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Well ladies, I got my hair braided Saturday in individual braids. I specificaly said medium sized braids with wavy ends. Although they are not tiny braids, I do have about a million or so braids none the less. Thank God my hair is very thick and strong that I don't fear it pulling at my scalp and they are not tight; but I am not looking forward to removing this bad boys therefore, they will stay in my head until the new year. Anyway the purpose of this thread was to tell ya'll that my partner(a Black man) loved it. After cutting off my 8-9ins of relaxed hair two months ago, needless to say he liked the new look for a good minute because it was sharp and sexy (I believe those were his words last night) But once it started to grow and I didn't maintain the neatness of having a sharp and sexy TWA, he started to tease me and said that I needed hair to keep up with the look of being beautiful. His words were "you need hair on your head." I tried to explain that once my hair grows in my natural state I will be able to wear twist outs and band my hair stretching it to show that I have hair. Needless to say, when he saw my braids Saturday, he loved them. I knew I looked cute
and yes I pranced around and felt very confident. Anyway, after my weekend of getting used to my braids, I then walked into my office this Monday morning and didn't get the reaction I thought I would get. I thought everyone would say "oh your hair looks fabulous" Instead my Italian, male co-worker said," Why did you do that to your hair? What are those extensions?" 
I smiled, and gave him the explanation of why I chose to put the braids in my hair in the first place. Which was to avoid wash and go's during these colder months. He said, "so you're not going to wash your hair now?" Of course I am just not every morning. He said he preferred my TWA. He thought that black women with their natural hair was absolutely "HOT" So here we are mid morning and I'm thinking about how my black man loves the braids and my white co-workers are looking at me like 
. I like them, and like I said, I paid $$$$ for a goal of keeping them in til the new year and I will do that for as long as I can. It's just hilarious how "they" respond better to our naturalness then "we" do. Unfortunately including myself in this "we". Although I love the texture of my hair, I feel more beautiful and comfortable with my long flowing hair as opposed to my TWA. So under the guise of my braids, i'm back to prancing around and thinking I'm the ish! Sorry so long and scattered, but I had to share
and yes I pranced around and felt very confident. Anyway, after my weekend of getting used to my braids, I then walked into my office this Monday morning and didn't get the reaction I thought I would get. I thought everyone would say "oh your hair looks fabulous" Instead my Italian, male co-worker said," Why did you do that to your hair? What are those extensions?" I smiled, and gave him the explanation of why I chose to put the braids in my hair in the first place. Which was to avoid wash and go's during these colder months. He said, "so you're not going to wash your hair now?" Of course I am just not every morning. He said he preferred my TWA. He thought that black women with their natural hair was absolutely "HOT" So here we are mid morning and I'm thinking about how my black man loves the braids and my white co-workers are looking at me like . I like them, and like I said, I paid $$$$ for a goal of keeping them in til the new year and I will do that for as long as I can. It's just hilarious how "they" respond better to our naturalness then "we" do. Unfortunately including myself in this "we". Although I love the texture of my hair, I feel more beautiful and comfortable with my long flowing hair as opposed to my TWA. So under the guise of my braids, i'm back to prancing around and thinking I'm the ish! Sorry so long and scattered, but I had to share
