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Very torn about this one, getting close to 40 and my hair is well below my shoulders. I have had various styles of short hair most of my life, so having longer hair is different for me. Some hairdressers are good with it, but I had one who just wanted to cut it off. I understand why older ladies cut off their hair, but honestly they all look the same. Part of me wants to be the rebellious oldie with the long hair ;) As a teen I was once to told to grow my hair as "girls do not have short hair in this town", so I tend to go opposite way.
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Your TOTALLY too old for long hair :P You really shoudl shave it all off, dye it grey, start wearing age appropriate granny clothes and start up knitting :P I saw you wednesday clothes were way to skimpy for a 30+ year old, OMG LOL
In all seriousness you look hot, and if you don't want to change your hair then don't do it :D
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I have long hair, and have thought about this for a while. The shortest my hair has ever been is shoulder length, normal is 1/2 way down my back.
2 things of late have become an issue for me, greys and the cost of hiding them LOL.
I simply cannot afford (or justify) $150 + every 6 weeks at the hairdressers.
ATM, I am getting by with making friends do it with supermarket dye (still $30 odd bucks, cause I need 2 packs).
But as I get greyer and greyer (or when my short and curlies turn on me too :D) I am thinking it well may be easier and cheaper to color or hide the grey if it is not too long.
Also maintaining it can be a bit of a chore too.
I guess the reason I have not tried it shorter is that I am too chicken to. LOL
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Older women often have thinning hair, and for this reason it is often more flattering to have a shorter cut. However it very much depends on the person. I have very fine hair anyway so I imagine there will be a time when I have to keep it shorter to keep it looking nice, but at 30 I think I'm still pretty free to keep my hair however I want it. And in fact I'm growing it long at the moment :)
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Well I'm in trouble if that's the rule :redface: I'm 35 and have long hair, not too far from my bum.
I work in aged care and we have a client who is 83 and her hair is longer than mine. She wears it up in a bun like ~ZaravaFlutterby~ said about her oma.
Oh? So is that part 2 of the rule, long hair on "older" women should only be worn in a bun :p Maybe I should flick the ponytail and start on the bun :D
I think if you're comfortable with it then keep it long :D
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first of all we are the same age and i am definitely not old :p
do you like your long hair? if the answer is yes then please remember that what anyone else thinks of you is none of your buisness :D
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I hadn't had a hair cut since before dd was born and in that time it's grown a lot (thick dark wavy hair).
At the hairdresser he asked what I wanted and I wanted to keep the length..... But like I said to him....I don't want to look like a little girl. That on a 32 year old can't be good!
He cut and styled keeping it long..... But I still look 32!! I think you can have long hair, but a bit of 'style' makes all the difference.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - I wonder what the kids are up to....Better go!
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OMG 31 IS NOT OLD!!!! :D
I have heard the same thing and when i was younger thought the age to chop it off would be about 40ish, but hello, I am nearly 40 and have longish hair, and plan on keeping it for a while still.
As long as you have a 'style' I'm sure its great, I just don't think really, really, long hair with no style is a no-no for older (not sure what age that is) women.
Shorter hair can be great too though, it suits some people better!
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I too am wondering when 31 became old :lol:
I remember when I was younger my parents friend had hair past her bum and she was pressured to cut it off as she was 'too old' to have long hair, she would have been in her 50's at the time and her hair was completely grey. She cut it to just above her shoulders and it looked great! Much nicer.
I had hair to my bum all of my life and I loved it and was maybe a little to attached! When DD1 was 6 months old (I was 26) I cut it off, to my shoulders and I love it even more, no regrets.
But, in saying that, you are not to old and your hair being long really suits you :D
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My great grandma had long hair when I was little (usually in a bun), so if your hair is in decent condition then I don't think there's an age limit.
Mine is getting longer and I wear a bun a lot of the time, but then I do try to look like a teacher at work.
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I think as long as your hair isn't feral, ie scraggly, split ends. Its fine.
I know people who are in their fourties and have lovely long hair.
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i dont think you are too old at all :)
IMO, the old old old ladies with long straggly unkept grey hair are the ones it looks horrible on.
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Oh wow two pages!!! :grouphug: thank you for all your lovely comments ladies! And just to clarify I don't think 31 is old...just wondering if it was too old for long hair...like at some point i';m assuming i'll be too old for jumping on a jumping castle (not yet though ;) ).
It has got me thinking about changing things up though,...I really can't think what would suit me. Any thoughts?? If you don't know what I look like you can add me to Facey :D
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go to a good hairdresser, they are the experts :D I use to have really long hair and I got it cut short (above my shoulders) and had it styled. Now it's a once a year thing... my hair grows and then I get it cut and styled :D
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I have the opposite problem. I have *always* had short hair, but since chemo I'm losing oestrogen fast and wondering if my shortish hair "ages" me. :(
When you hit menopause your hair can start falling out - it's a female baldness pattern to do with ageing. If that happens a shorter haircut (with volume) can help disguise the hairloss.
More things to look forwards to, ladies ...
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I don't think your age is relevant - more what suits your face shape. I do think that as you age your hair changes texture, and your face changes appearance too and sometimes long hair can look a bit severe, while a shorter cut can be softer and more flattering.
If you have healthy hair and it suits you long, who cares what your age is. I'm almost 41 and grew my hair (again) after DD2 was born 3 years ago because it was so much easier on those tough days to just throw it up in a pony tail. I was starting to feel a bit frumpy though and so today got it all cut off into a short gamine cut and damn it looks good! It made my hairdresser's day too when I said just take it all off!!
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I don't think there's an age limit - I think there's a hair health limit.
If it's still thick and glorious - live it up!
My mum still has thick strong hair, and it's only been in the last year that she's started letting it go grey, and she's cut it from mid back length to just below the shoulder, and I think she's going shorter again soon.
I'm 30, and my hair is longer than in my avvy :)
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Having turned 40 this year. my hair has been the longest I think ive ever had it - halfway down my back so im going to see how it goes. It is fine though so I dont see me keeping it for long, plus I get sick of it and will prolly trim, cut a few inches off.
I def will have to go shorter when Im older. I remember my grannie always had short hair and it was balding in patches. She would put those plastic curlers in to make it fuller, poor thing.
My hair is straight as, whereas my Mum has curly , long hair, think Nicole Kidman. She is 60 now. Touch wood, i havent got any greys yet. I said to hubby as soon as I get a few greys, thats it, I'm colouring it more often. (good excuse).
