Hello everyone. I thought it might be a good idea to post a little about me.

I'm 59 and recently retired from a 36 year career as an Engineering and R&D Manager. I designed machines and have seven patents to my name. My wife and I live in SW Louisiana now with two kids in collage.

I'm a guy that loves long hair. It's been my obsession since I can remember. I wore mine kinda sorta long in the 70's and again in the 90's. It is about mid-back length now and kind of fine. It's medium brown because I color it to cover my grey. I enjoy wearing various styles and am not afraid to experiment. Wearing styles that some may think are a little feminine do not threaten my masculinity. I kind of like pushing boundries a little but consider respect for others' opinions important.

I try hard to take care of my hair by following basic principles: gentleness and conditioning. I wash my hair about twice a week and use jojoba oil. I even sometimes use a little " 'cones"

I get about 1/2" trimmed every three months or so depending on the condition of the ends. I'm not sure how long I want to let it get. The longer it gets the more Ilike it so far. I enjoy the felling of it on my shoulders and back. Never experienced that before.

Favorite Styles:

Loose/low or high pony tail/half pony tail/french braid

Favorite Things:

My family/cats/trains/my Dad's old El Camino/ and of course LONG HAIR

Least Favorite Things:

Heavy handed stylists/people who will not take care of their hair/people that impose their opinions on others/taxes/dentists/cleaning gutters

I joined this board to try to learn about long hair and maybe help others with similar intrests.

Thanks for the opportunity to ramble on --- 


(ps: I am a member of another board aka terri439. name choice explanitation for another time.)

Thanks for the welcome. We'll chat more I'm sure.

The name Terri439 is an artifact from an old e-mail account. I have now found a way to work around it.

Sorry for any confusion.

Have you ever worn it in a herringbone braid? I think that looks really nice on men.

There is a similarity to a french braid.  There's a picture ofmen's braids.  There are instructions in the Hair Braiding Basics section of this site.  (Fishtail and herringbone are the same thing).