60-year-old Mom forbids daughter from cutting her hair her whole childhood, daughter gets even by chopping it all off: 'I honestly felt like Rapunzel'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 9, 2025 2:00 PM EST

Every parent has a weird rule that only makes their kid resent them. It's as if this quality is part of the natural order of things.

For me, it was the way in which we were allowed to handle the countertops in our kitchen. My mother was (and still is) unhappy with the granite countertops she went with because she is unable to decipher what is part of the style and what might be leftover crumbs from a snack. So, we had to suffer accordingly and were routinely criticized for the way in which we touched the countertops, ate on the countertops, and turned on the kitchen sink near the countertops. I say this all lovingly. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for this teenager and her relationship with her parents…

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    "She thinks she owns my hair."
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  • Imagine not being allowed to ever cut your hair because your mother was forced to cut hers all the time when she was younger. That's right, this lady took her own resentment, projected it onto her kid, and made her daughter feel like Rapunzel for the vast majority of her upbringing. It's no wonder, therefore, that this daughter would want to chop it all off when she had the chance.

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    I was forced to have very long hair. I was told it was because my mother said her mother forced her to keep her hair short and she said it traumatized her.
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    I honestly felt like Rapunzel with my long a blonde hair and not being allowed to change it.
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    I told my mom when I was a teenager that I was sick of my long hair and I wanted a change. She said absolutely not.
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    I decided to get my hair cut and donate the hair to charity. My mom cr_d all over the idea, saying I was going to regret it and have a mental breakdown over the change.
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    I was an adult but I didn't have enough money for a car so I needed a ride. I asked my mom for a ride and my mom refused. So I got my dad to drive me.
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    When I got home with my new hair, she never once gave me a compliment. She barely looked at me.
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    I loved my new hair too much to care what she thought, but it was shocking for a women in her 60s to get petty because I chose to do something for myself.
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    She thinks she owns my hair. I wonder if she never said anything about my hair because she was mad she was wrong and that I had no regrets :)
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    Everyone else liked my hair. My dad wasn't happy with the idea but grew to accept it.
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    yohanna3777170 Does she not see the hypocrisy with what she did?
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    Several folks weighed in with their reactions and similar parenting tales in the comments section. Here's what they all had to say!

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    originalgenghis... I never took it that far but I think this is generational trauma. My grandmother wouldn't let my mom cut her thick curly hair (pure h I in Texas heat/humidity).
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    Relatives said she almost fainted when my mom got a cute, very short haircut the day before she married my dad (20 years old). They told me any time someone
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    told my mom she looked beautiful and/or complimented her new hairdo, grandma would weep loudly.
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    Conversely my mom kept my hair very short until my late teens. My dad backed me when I refused to cut my hair. I dealt with snide comments and side-eye looks for many years.
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    kept my daughter's hair long, but allowed her to choose hairstyles/cuts when she was 12.
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    We finally got it right- granddaughter has always been allowed to make choices and looks adorable whether she wears it long, short, or purple. Ignore your mom and just do what makes you happy.
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    N. So, forced hair style traumatized your mother. So she forced a different hairstyle on you.
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    The trauma isn't from the style, but the force and lack of choice. My mother forced short hair on me until I won the argument at about 10/11 years old.
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    Maybe you can get her to realize the real root of her trauma. My kid can have whatever haircut she wants. Which
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    once included long on one side and buzzed on the other (based on video game character and looked really good on her).
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