Long hair without looking dumpy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a strange thread. More than half of the women I work with - 30s, 40s, 50s - have hair around the bra strap length. I have only noticed one with stringy hair and she always wears it in a bun.

DCUM has a weird hatred of long hair that I don’t see in the real world.

There are a lot of neurotic weirdos on here.

Not to mention the number of people who are surprisingly certain about what will look best on an anonymous stranger they’ve never seen.

THIS!

[Anonymous]

Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These women look beautiful with their long hair. The women of DCUM are seriously flawed with their anti-long hair stance.

The middle one is the only one whose hair looks nice- but that is not what any women I've seen, outside of older woman models (the lady with the grey hair in the Lands End catalog comes to mind), looks like. It isn't just about hair, which just isn't as nice as you age, long short or anything in between. Your face gets thinner and loses volume as you age too and long hair draws attention to those aging qualities.

This. Also the lady in the first photo has clearly had Botox and fillers. So she has a young face with old hair. If she had a more normal face with that hair she would look MUCH older.

The first woman's hairline has receded a lot too and that long straight style draws attention to it. She would look a million times better with some long side swept bangs and the length closet to her shoulder. The hairstyle of a 15 year old is not a good look on a 50 year old and this proves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These women look beautiful with their long hair. The women of DCUM are seriously flawed with their anti-long hair stance.

The middle one is the only one whose hair looks nice- but that is not what any women I've seen, outside of older woman models (the lady with the grey hair in the Lands End catalog comes to mind), looks like. It isn't just about hair, which just isn't as nice as you age, long short or anything in between. Your face gets thinner and loses volume as you age too and long hair draws attention to those aging qualities.

This. Also the lady in the first photo has clearly had Botox and fillers. So she has a young face with old hair. If she had a more normal face with that hair she would look MUCH older.

The first woman's hairline has receded a lot too and that long straight style draws attention to it. She would look a million times better with some long side swept bangs and the length closet to her shoulder. The hairstyle of a 15 year old is not a good look on a 50 year old and this proves it.

Long swept side bangs are tacky and so 2012. Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

Opposite. I’m 41. My hair is still as thick and shiny as it was in my 20s. It’s glossy dark brown. I kept it past my bra strap until recently. Now it is a few inches past my shoulders and it looks so much nicer in pictures. I wish I had done it earlier. What triggered it for me was seeing a 50-something woman in my office with thick, shiny shampoo commercial hair to her waist. If didn’t look professional or age appropriate. She looked like she was trying too hard. It was a wake up call for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These women look beautiful with their long hair. The women of DCUM are seriously flawed with their anti-long hair stance.

The middle one is the only one whose hair looks nice- but that is not what any women I've seen, outside of older woman models (the lady with the grey hair in the Lands End catalog comes to mind), looks like. It isn't just about hair, which just isn't as nice as you age, long short or anything in between. Your face gets thinner and loses volume as you age too and long hair draws attention to those aging qualities.

This. Also the lady in the first photo has clearly had Botox and fillers. So she has a young face with old hair. If she had a more normal face with that hair she would look MUCH older.

The first woman's hairline has receded a lot too and that long straight style draws attention to it. She would look a million times better with some long side swept bangs and the length closet to her shoulder. The hairstyle of a 15 year old is not a good look on a 50 year old and this proves it.

Long swept side bangs are tacky and so 2012. Hard pass.

Covering a extra large forehead and obvious receding hairline with a long bangs is never tacky. What is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

Opposite. I’m 41. My hair is still as thick and shiny as it was in my 20s. It’s glossy dark brown. I kept it past my bra strap until recently. Now it is a few inches past my shoulders and it looks so much nicer in pictures. I wish I had done it earlier. What triggered it for me was seeing a 50-something woman in my office with thick, shiny shampoo commercial hair to her waist. If didn’t look professional or age appropriate. She looked like she was trying too hard. It was a wake up call for me.

So you saw someone with nice hair at the office, and that prompted you to cut your own beautiful hair?

Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

Opposite. I’m 41. My hair is still as thick and shiny as it was in my 20s. It’s glossy dark brown. I kept it past my bra strap until recently. Now it is a few inches past my shoulders and it looks so much nicer in pictures. I wish I had done it earlier. What triggered it for me was seeing a 50-something woman in my office with thick, shiny shampoo commercial hair to her waist. If didn’t look professional or age appropriate. She looked like she was trying too hard. It was a wake up call for me.

So you saw someone with nice hair at the office, and that prompted you to cut your own beautiful hair?

Weird.

Somehow I don’t believe her story, and think she sounds like one of the rabid anti-long hair posters trying to troll us. Or maybe she looks old. Unless you have a haggard, wrinkled, or plastic face, there’s no reason to cut long and healthy looking hair if you like it. If you put your hair in a bun or braid, it’s appropriate for work too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

Opposite. I’m 41. My hair is still as thick and shiny as it was in my 20s. It’s glossy dark brown. I kept it past my bra strap until recently. Now it is a few inches past my shoulders and it looks so much nicer in pictures. I wish I had done it earlier. What triggered it for me was seeing a 50-something woman in my office with thick, shiny shampoo commercial hair to her waist. If didn’t look professional or age appropriate. She looked like she was trying too hard. It was a wake up call for me.

Of course it is....

[Anonymous]

Why can't women be kinder to one another? Everyone has the right to feel beautiful and whatever makes them feel that way is fine. There is no one universal way to look good. As long as they are happy with their appearance why feel the need to slam them? Threads like this are disheartening. Our daughters are watching us. Let's walk the walk about not bullying.

[Anonymous]

My mom grew out from a bob to maybe 3-4 ,inches past tops of shoulder when she was late 50s. No Botox or anything so she looks pretty much her age but in fairness we have good skin genes (Mediterranean). But not wrinkle/lines free either. She looks so vibrant and fantastic this way in her 60s. And it's really cute looking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These women look beautiful with their long hair. The women of DCUM are seriously flawed with their anti-long hair stance.

The middle one is the only one whose hair looks nice- but that is not what any women I've seen, outside of older woman models (the lady with the grey hair in the Lands End catalog comes to mind), looks like. It isn't just about hair, which just isn't as nice as you age, long short or anything in between. Your face gets thinner and loses volume as you age too and long hair draws attention to those aging qualities.

This. Also the lady in the first photo has clearly had Botox and fillers. So she has a young face with old hair. If she had a more normal face with that hair she would look MUCH older.

The first woman's hairline has receded a lot too and that long straight style draws attention to it. She would look a million times better with some long side swept bangs and the length closet to her shoulder. The hairstyle of a 15 year old is not a good look on a 50 year old and this proves it.

Long swept side bangs are tacky and so 2012. Hard pass.

This is the dumbest expression. Are you an adult?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any brave DCUMers out there who are willing to admit that they have cut their long hair, found themselves missing it and started making snide comments about other women with long hair? My sister admits to this. She and her husband divorced. He loved, loved, loved her long hair. She cut it off in an attempt to become the "new her." She hated it and started making rude comments about others with long hair. That shit doesn't fly in our family and we called her on it. She admitted what she was doing and why. I give her lots of credit for that. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that and if so, are you brave enough to admit it?

Opposite. I’m 41. My hair is still as thick and shiny as it was in my 20s. It’s glossy dark brown. I kept it past my bra strap until recently. Now it is a few inches past my shoulders and it looks so much nicer in pictures. I wish I had done it earlier. What triggered it for me was seeing a 50-something woman in my office with thick, shiny shampoo commercial hair to her waist. If didn’t look professional or age appropriate. She looked like she was trying too hard. It was a wake up call for me.

Of course it is....

IKR? Hilarious!