Hair Stories

Our Reader Score [Total: 11   Average: 2.9/5]Last Friday night I stayed over at my boyfriend’s. I got up before him in the morning to take a shower. I guess that woke him up. As I was preparing to borrow his razor to shave my legs, he came...

Our Reader Score [Total: 11   Average: 2.5/5]I teach college and this summer I planned to make a river excursion tour for a month and a half up north. With over three months off it made a great break. Before heading out I promised myself that after 20...

Our Reader Score [Total: 19   Average: 3.9/5]The summer I turned 14 I went to get my hair cut. I would always go to my mother’s hairdresser since this was a small town and there were only two choices. I had just been to my grade 8 graduation...

Our Reader Score [Total: 2   Average: 4/5]It’s been a real challenge to get my daughter to look after her hair. Properly cared for it could look really beautiful, but keeping it clean, brushed and well trimmed…. well forget it. She’s just turned 14 and I felt it...

Our Reader Score [Total: 9   Average: 2.6/5]There was one afternoon last week the shop was really busy. I looked across the waiting area and recognized one figure in particular. She was a walk in, and had been here before, at least twice. I remember that both those...

Our Reader Score [Total: 7   Average: 3.7/5]My son, Joshua, has always had wonderful thick hair that any mother would love. I’d encouraged him to keep it long and the back was down well over his collar. We moved here last fall after separating from my husband, so...

Our Reader Score [Total: 10   Average: 3.5/5]This past fall I began living out of town to attend college. It was about a four-hour drive each way and I made several trips moving my stuff down. I had planned to get my hair cut shorter before I left...

Our Reader Score [Total: 8   Average: 2.8/5]Ever since I graduated from high school I have kept in touch with Julie. We have lunch together at least once a month and often plan other outings together. Well when we met for a snack last Wednesday she really shocked...

Our Reader Score [Total: 3   Average: 2.3/5]I’d been bugging my boyfriend to get his hair cut shorter. It was over 6 inches long, but he never combed it and just let it blow around. I kept after him until he finally agreed but on one condition. He...

Our Reader Score [Total: 10   Average: 3/5]I’d been thinking about cutting my hair for a long time. I was going out with a guy about 6 months ago and when I brought up the idea. He freaked out so badly I never saw him again. My hair...