Well, your hair looks wonderful man

For me, if I’m being honest: I was socially isolated throughout college and 2 years after graduation. As you could imagine, it took its toll on me in various ways, especially in my head. Being invisible (or at least feeling that way) is just a really sad feeling. When I started growing my hair out, I didn’t think much of it. I pretty much stopped caring about my appearance, only making sure that I bathed and kept clean. Otherwise I’d wear whatever torn hoodies I had, the same 3 khakis all year etc etc.

Once my hair started growing out, and I tied it into a ponytail or even let it flow sometimes (combed and straightened to a degree) - I could visibly “feel” that I received more attention. Long hair is not common in my culture/ethnicity (at least from what I’ve seen) and isn’t that popular in everyday life (until recently maybe) - so I admit that attention, however little it was, felt nice. At this age (26) now, I’m much more indifferent and I just enjoy having my current look. Whether people like it or not is whatever. I’d legitimately only cut it if it interferes with my potential future career or I wanted to cut it.