Yeah... I understand what you mean. These kinds of remarks go hand in hand with the Locks of Love comments that many longhairs also get. "Self-indulgent and vain".... you hit it on the nose. I think it's especially true for mothers with extra-long hair... because "moms should keep a short and quick 'do so they have time for their kids". Aaack! When I'm a mom I am definitely going to keep my tresses.

i dont get people saying things like that in a bad way, implying that im vain, but they do say stuff like "god, you must use sooooo much shampoo!" or "wow it must take forever to blow dry".........no no no no!  silly people....moi? use heat styling? i think not!

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Good point. I should say that next time someone brings it up.

My sophomore chemistry teacher was really impressed with my hair. I wore it in braids a lot that year, and he always asked me how long it took me to do it. He seemed so shocked when I said it only took a minute to do a simple English braid. Even a lot of the girls in the class seemed surprised. Good grief...the ignorance of short hair.   

As someone who has had short hair for most of my life, I am still amazed at how little time I can spend on my (just shy of shoulder-length) hair now and have it still look good.

With long hair, you can and should let it air-dry. Half the time I don't put any products in it. When my hair was short, I *HAD* to blow it dry every day to avoid looking like I had a spider's nest on my head. THEN I had to put a ton of goop in my hair to tame the bush that blow-drying created. Sheesh. 

/Kate

Hmm, I don't think I said my longest hair was waist length... I think I might have said that my hair had to be at least waist length before I could put my hair into the swirly bun. If I didn't say that, that's what I meant  ! It's almost tailbone length now, and yes, my longest was mid-thigh.

It is so nice to "chat with" other ladies who always know what I am talking about.  As the other writer said, I  also have friends with short hair who are constantly doing their hair. Blow-dry, flat iron, then curling iron, then styling. 
I use to see this at the gym too and was always amazed at the time these ladies spend on their hair.  Don't get me wrong, they can spend all day if they want to-but as far as maintenance, my long hair is a breeze. I think there is a lot of jealousy involved with these remarks but that is just my opinion.

hello ladies... I, too have been enjoying posts for a long time, but have never responded...  This topic was too near to my heart, and I couldn't resist. 

I've always worn my hair at least waist length - and as a nurse, have developed many elaborate hair styles over the past 20 years of work.  Each night when I arrive there is always some short-haired lady who exclaims, "oh, who did your hair?"... good grief.  Yes, I have a stylist hiding in my bathroom linen closet, ladies... my secret is out.  These poor souls have no idea how simple life can be (and how much more room in the bathroom cupboards) without hair dryers, flat irons, curling irons, gels, waxes, mousse, etc, etc, etc...  Yes, I do tend to buy conditioners by the liter, and have a neat little collection of oils... but SO much extra room in the cupboards!

I was stopped in a store a few weeks ago by a "well-meaning" woman who asked - 'how on earth can you find enough time to fix your hair so elaborately - I'm lucky to just yank mine into a rubberband' (yes, I cringed visibly with "yanked" and "rubberband")... but I then delighted in pulling out my hair sticks, shaking my hair loose, twisting it up and replacing the sticks in under a minute.  I couldn't resist being a bit sarcastic by replying,"well, I always thought getting out of the bathroom in less than a minute was pretty quick".  Shame on me - but she sure was shocked.  The look on her face was priceless.