissHoneychurch


Here's a view of Geradstetten

:thumbsup:

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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 03:40 AM
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38. looks like a typical town from this area for me
:)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:03 AM
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41. I hope when winter comes,
you will keep warm.

I grew up in Montana, and I've been told it's not
very different as far as winter weather goes.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 03:19 AM
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36. My hair was elbow length.....
Up until about 3 years ago....

Adn I am 47.....

I looked like shit.....
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 03:39 AM
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37. I have had my hair short for quite some time.
It is so much easier to groom.

I'm going to be able to retire on the savings I have on shampoo!

:toast:

:hippie:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 03:42 AM
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39. Yea, I finally cut the tail off....
And gave it to the cancer kids....

I even made iit on to a local TV show's make over segment.....
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:01 AM
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40. I hope if daughter ever decides to chop;
she'll give it up for cancer kids.

You have my admiration, WCGreen! :thumbsup:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:55 PM
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45. I donated mine to Locks of Love
www.locksoflove.org

I cut it of 1.5 years ago (on Valentine's Day, as a "gift" for my ex-wife) and donated it to these fine folks. It was about halfway down my back when I did it, and I got a ponytail about 8-10" long.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:51 PM
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42. Only if that's her underarm hair combed upward and back!
Self spanking: :spank:
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:52 PM
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43. Looks just right to me!
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 12:52 PM by Book Lover
Then again, that's as long as my hair is right now :-)
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:54 PM
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44. I'll take it if she doesn't want it!
Wish I could grow hair like that. Does she think it's too long?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:58 PM
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46. No... not if she likes it.
Mine's that long and I like it okay. Can't do much with it except put it in a bun... I've been telling myself for years I'm going to cut it...
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