family says ill have to take dreads out sometime...
General Talk
so i absolutely love my dreadlocks. they are 3 months in and doing good....but my grandma..who i live with, is telling me that i should backcomb or twist and rip to make them and enjoy them until i have to get a job, then take em out.....she says that you have to "do" something to them, that its more than just not brushing your hair. i tell her that i want to keep them, and i don't want to take them out, or "make" them. her response is either, well how are you going to get a job, or life changes and something is going to happen where you can't have them anymore, and you would've wasted time, when they don't even "look" like dreads....it isn't discouraging me, kinda pissin me off actually. i don't think my hair should hold me back from doing anything in life, and it seems ridiculous that someone would think that. i don't really know what to do here..i know im not taking them out, and i know im not backcombing, so how do i get her off my back..how do i explain to her, that i am passionate about this, that i am becoming attatched to my locs, who are starting to get names lol, and im watching them grow..i don't want to "make" them, its soooo much more intriguing to watch them form. my grandmother is smart and stubborn, and believes herself to always be right.....maybe there is nothing i can do....and she won't shave my head...but, idk man..thoughts?
updated by @julie-ellis: 02/14/15 07:40:25AM