Hey great people Either today or tomorrow is my 6 month mark!! Pretty excited about it. I have about 20-25 dreads that i can grab and feel its awesome, most of them are in the back of my head, although i have a couple on each side of my head and one really long one coming in the dead front of my head. I have been washing with the dreadlocks shampoo from Vicki which is amazing and recommend to everybody. Right as I started I spent 35 bucks buying two bottles plus shipping, one was nag champa and the other was Dragon's blood. I already used up all of the Nag champa but it lasted me close to 5 1/2 months my hair smelled real good so its a worth investment. I'm in the very messy stage right now because I'm growing them naturally, and I love it it's a great experience. The only problem I'm having is getting a job. I started college this fall and well my family can't really afford paying for it so I've been paying it with scholarships and donations (here's the link, if people want to share it or maybe even donate http://www.gofundme.com/40n8oc ), but in order to pay next semester I need a job real soon. I've been looking for a while now, In the summer I got rejected from two places because I had two weeks in the middle booked for volunteering reasons, so I decided that I would just get one once school started. One thing I forgot to mention, is that I just got my job permit sometime around may because of DACA but that's not the point of the story. Once school started I had been working pretty hard to start well and get into good habits of most of my work in between classes or the days I go (1class-Monday, full day-Tuesday, 2classes-Wednesday, full day-Thursday) I left Friday to sunday open purposely to be available for busy days for a job. And I've been applying to many places, I even wear a button down when presenting myself to a new place, but I feel that my hair is killing my chances. I had talked to an assistant manager at a Dunkin Donuts for a week or so and everything was going pretty well and I thought I had the job on the bag, but a couple of days before my training was supposed to start, i got a call from this lady saying I had some paperwork missing so same day I went over and brought everything and she couldn't do something in the computer so she called the main manager and he walks in and gave me this look, kind of disgust on his face and I knew that was probably the reason, The first time I presented myself to the assistant manager I had a headband to make myself look more 'presentable', but this time I had nothing. When the manager walked in his face drastically changed from a smile to a serious kinda just disgusted in a way, maybe i'm imagining it but that was my impression. He did all the paper work stuff and then left, I talked to the ast. manager and she always very nice with me said she would give me a call in a couple of days until everything goes through. I trusted her, didn't think about the other guy too much, and waited, and waited until a week went by and I got worried that I hadn't gotten the call. So I left her an email politely asking if my services would still be required? And well I never got a response. That was about two or three weeks ago. So I kept on applying to places, sometimes I'm not old enough, I turn 18 on October, or I don't have the experience wanted, I've only got a little maintenance experience and volunteer work. And I mean I know it's part of life, but its real frustrating. I am a healthy 17 year old college boy, enthusiastic and fast learner, searching for a first opportunity. And I just haven't gotten one. I'm not even applying to food places because I guess my hair can be a health hazard/issue for them and it's annoying that I have wasted so much time to get rejected. I'm sorry i'm frustrated, I just one a chance. I know I'll get one sometime soon, but I need some encouragement and prayer. I really appreciate it, because I am at the point where I know that this is just gonna help me grow into a stronger person, but I need a job soon otherwise I wont be able to pay for next semester. I've decided to give myself 2 weeks if I don't have a job, I'll be real sorry to do it, but I'll buzz my hair just to find a job, because I need it not because I want to. I get really annoyed how society presents long hair on men as unproffesional and dreads are looked down upon, it really gets to me that I would have to conform into such a stupid norm. If I do get to the extreme and buzz them, hopefully not, then I'll start again, but this time I'll try to do the Nazirite bow, Idk if it works like that but still I want to do it, but I like grapes haha. Well good dready people hope you haven't gone through something like this and keep me in your prayers. Have a fantastic day
updated by @jimmy-dc: 04/23/19 09:28:45AM