Is That A Weave???

veezor

I don't know about other people, but I get asked if my hair is a weave constantly-- especially when it was long. There was a time where it was pretty much a given that if I entered a crowded public place I'd get asked by at least half a dozen strangers a day. A friend of mine always gets insulted for me, but I just understand how hard a good weave is to find (finding natural extensions is a nightmare for me) and I'm just so damn used to it! lol
People even insist I show them my roots. :dontknow:

Does this happen to anyone else?

ro0o911

veezor wrote: »

I don't know about other people, but I get asked if my hair is a weave constantly-- especially when it was long. There was a time where it was pretty much a given that if I entered a crowded public place I'd get asked by at least half a dozen strangers a day. A friend of mine always gets insulted for me, but I just understand how hard a good weave is to find (finding natural extensions is a nightmare for me) and I'm just so damn used to it! lol
People even insist I show them my roots. :dontknow:

Does this happen to anyone else?

OMG yesss!!! All the freaking time. People always stop and ask me if my hair is a weave. Then when I usually smile and tell them it is my real hair then they look at me incredulously and reply with "you have good hair"....really irritates me because its not that I have "good" hair..its that I take the time and effort to make it healthy.Or they ask me if I'm mixed or something which happens more when I straighten my hair which happens on a rare occasion.. ironic because my family is fresh off the boat east african so I'm as ethnic as it can get.

aaaand I also get those random people who think its ok to touch my hair without asking...I'm not a zoo animal!

AfroPRChica

Yes it has! Back when I was natural in HS (newly transitioning), and I used to occasionally straighten my hair, all of the girls used to ask if it was a weave. Even the African American girls would rub on my roots just to be sure I wasn't lying. It kind of pissed me off because who gave you permission to rub your fingers on my head?

AuroraE95

I get the same crappy comments:mad:

Sigh-Sidhe

lol during my mom's doctor appointment the other day, one of the nurses asked "is that all your hair?"
thankfully, she didn't say it in a rude way..

abyssinian

ro0o911 wrote: »

OMG yesss!!! All the freaking time. People always stop and ask me if my hair is a weave. Then when I usually smile and tell them it is my real hair then they look at me incredulously and reply with "you have good hair"....really irritates me because its not that I have "good" hair..its that I take the time and effort to make it healthy.Or they ask me if I'm mixed or something which happens more when I straighten my hair which happens on a rare occasion.. ironic because my family is fresh off the boat east african so I'm as ethnic as it can get.

aaaand I also get those random people who think its ok to touch my hair without asking...I'm not a zoo animal!

Omg, I hate when random people touch my hair!!
People used to do it all the time when I was little (they apparently also used to ask my mom when I was really little if she permed my hair... lol), and my hatred of it has kind of stuck with me to the point where I don't let anybody touch/play with my hair. My boyfriend's the only one who's allowed to... I've told him he should realise he's lucky. :P

ChAoTiCbLiSs

Welcome to my world! :banghead:

I got the weave questions when I was relaxed, and now that I'm curly, you'd think I'd grown another head the way some people look at me when I say that this is my natural curl pattern!:roll:

mooghan

Happens to me every now and then! But it's always "i love your hair! Is that a weave?!" and if they aren't listening to what I say, they ask where I got it...

floridacurlygirl

Sometimes people ask me if it is real. A few times people asked if it was a wig. Sometimes people ask if I extensions...not that much thought. People do ask if it natural alot though. I guess they think I perm it or something.

Also, my older sister told me that when I use a diffuser and make my hair really realy big it looks like it is extensions.

This is funny..i have a friend with curly hair too and she was talking about getting extensions. I was like why? People get them to look like us. lol..sorry if I am being conceided.