Friends Don't Let Friends Cut Friends' Hair

Tonight's post is just something silly -- a tale I'm sure everyone is familiar with.

Have you ever trusted a friend, or one's self for that matter, to cut your hair? What were the results? Would you ever trust that person to do it again?

I laughed tonight while I was at work after I received a message from my mom. My sister allowed a friend to cut her hair while on a sleepover. While my sister was with her friends, she commented on how she liked it. When she got home, and I'm guessing, my mother saw it, she wasn't as happy about it. The hair was fixed as it was no big deal. The end result turned out well. My sister is all smiles now with the new hair cut. She learned the hard lesson as to leaving permanent beauty solutions to the professionals and I hope that her friend learned that there's a reason stylists go to school to do that sort of task. ;) (This friend KNOWS that I say that in fun.)

It's a lesson most kids learn at some point. While I was laughing at work about the whole thing, a co-worker shared a tale of when he was in kindergarten. He trimmed his eyelashes because he was being teased... yes that's right... when kids have nothing better to tease about they tease about the length of someone's eyelashes! Being a kindergartner, he only trimmed one set of eyelashes. When he got home, his mother was upset and told him how now his lashes were all different lengths... so he trimmed the other side to match!

Then I was jolted back to memories of 1st grade when I cut my bangs during class. We were watching a movie and sitting on the floor with the lights off. I snuck underneath my desk and grabbed my scissors. I cut my bangs in one nice uneven line with a pair of fiskars blunt safety scissors. My excuse when I got home was that I was having trouble seeing the movie --- whether or not that's actually true I couldn't begin to tell you. But that's the story I stuck to and have kept on sticking to right to this day. As a teen and so far through my adult life, I've gone back and forth between no bangs and bangs. (Currently sporting the no bangs look but may change it up soon... who knows!) During the times that I have had bangs though, when they got too long I always thought it was a waste to go to the hair dresser just to trim them. I purchased a pair of proper scissors and I'm sure to use a comb and a mirror anytime I attempt to trim them on my own after my 1st grade trimming fiasco!

The point of my stories of hair gone wrong is just to illustrate that everyone makes decisions that aren't always the best. The important thing is to not let it get to you. You find a solution and learn from your mistakes. In life, you need to be able to laugh at yourself. The hair will grow back, but the girls will always have a story to tell.

Right now I think the girls may be at odds with one another over the whole situation. I would just like to say that the bottom line is that hair will grow back. You can always style your hair to cover flows and minor imperfections. A true friend will see you through many, many different hairstyles in your lifetime. Don't let a bad hairstyle make you a bad friend.