To think it's perfectly acceptable to have long hair when your 35?

[Cathycomehome]

Because my mum thinks it isn't, and I should cut mine. It's very cheap to have long hair and also you can tie it up when you can't be asked to wash it

I'm 38 with long hair, I did get a fringe cut in and it's brilliant, but I intend to have long hair forever... when I go grey, the halloween constume will be really easy (unbrushed hair, long nightie) and I can always wear it in a bun.

I love long hair. I doesn't suit me if I just let it grow, not like my hippy style of my youth, but it will always be long... get a fringe if you must, but even if you don't, you shouldn't cut it for your mother. Tell her she's out of touch and old.

I have just had mine cut very short, pixieish. I look years younger than I did with long hair ( mind you, my hair had hermione tendencies).

What I did find was that the mid length layered bobs and such I experimented with in between long and very short we're very mumsie and ageing.

I am going to go grey though, don't like the short beigey/ blonde look.

I am 43 and have mid back length auburn hair. Luckily only one or two grey (silver) bits - is it true redheads don't go grey?

My hair has always been dead straight and I find it very cheap. Have my fringe cut for free when it gets too long and have it cut about twice a year. When I wash it I never dry it (don't go out much) so it's still in very good condition (that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it).

I had it short for a lot of years as it was very thin and that helped it thicken up and I love it long and will make the most of it whilst I can.....

mouldy, I will be proud to look like a witch [hsmile]

I think people with cute streaked pixie cuts and wrinkles look much more deluded- mutton/lamb.

I intend to have my very long hair bleached to pure Goth white when grey starts appearing, so I look more like Erda.

ginny, I am a) [henvy] and b) in awe - past your knees?! How do you manage it, do you tie it up, or leave it loose?

YANBU! buggered if I'm getting mine cut next year. and i might not dye it when i go grey

I've not had mine cut for so long that my hairdresser is now on mat leave and wasn't even pg last time i saw her Actually Iwas only just pg and now have a 6 month old. The ends are a bit straggly, but i have v straight hair all the same length and it is tied back most of the time.

you're not too old for anything at 35!! I'm 43 and started growing mine at 40 before it turned white/ fell out/tore it out.. It's now bra length, just a few greys and lovely. Ive also bought a 600cc motorbike, passed my test, given up nursing after 25 years and enrolled on a degree course at the local uni. Oh, and doing my gliding pilot's license. My kids think I'm awesome, parents think I'm nuts! Midlife crisis? I prefer "second bloom of youth " lol x

I'm 42 and have had long hair all my adult life. I love it. I can't wait to let it all go grey. I'll keep it long but condition it well so it still looks glossy rather than nesty.

I'm 40 with long hair. Cut it short for the first time in 10 years after DS was born in 2010 and someone at work told me I was 'growing up'. That was all the incentive I needed to grow it again!

I had hair to my bum until last week (age 38) and I had 8 Inches cut off BUT it was donated to the LITTLEPRINCESSTRUST for wigs and although my head feels weirdly light and I thought I would be growing it back straight away, it's actually so nice not getting ponytail headache

I am 49 and one month ('nearlyf 50' according to the doctor I will not be seeing again.

Have shoulder length hair, as the curl goes out of it if it is any longer. Dye it a lighter shade of brown to cover the grey at the front. I find the grey dulls the mid brown colour, and this helps.

I had a 98 year old friend who used to say that I did not look old enough to have a son of 21! (98 year old friends are worth having )

I've had a pony tail since I was 10. When I got to 40 I really thought I should have it cut, but knew no other style would suit me. I had dark brown hair which was not very thick, and often had it up, when people said I looked like Margot Fonteyn. When I got to 50, I didn't think much about myself as my husband had been battling cancer for 7 months, and had just been told he was in remission - 5 years at the most they said. He did die almost 16 years ago, but I still have my hair in a pony tail, or sometimes down but curled.

My sister had long blond hair scrunched into tight wavy bits at 55 and looked 35.

Not even a woman telling me, at 59, I looked like a young woman with an old face and that I should cut my hair shorter, I took not notice of her.
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digerd: people who say things like that should not be taken notice of. It is usually some problem of their own that they are talking about!