I understand there’s such a thing as “Peacocking” this means that you try to look as “unique” and “interesting” as possible from afar so that you can attract the opposite sex. The problem is that some people take it too far. Now most of my posts have been about the ladies, but fellas do this too. I have seen some crazy ass people with zippers installed in their hair, crazy pictures or words shaved into their head and corn rows that spell out their name (like the tattoo on your back wasn’t enough). People take it TOO far! This is not a black thing or a woman’s thing, this is an ignorant thing.
I know a few women who think that this will help them get a man. That men love it and talk to them “all the time” about their hair. I have to agree with them. Men talk to them all the time. Either it’s the guy who’s asking, “What’s up Toucan Sam!?” or the guy who knows this girl’s self esteem is so tied up in her hair, or the chemicals have gotten to her brain, that she will sleep with anybody. They know that if a girl just spent $200 to get her hair colored like a pack of skittles then she obviously doesn’t make good decisions, “So why can’t I be one more?”
This wouldn’t bother me that much because as TJ Tallie says, “Do you.” The problem is when their kid is crying and hungry because mom spent her money on crazy hair. You should also know ladies that the man that comes by for this hair is the same guy who isn’t there three month’s later and apparently DJ Swang wasn’t his real name. The saddest part about all of this is when I see these ladies who have obviously spent too much time and money on hair that doesn’t make her look any more beautiful and I see that baby bump. People in general know they shouldn’t smoke or drink while pregnant, but I have found a whole lot of people who still get their “hair did cuz I gots to look cute.”
The part that scares me is I rarely see these women in a workplace. I mean, of course I see the occasional Walmart employee, but where are the others? Is there some call center somewhere so they don’t have to face the public? And if there is, what do the headsets look like that don’t catch this crazy hair? Look, this is one of the few ghetto things that i have been guilty of myself, believe me when I tell you there is a reason my Quinceanera pictures aren’t out there for everyone to see. There is also a purple faze I don’t think my hair will ever recover from. I learned from it though, it’s like cutting your own bangs; Seems like a good idea, until you look in the mirror. So please, a natural hair color change is fine and can be fun, but if you actually model your hair after a packet of something worth 85 cents, then maybe that’s how much you’re worth.
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