Dreads and my reasons for getting them
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Wow, you guys have very interesting stories to tell. Thank you all
I feel like I could learn so much from all of you
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Dreads and my reasons for getting them
General Talk
Hello everyone, I'm relatively new so I just figured I'd add a post to the forums involving the reason I became fascination in dreads and how this fascination turned into something so much greater. I am also curious as to reasons why some of you all decided to start dreads whether it be spiritual, aesthetic reasons,cultural ones, or maybe some mix of the three.
Anyway, the first time I became interested in dreads I saw some man on tv who had locks and pondered about this interesting looking hairstyle. My mom after seeing my piqued interest had told me that they were "Dirty and nasty". This statement led me to doing research on dreadlocks. It took me from one site to another and even to friends and family just to see what their take on dreadlocks was. After I had found all of this research I then hit the realization that Locks were like any other hairstyle only cooler. At which point I had taken a little while to do more research before making my decision to finally get them. There was only one big problem at this time though... my hair consisted solely of stubble. My next challenge was to grow my hair out long enough to get knotted and tangled. I grew out my hair for about a year and a half. Afterwards, I had my lovely girlfriend section my hair, then a week later I started to create my locks. This is what led me here today two weeks later.
If anyone else would be willing to share their story with me I will look forward to reading it and seeing just what made you get dreads and the journey you took to get where you are today.
updated by @dillon-n: 01/13/15 09:07:07PM