Did your mum ever cut your hair when you were young?
@sprite1950 (30453)
Corsham, England
August 10, 2019 6:20am CST
I was looking through some old photos yesterday and had to laugh at some of the terrible haircuts my mother gave me when I was small. I don't remember feeling upset so I suppose I was too young to care what I looked like. Back in the 50s and 60s I think it was often mum who took the scissors to their kid's hair because it was cheaper and there probably weren't so many hairdressers around as there are today.
Did your mum or dad carry out a home haircut on you when you were little?
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
Hey Anna, good to see you too! I wish my mum had let my hair grow long but she always fancied herself as a hairdresser!
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@LadyDuck (460346)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 19
@sprite1950 I liked my long hair, I think to remember she asked her hairdresser to cut it when it was time to have the First Communion.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
@LadyDuck Do you wear it short now?
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@MNRFOLEY (435)
• Brisbane, Australia
16 Aug 19
@sprite1950 lol I think it looked good on me as a child!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
16 Aug 19
The Beatles hair was considered to be outrageous at the time but became very fashionable. It was quite gimmicky because although they wore smart suits their hair was considered to be long! My dad thought it was terrible lol.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
16 Aug 19
@MNRFOLEY Lots of people grew their hair like it. I had a Joanna Lumley haircut which was similar and very trendy at the time.
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@May2k8 (18118)
• Indonesia
10 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Thank you, after the gallstones were removed for only about 3 weeks my mother began to feel tired quickly and since then my mother was just pacing around the house.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
@May2k8 I hope she will be well again soon.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
I'm sorry to hear she has had gallstone surgery. I know gallstones are very painful.
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@JESSY3236 (19057)
• United States
13 Aug 19
I think my mother did when I was little.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
13 Aug 19
I hope she made a good job of it!
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@porwest (78757)
• United States
10 Aug 19
I think my mom may have done it a couple of times, but I mostly remember going to shops. Most of the time it was a beauty college though. It was always cheaper. I can't say I got any better a cut going to a shop where I was essentially a guinea pig.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
Did they make you beautiful Jim? 
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Aug 19
@porwest Lol I think we've all had a few disasters from time to time. I remember having the most terrible perm and all my friends told me how terrible it looked. I cried for weeks.
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@porwest (78757)
• United States
11 Aug 19
@sprite1950 At one point they made me a laughingstock. I wanted a spike and wound up with an Eddie Haskel perm. 
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@florelway (23159)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
10 Aug 19
I remember my mother cutting the edge of my hair and made a U-shaped cut.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Aug 19
@florelway sounds like my haircuts!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
My mum made quite a lot of mistakes with my hair!
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@florelway (23159)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
11 Aug 19
@sprite1950 realizing it now, what my mother did to my hair then was very crude lol. using ordinary scissors and cutting hair at once not checking if it balances with the other side lol.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
10 Aug 19
My mother used to cut my hair. Sometimes I wasn't that happy with the result, because I found it too short, but I think she was quite good at it. She was better than me anyway. I once tried to cut my own hair, and it looked terrible
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
I cut my own hair now but I'm quite good at it after years of practice
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
I wish my mother had let my hair grow long. My daughter and my granddaughter have really long hair and I think it looks beautiful.
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
I hope he made a good job of it!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
@JustBhem I'm sure you look nice. I always wanted long hair but my mum cut it short.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
10 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Well to bad he always wants me to have bangs and long hair.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
27 Aug 19
Lucky you, my mum did some terrible cuts on my sister and myself . I didn't realise they were so bad until I looked at old photos
. I didn't realise they were so bad until I looked at old photos1 person likes this
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
27 Aug 19
@nela13 I really don't! . I wish she had let me grow it long like other little girls.
. I wish she had let me grow it long like other little girls.1 person likes this
but I am sure you look cute on those photos 
@almostoveryou (4252)
• Philippines
10 Aug 19
Yes, she did. Many times! :) And I didn't mind. She studied hairdressing and beauty culture so her styling was kinda okay.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
Lucky you, mine was adapted with grips and bows!
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@Starkinds (32703)
• India
10 Aug 19
Yes my mum cuts my hair when I am 15 years old
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@Starkinds (32703)
• India
10 Aug 19
@sprite1950 not much but mothers love is more important.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
10 Aug 19
My mom used to cut my hair since I was a kid.
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@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
12 Aug 19
my mom used to cut my hair and it was actually not that bad...until i thought that i can do that too so i cut my hair myself and spent the rest day crying about it
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
12 Aug 19
Lol I did that a few times too! I can do it quite well now though as I've got used to the way it grows. I have wavy hair so have to be careful.
@VivaLaDani13 (60681)
• Perth, Australia
31 Aug 19
@sprite1950 OH that picture is so CUTE!!!!
I can't really remember if my mum used to. I know my nan did a few times. I did hear that my mum cut my brother's hair once and apparently he ended up looking like Moe from The Three Stooges. 
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
31 Aug 19
Mum's have a lot to answer for. sometimes! I didn't realise how silly I looked until I saw the photos.1 person likes this
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Aug 19
I don't really remember having it done but when I see photos of myself when I was little I can see she did because a hairdresser would never have cut it that way.
