I know that I can get my hair to behave nicely like my sister's does. She's taught me how to do it. I just don't have the patience, since it takes a good hour worth of work after each shampoo.

I was *stunned* to find that none of them used conditioner.

As a teen, though, I never used conditioner or moisturizer. For one, my hair was much oilier then, and I guess my face was, too.

I guess conditioner was always about making my hair less tangly, rather than a question of dry vs. oily, because I'm pretty sure my teen hair was oily, too.

I have fine, thick hair that was stick straight until pregnancy. Now it has a very slight bend to it, right below my chin so I either have to have it shoulder-length or longer or experiment with the angled bob from last summer. Right now I'm growing it out because I'm lazy and I'd like to have it longer again.

Abby's hair is an absolute marvel-- super, super thick (if I make one single braid, it's as thick around as my wrist) and very wavy, bordering on curly in places. I think if she ever wanted to have her hair cut short and in layers, it might do some lovely things.

Nate, on the other hand, has super, super thick hair, but straight and with about a million cowlicks. He looks like a dandelion fluff if his hair gets too long-- and because he's such a total boy, he has absolutely no interest in having it cut in an actual style with layers (I'm dying for the day he does, because it'll look SO good) so mostly, he has it buzzed short, which is good for Florida, especially for three seasons out of the year.

My hair still gets crazy tangles in seconds. I find it isn't quite as bad if I put it in a ponytail at night. Sometimes I will take a comb into the shower and comb through it before I rinse out the conditioner.

My hair is straight and fine—most barrettes just slide out. Mom used some sort of amazing conditioner when I was wee, so combing wasn't too much of a drama. But it's so straight and fine that when it gets too long it just looks limp, unless I want to spend time with a blow-drier and product, so I don't let it get much below chin length anymore.

I have fine, thick hair that was stick straight until pregnancy.

Hair stylists always tell me my hair is fine, but "you have a lot of it," and I always raise an eyebrow. May be true, but my hair still feels pretty ... thin to me.

My hair was stick straight as a kid. So pretty! And now it has weird waves in weird places, and will curl in the humidity, or if I cut it short enough and scrunch it.

hm ... my hair's thick and wavy, not coarse but not fine, with lots of body and several cowlicks. I spent my adolescence trying to get it to go straight, with a consistent lack of success. We didn't have conditioners when I was that age - just cream rinse (which WOULD make oily hair greasy). I finally gave up on wearing it long and then found someone who could cut it so I didn't have to do anything much besides wash, dry, and brush. Now ... with the coloring, it's coarser and I have to spend more time on it, but I'm happy with it.

I still get plenty of people telling me that I should straighten my hair. Characters like Janice or the Nanny do not help.

P-C, health~ma to your grandfather.

Bonny, ~ma for your appointment.

Theo, surgery~ma for your mother today.

My two sisters and I had long hair which ranged from wavy to curly. More than once we combed a layer over the knot at the base of our necks. I envy children who grew up in the magical era of spray detangler.

None of us knot as much as we did and we can't grow it nearly as long ::sob:: It has also gotten considerably thinner and less wavy...

I don't exactly long for the knots, but it seems unfair that now that I'd be able to engage in advanced brushing I don't have to.