mom bugging me about my dreads
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Greetings!
It's quite understandable that your mother is against dreads. They appear messy, dirty, & this might be a characteristic of the person: someone lazy.
Show her that thesecriticisms are wrong. Show her that you indeed do wash them every other day or so... Let her know that in fact dreads have to be taken care of even MORE than regular hair! Not only the care of dreads are important, but the spiritual reasons behind them.
If she is still against them and you do want to please her in some sense, you should realize that you don't have to necessarily dread your WHOLE hair! You can only dread the bottom part, and leave the very top layer straight & combed. This way your hair will look very tamed and presentable! This is what I do, I am probably not going to dread my whole head. Another way is to keep the dreads small, not big - this way they are lessnoticeable.
There are so many options out there. . . do what pleases you my dear.
~ Much Love