"My Hair Is So Now"

"I got bangs! My hair is so now." From Legally Blonde.

Why do we women feel the need to cut our hair when there is major change in our lives? Well, I don't know about everybody else, but I do at least. I've cut, permed, styled, clipped, and grown men out of my life. It never fails. Oh, I say, "this time I'm not going to change my hair." But, I always do. Why?

The psychologist/psychiatrist in me says it is because I have control of my hair. By changing my hair, I've controlled something when I feel I've lost control. I wasn't the one that caused my life to go in a different direction and changing my hair is the easiest way to take back control.

Oh, there are other things I can control...like that 30 extra pounds I gained when I quit smoking. Those bad boys are the next thing to go. Then there's my clothes. A new wardrobe isn't sounding so bad right now. I've even thought about re-arranging the house. New furniture in my future?

Whatever the surface reason may be, deep down, I think we do it because we want to feel pretty when a bit of ugliness has invaded our lives. I feel pretty today because, "I got bangs!"