When is it time to quit with long hair?

[CharlottesComplicatedWeb]

So, I think I look like this...

But actually have a feeling I look more like this...

How will I know when it’s time to go for a sensible/appropriate cut for a 57yr old woman?

@Coffeepot72i agree. I think that my hair spends so much time “up” that I may as well have it cut but then... not really. On the occasions it’s down, I quite like that.

I’d dispute your hairdresser always knowing best. I once went with her suggestion and she thinned my hair out so much it looked like I’d been very ill and needed to have it all removed. It grew back but I then found another hairdresser.

I remember my childhood days so many very old Grannies of friends with buns and long plaits wrapped around their heads. I don't know when the age restriction came in but I certainly wont be adhering to it. My son told me that he and his friends had been discussing in the pub why did so many old ladies cut their hair so short and make themselves look so masculine, so you see young men actually notice.

I don’t agree that having long hair as you get older is a “feminist act.” Surely women in the 1920’s viewed cutting their hair into those flapper bobs as a form of female emancipation, after centuries of being expected to have long hair?

Having your hair in whatever style you personally like is true feminism, isn’t it?

61, long brown hair with grey streaks. Not cutting it, I loathe it short.

A few years ago my long hair started to get all frizzy and straggley. I decided to have a graduated bob that was really short at the back and long at the front. It looked great but was such hard work, if I didn't blow dry /straighten etc. every day, it didn't look good and I couldn't just shove it into a ponytail to get it out of the way. Obviously didn't get it cut during lock down and now it is shoulder length again and I much prefer it.
My very glam MIL has a fantastic silver bob that really suits her but I can't be bothered with the faffing about. Maybe when I retire 😀