How did your parents and family react?

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Permalink Reply by Freaky_Ferret on October 14, 2008 at 9:14pm

My mom told me that it's the ugliest hair style for a girl, my little brother said "OMG, THAT'S SO COOL!". My dad doesn't know yet and probably won't notice till I spike it up. He doesn't pay attention enough to know a difference.

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Permalink Reply by Katarina on November 19, 2008 at 1:07am

Wow, that really sucks about your parents. :(

My mum wouldn't look at me or talk to me for a few days, but she didn't ban me from any social events. She keeps insisting that my boyfriend will "leave me" because of my hair, haha. Its a good thing I happen to find unintelligent comments humorous :-P

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Permalink Reply by Val on November 19, 2008 at 1:16am

i told my parents i was going to go to the local hair place and get a mohawk, they were fine with it but asked why i wouldn't just do it myself because i have been cutting my hair since i was 13, and i just said i didn't want to fuck it up too much, and i would probably just keep cutting it myself after the fact..ANYWAY, they were fine with it and said it looked very good when i got home.

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Permalink Reply by gina on November 19, 2008 at 2:11am

i came home from a weekend out and my litle sister walked up stairs and asked me what happened to my hair. she said it was ugly. shes only five so i guess thats undersatndable....

of course, she ran downstairs to tell my mom and i was planning on avoiding her for a few days later. unfortunately, the blow dryer was downstairs so i had to face er.

she looked at me nd said that i fucked up again, and that it will attract the exact kind of people i will be living with in a month. i think she meant that as an insult but i took it as a compliment. she was extremelyyyy pissed at me for about a day. but i think its growing on her gradualy....my dad hasnt even seen it yet...im dreading that moment.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley on November 30, 2008 at 10:51pm

My dad LOVED it. haha :)
My mom she didn't think it would look as good as it did. She hates it though. haha.
My grandparents they had no problem with it. My grandma said I should cut it shorter she
wants it like 3 inches i was like NO! My bugs me about it all the time. and I could care less about what
my sister thinks. Her and I never get along as it is so whatever :p hahahaha.
But my family doesn't care to much. Everyone kept telling me I had a really nice shaped head though...
haha :)

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Permalink Reply by Nettie Joe on December 12, 2008 at 11:30pm

They actually really liked it

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Permalink Reply by Jae on December 14, 2008 at 12:34am

What's interesting is that the very first time I ever got a mohawk (bihawk really... it was only a couple inches long at the time) they said that as long as I was happy and able to get a job), they were okay with it. I went out and got a bihawk, and they didn't mind it at all. My mother even lovd helping me style it. It was just something different, nothing "extreme" and tolerable. After I got my sides shaved a second time, hair growing out another inch, then it was a concern to them.

Since then, I really became distant with my father. All discussions then became arguments, and things got very tense between the both of us. Today, where my mohawk is about seven inches long, sides cut buzz length, we have a sort of riff between us. My mother, a very compassionate woman, completely grew with me, tolerating it and still seeing me as me. My father, hoever, completely hates my hairstyle.

One of my three brothers, the one I look up to the most, completely hates my hair. He tells me I was prettier with longer hair. I think, all honesty, that hurt me the most. It's hard when someone you've looked up to your whole life completely shatters you like that.

I think though, the best thing is to be yourself, no matter what.

I honestly can't see myself with long hair. I feel the most beautiful when I have my mohawk up at "full mast", and I have a hard time imagining any other hairstyle on my person. It's hard, but us chicks gotta hold strong, rock it, and make it worth-while.

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Permalink Reply by ChemxCab on December 23, 2008 at 6:16pm

When I first told my mother I would be getting a mohawk, she didn't really have much to say about it. Being only fourteen at the time and obviously living at home, I showed her pictures of the idea and style I was going for, and encouraged her that because of the width of my desired hawk [which is approx. 2 inches] I could wear my hair down and have it look as though I didn't have one at all. The morning of my appointment, she wished my hair goodbye and headed to work. I went in, got it down, and instead of backcombing it in true death hawk fashion, I pulled it into two short pigtails and headed out to her work to surprise her with my older sister. As reluctant as she had been that morning, it all faded when she saw the results. She spent the better part of ten minutes touching my newly shaved sides, and complimenting me.

Ever since she's offered to shave down my sides whenever they get anymore then an inch in length, and when I shaved my first design into my sides [spider webs], she stole my pictures from my MySpace page and posted them online for her friends to see. She's really supportive.

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Permalink Reply by zero on December 28, 2008 at 8:28pm

My mom has actually been really supportive of mine...she's always willing to help me dye it, or suggest something new to do with it, plus, she's not really a conventional-looking person herself (I've heard customers at the library where she works refer to her as "Bat-woman"). My dad's kind of lukewarm on it...he really had nothing to say except that it's "certainly, ah...radical". My older brother is ashamed of me, but my little sister enjoys pointing me out to her classmates. My grandma said it made me look like an "injun". Oh, grandma...
At least now, when I go to family functions, no one mistakes me for anyone else.

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Permalink Reply by MommyHAWK on January 2, 2009 at 8:56am

About three years ago I shaved 22 inches of hair for locks of love. My parents were stunned that my head was shaped well enough to go bald...HUH? Now after everything growing back out and my husband shaving the sides down for my mohawk my mom offered to help me bleach and dye it. My Dad offered to watch my kids if I need to get some tatoos or piercings...WHAT? They are so damn supportive it's irritating. They are of the opinion that the Mohawk is more me than the silly Stepford Wife hairstyle I was supporting. They are glad that I am confortable enough to express who I am...pfft. thanks Mom & Dad

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Permalink Reply by Opel on January 14, 2009 at 7:21pm

Did anyone get in alot of trouble? I have a hair appointment on the 24th to get my hair cut into a mohawk. I told my mom and she laughted and said she would shave it off. I know she won't but i'm nervious that i will get in alot of trouble. But i'm totally psyched. And really looking forward to it. I did go ahead and ask my boss to make sure i would not get fired though. Lol. I did not want to loose my job and be grounded in the same week. Is their anything to say to kelp my parents cool off?

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Permalink Reply by Val on January 14, 2009 at 7:34pm

i didn't get in trouble but when i told my parents i was going to do it they got worried and said it would look silly, and seemed like they could get mad...but i think once you get it it will look good and your parents will like it? that's what happened to me. they'll prolly be pissed when i shave the sides though...hahaha.

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