What is a mum cut?

[saltnpepa]

Inspired by the other thread on long hair vs short hair, I'm wondering what a mum cut is? Pictures please!

[MabelSideswipe]

Actually as lots of women with curls will tell you, finding someone who can cut it well is very hard. Unless you are lucky enough to have long tumbling loose curls.....it needs a style.

[stareatthetvscreen]

is it just me that wants to see a pic of noddys hair now?

:)

[HayFeverHell]

Where I live, shoulder length, blow-dry straight hair is what "mums" have.

[GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt]

Squiz I see what you mean.

[LikeASoulWithoutAMind]

I think it's really sad that we use the word "mum" as a very derogatory adjective tbh.

Why shouldn't a woman have more pressing things to focus on than her hairstyle? It's like as a woman you can only be successful in life if you also manage to look pretty while doing it.

[m0therofdragons]

Baffled by this thread. To me mum hair is very short and practical. Sam cam just has hair it's not mum hair. If sam cam wasn't a mum would anyone say she had mum hair?

[DownWithThisTypeOfThing]

Dad jeans
Dad dancing
Dad jumper
It's not limited to mums or women.

[HerrenaHarridan]

Mum cut isn't any particular style, to me, it's the cut you have shortly after your first is born because your previously long hair requires more upkeep than you can be arsed with and your baby keeps tangling their fingers in it and pulling.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

American news TV anchors always have mum hair. Or mom hair I should say.

[Blackbeanchips]

I might be too tired to think this through clearly... But while I hate the word mumsy, while I think that my role as a parent is a very important one and often undervalued... Is there anything wrong wanting to get out of a rut of looking like everyone in a certain group? Its easy to lose your individuality. And particularly as a mum its easy to lose a sense of who you are beyond being a mum.

So that's why I sometimes despair a little (when I'm not too tired or busy), that I look so like a stereotypical mum.

[Momagain1]

No I think the Kate cut is not mumsy at all because it's long & versatile. It's the short cut pictured above. You know - I am married now, kids, need to be practical, don't have the time for regular blow drys/styles so I'll just cut it all off & I won't have to worry about it.

Hence the "Mum cut"otherwise all hair would be mum cuts!

I see it the other way. That short cut is work to spike properly, and requires regular trims. If you dont have time and cant be bothered, the last thing you do is get a cut like that. To me, a 'mum cut' is no cut at all. Just let it grow, and you can ponytail it, curl it for dressing up, pin it up for dressiest, effortless day to day, but so versatile!

Or, a mum cut is the spikey one, about a month over due for a trim and root color. To olong to spike, and roots showing.

[SenecaFalls]

It's not limited to mums or women.

It's ageist, too. It is almost always code for "not youthful and I don't want to look like that."

[nilbyname]

Hmm, I think it's saying that it's hair that's a bit naff, which is a totally subjective thing. I don't think it means mums are low down, just it denotes that women who don't want to lose that independent not-mum part of themselves and look frumpy.

Is frumpy better?

[DownWithThisTypeOfThing]

SenecaFalls
It's ageist, too. It is almost always code for "not youthful and I don't want to look like that."

No it's not. My interpretation is the same as Blackbean's

[saltnpepa]

I think you'll struggle to find a thread asking how to look exhausted, worn out, over-worked, harassed, a bit anemic and hormonal. That's how lots of mums feel and don't want to look it too. What is wrong with still wanting to look hot and youthful of spirit even if not in years. Surely feminism has moved on.

[SenecaFalls]

I don't mind looking my age, and no, I do not aspire to look "hot."

[Wotsitsareafterme]

How tiring - the word dad is just a derogatory in this context!

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Honestly when I picture someone with a 'mum haircut' in my mind's eye she's 35-45. Definitely not a look I associate with older women.