Comments on: Hair Brained Ideas

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:08:27 +0000

Somehow I came across this by searching for “pre-schoolers and ballet” having read that post of yours from last June, led me to this one. Thanks for the laugh (desperately needed on the week I simply titled “FTW!?! Where’s my coffee cup?”).

Its good to know in a world where people consistently lie about the pure, angelic genius of their prodigy….you have the courage to tell the truth

By: Tia

Tia — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:19:48 +0000

@ Elizabeth —> Oh my dear doG. You just brought back memories of 1988, which was The Year My Father Did My Hair. My mother went away to nursing school, and he got stuck alone with us. My hair was down to my arse, and needed constant upkeep. My mother had endured my screaming and hysterics on a daily basis when she brushed it. The torch was now his. Poor guy.

1989? The Year I Got A Chin Length Bob. I’m not sure if there was leave-in conditioner in the later half of the 80’s, but I do know that one afternoon, I got the brilliant idea of using Vaseline as cream rinse, and it was as spectacular as you may imagine.

@Angie –> Maybe it’s secretly a good thing that she’s into low maintenance hair. Otherwise she’d be parked in front of your mirror all day. I think the irony here is that you had The Biggest Mall Bangs Ever, didn’t you?

@ Luna –>There is nothing quite like the early morning sensation of having your hair ripped out at the roots, eh?

@ Suz –> Thanks, Suz. My day is brighter knowing someone got a laugh. Smirk on, good woman. Smirk on.

By: Suz

Suz — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:59:56 +0000

So much of this article made me laugh! Great writing Tia, and the picture truly captures the creepiness of the whole spectacle…hah, hard core ruffles…unicorns…..just these 2 descriptions alone will most likely keep me smirking for most of the day…..

By: Luna

Luna — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:59:06 +0000

My sister and I learnt how to wash and style our own hair as soon as we could so we could put an end to the torture that was having our mother do it. Please note that my sister’s the girliest girl who’s ever girled, so it wasn’t just me and my tomboy-ish ways.

These women lie. Or their daughters are actually robots and not real children.

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:38:37 +0000

I firmly believe these women are lying liars who lie. Have you watched Toddlers and Tiaras? Most of the time, the girls are screeching and pitching a bitch about not waaaaaaannnnting to get their makeup done. Not waaaaaaannnnnting to have their 10 lb wad of a hair piece attached to their heads. I especially love the mothers who talk about how much little Madyssssyn-kayleeeeeeigh loooooves pageants, and as soon as she says she doesn’t want to do it, they will no longer make them. Then they show the kid “I don’t waaaannna be in the pageant!” These women are a strange breed. Tia, I feel you with the hair brushing thing. My 13-year old will brush her hair, but be damned, she will NOT pull it back into a pony tail, wear barettes or anything else. No. It just hangs there. So be it.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:29:10 +0000

Add me to the pile who feared getting my hair combed and dried, especially when my DAD had to do it (shudder). If and when I have girls who have hair like mine (long, baby-fine but LOTS of it), I will have no qualms about using leave-in conditioner to help with the onerous task of combing it out.