Why do you have/want dreads?

Hey everyone,

I was just wondering what all your reasons are for getting/wanting dreads??

 

lack of effort to do anything else with my hair.

 

I would love to get dreads, but I am affraid of the reactions I would get.

 

Don't worry about what people will think and say. If you want dreads then get them! Hold your head high and love yourself and your dreadies!!

 

Good point, but what about insects and other animals that make nests in your dreadlocks?

 

none if you wash it.






i got them because i absolutely love them. and i truly think thats the only way to have them.. if you dont have a true love of dreads, you're just following a trend.

 

but how could you love your dreads before you had them? you can only love them onces they are thee to be loved.

 

Everyone is following a trend anyway, so I am not to worried about that.
What I worry about is if they will look good on me.

 

love dreads in general. not the ones on your head only.

 

My reason...
-something different
-they look cool
-i love the part where you dont really have do anything (but you have the rip and palm roll still)
-i rarly seen ugly dreads...

 

mmmmm that soft feeling when i tuch the i love them dreading proces on my head has started so i hope i a yr or somn get real dreads on my head

 

I have dreads because it has always been an obssession. I wanted them years ago!

 

dreads are beautiful.. very humbling experience growing them, and in a few years' time my currently awful appearance will have been worth it

 

This may sound silly, but I've had my dreads for about a month, and they have changed my life so much. It's hard to explain why. It's like taking care of a bonzai seed, which you know will eventually someday grow into a tiny bonzai tree, and than for years you will trim it every once and a while, and look onto it with care until eventually you finally understand the meaning of so manythings in the world, due to the patience you had with 1 seed.

 

I love what you just said...

 

I wanted my dreads because i remembered back when i had them b4...it made me feel better about myslef and more comfortable in my own skin.

 

What were everyone's reasons for growing dreads? And have you found that your initial reasons have changed/grown/deepened as you've gone along?

 

Oh yeh my reasons are so much deeper than I thought they ever could be. I started dreads because I love the look and the idea of them. Since I've started my journey I've learnt soo much more about them and everyday I love them more^-^I feel so more at one with myself and comfy in my own skin. I love watching them grow and change, I love caring for themdoing my hair everyday before I got them was such a pain,they bring a lil bit of joy in my life everyday. I love them <3

 

My journey into this was more of a rebellion thing I think. Sounds silly since I am 35..right! I spent years in the corporate world...where my entire life was about how big my next paycheck was gonna be...what car was I driving...the newest Hollister gear. I knew I was not being true to myself. I felt like I was living someone else's life....I looked happy...but I was indeed dead inside.
I had always loved dreads, I remember the first time I saw this girl downtown who had them...I was in love. (this was like 20 years ago)
I live in southwestern Virginia..we are talking where the majority of the folks here are john Deere loving, tobacco spitting, typical country folks. However..I grew me a set and decided I was going to do what I have always wanted to do. Weeks before I turned 35 I went for it. So here I am....my new babies, countless tattoos, my face full of piercings, and playing bass in a jam band......and I have NEVER felt more like ME!!!!
Oh hell wait..maybe its a pre-mid life crisis!!!!!

 

I did it because:

A: Ive always wanted to
B: If I didn't do it now I doubt I ever would have
C: Its like giant sign that screams, "I'm like this, if your like minded, come be cool with me"