Friday Hair Poll

[slemslempike]

Okay, I have created A Poll of Great Importance. It is about hair, and the lengths thereof. It is open to everyone, but the answers are private, because of the last question, to which, in case anyone wants to know, my answer is "yes", and I don't mean the small fine hairs like on the back of my hands, oh no. I wish to know if I am a freak. (I am using my birthday icon from coconutswirl because of the pigtails. It's a theme.)

ETA: Oh, damn. Where it says "less than usual, more, more than usual", the middle option is meant to be "the same".

[Poll #501596]

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

I am That Cliche who had a baby then cut her (head) hair off shorter than it's ever been. It was mid-back-length from ages 14 to 22, and then it's been between shoulder and chin. The last cut (the post-baby one), it was actually cropped at the back, and I adored it, and it needs doing again.

Underarms I never shave (there's not much hair there anyway), legs I depilate below the knee (with cream, usually) in the summer sometimes, at least partly to show off the tattoo on my left leg. Pubes I never remove, but they're quite well contained anyway - I might feel different if they showed a lot under a swimsuit but they don't. As for other random hair - quite a lot of those wiry breast hairs, which I sometimes cut off, and quite a hairy neck, but generally I'm not very hairy at all (though my leg hair is black and very visible).

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I didn't know of that cliche. Is that to avoid sick in hair?

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

That's one reason (and a damn good one). And the fact that she loves to entwine her hands in long hair, and her hands are grubby and grabby. Also, though, lots of my hair started falling out when Naomi was a couple of months old (apparently this is because it doesn't fall out while you're pregnant and so there's some catching up to do, and you don't actually go bald. But it's still a bit alarming.) and it's easier to deal with when short.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Yep: intending to have v. short hair cut in July/August in preparation for the baby. Is SO MUCH EASIER to wash and dry and such like.

Again, I don't have a 'normal' length of hair. It was v. long for many years and then got cut really rather short last March -http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sabethea/detail?.dir=434b&.dnm=72a8.jpg&.src=ph

is now inbetweeny length.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Yep, also having hair that doesn't need blowdrying to look reasonable is a Good Thing when blowdrying is an unimaginable luxury.

Also, hello! You're a PhD-writing person who's going to have a baby - I'm about to return to my PhD after having mine. And you sound interesting and cool. Want to be /friends? (I do sound like an idiot, don't I?)

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

yay to new friends. and no, you don't sound like an idiot :)

golly, so you only took 6 months off from PhD-ing to have the babe? I'm wondering whether to ask for a 6 month interruption or a year. (Presumably I can always go back early if I ask for a year, but it might be more awkward to ask for ANOTHER interruption, especially as I've only just got an extension on grounds of illness anyway...)

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though I only PhD half-time anyway - I used to work half-time and have stopped that. But, I've already had a 2-year break because of going nuts and fighting with my (ex-)supervisor, so I really need to get going again.

Actually, I think I'm ready to stop being a full-time at-home mother now - though I may change my mind in a couple of weeks when I'm trying to act intelligent and still being woken up 5 times a night.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

I PhD part-time, too. And work less than half-time (8-12 hours a week, usually). And am ill part-time. Well, ill always, really, but sleep a lot. I'm intending only to take 6 months off from work (because that's all they pay me for) and I don't think I'm really full-time at-home mother material, either.

You'll actually find nothing much about anything to do with babies in sabethea as I know half my friends list find the whole idea of children somewhat less interesting than watching cats poo (and with your own, you may feel that that's enough for you, too) - but sabsbaby has any baby-related stuff I write.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Have friended both - though my technique is to ignore the fact that half my friendslist are fiercely child-free and expect them to adore mine anyway. And, honestly, at the moment I will listen to anyone talk about their baby as long as they listen to me talk about mine - I'm now not the newest mother in my LJ circle, and it's lovely to hear people being at stages I've been past. So I'm sure your baby will inspire me to fits of nostalgia when it arrives.

Which is odd, because in real life I'm noted for being a smart-mouthed and rather mean activist type.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice hair! So where is it now?

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

sort of (*looks at self in mirror*) ... If it were straight, the longest bits (it's layered) would be shoulder length. Because it's wavy, it's a little less than shoulder length. Is going back to being v. short soon.