Is there a rule about where to part hair?

[GinAndOnIt]

I think I suit side partings better, but does it matter which side? I've always done it on the left, but my hair is a lot thinner on that side so I wonder if I can swap it over to the right. Every time I try it though, it just looks bloody weird. Is that just because I'm not used to it?

My hair is a nightmare generally, so parting placement is probably the least of my worries, but there we go.

[m0therofdragons]

I always parted on the left until I got a few greys there. Bizarrely I've not got greys on the right so I swapped sides.

[Marshpillow]

I went from a centre parting to a side parting about ten years ago, it looked and felt really odd at first but after a while and after I'd learned to style it properly it started looking better. Maybe just stick with it for a while and see if you feel better about it after a few days or so :)

[GinAndOnIt]

Did it look wrong when you first did it? I feel like I hold my head oddly when it's parted the other side.

[GinAndOnIt]

Oh crosspost, thanks Marsh

[PacificDogwod]

Just swap about until you like what you see.

Fwiw, my parting was on the right all of my childhood and youth because I had a cowlick there, then swapped to the left in my 20s because said cowlick gave the front of my hair some height.
Now I have short curly hair and NO parting

No 'rule' that I am aware of.

[GinAndOnIt]

I attempted a centre parting for about 6 months but ended up with a triangle on my head for the entire time I can never get it right.

[CadburysTastesVileNow]

On the side, over the arch of the eyebrow is supposed to be best for setting off the face.

Allegedly

[CointreauVersial]

I can never keep a side parting - it just creeps to the middle!

[Piscivorus]

When I was a child we were always told boys had partings on the left and girls on the right but I don't think anybody bothers anymore. Do what works for you

[SueTrinder]

My hairdresser says it depends on your crown. Of course I have a double crown so that doesn't help me, my parting has moved from left to right and back again. I had a centre parting recently because I had a heavy fringe and a side parting looked weird.

[missmartha]

I part my hair on the right. i'm right handed and it's easier to style it that way than on the left.

[GinAndOnIt]

My crown is on my left so maybe that's why. I parted it to the right after a shower last night and it's been trying to flick itself over ever since.

[FoxesOnSocks]

I've a double crown, I part on the left mostly because I've a ferocious cow's lick; though saying that I've never tried the right. As a child my hair was parted in the centre - hated my hair as a child so I will probably never go centre again!!

[retainertrainer]

I look like my evil twin if I part my hair differently,I always do it on the right.

[tigerdriverII]

Most people have one eye that looks brighter/more open than the other. Part your hair over that eye.

[NapQueen]

I part mine on the left as my right eyebrow is a bit dodgy at the end so this way the more hair covers it.

[MrsMarigold]

I never part mine intentionally, it just does its own thing, usually ends up roughly in the middle, left side hairline is a bit thinner.

[GinAndOnIt]

I tried to persist with the right hand parting but eventually gave up, flicked my hair upside down and let it decide where to part itself. It picked the left

I think the crown is whats affecting it as a PP said. I'll just have to deal with a thin hairline I think.

[Rinceoir]

My hair resists everything other than a horrible harsh centre parting. I don't know why!

[GinAndOnIt]

It just looks like a receding man :(

[GinAndOnIt]

Whoops, photos didn't appear for some reason.

[danTDM]

OMG the OP's username and description of her problem have me laughing properly outloud!

It's the best thread in ages!