Is it socially wrong....

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20 Apr 2010, 1:11 pm

My hair is always falling in my face when I'm training at kung fu class, so I like to plait it close to my skull like the female MMA fighters do, to keep it out of my eyes...Do you think this has the wrong connotations? Like, it's for functional reasons, but I don't want to seem like I'm using it to say, Hey, I'm so hard, just like the MMA girls...?

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20 Apr 2010, 1:15 pm

Sounds like a practical solution to a problem...I wouldn't give it a second thought.

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20 Apr 2010, 1:16 pm

Thanks.

I never know when I should ask about s**t like that or just leave it go...Seems trivial, I know, but I didn't wanna send the wrong signals...

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20 Apr 2010, 1:19 pm

If it feels right, do it. :cool:

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20 Apr 2010, 1:20 pm

mechanicalgirl39 wrote:

My hair is always falling in my face when I'm training at kung fu class, so I like to plait it close to my skull like the female MMA fighters do, to keep it out of my eyes...Do you think this has the wrong connotations? Like, it's for functional reasons, but I don't want to seem like I'm using it to say, Hey, I'm so hard, just like the MMA girls...?

plait - verb.
Definition?

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20 Apr 2010, 1:46 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:

If it feels right, do it. :cool:

This.

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20 Apr 2010, 1:53 pm

ursaminor wrote:

plait - verb.
Definition?

To braid or fold pliable material to make a rope, braid or band. Referring to hair, it is more often used in Britain, whereas in North America, "braid," would be used more often.

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20 Apr 2010, 1:59 pm

Thanks everyone!

I just felt like I'm somehow being arrogant...Like the close coiled hair says, Hey, I'm so hard and tough just like a MMA fighter...and I don't mean to send that impression, just want to keep the hair from stinging my eyes..

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20 Apr 2010, 2:01 pm

mechanicalgirl39, there is a reason why these girls do their hair this way, it's for the same reason you're doing it, to keep the hair out of the way. I wouldn't worry about connotations, it's a thing you find works for you.

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20 Apr 2010, 4:39 pm

So long as you won't be insulted if anyone compares you to them, then fire ahead

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20 Apr 2010, 5:00 pm

Lene wrote:

So long as you won't be insulted if anyone compares you to them, then fire ahead

Insulted? Why? If someone compared me to them, I hope they'd be talking about my fighting skills and not just my hair! I wish, lol...

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20 Apr 2010, 5:21 pm

mechanicalgirl39 wrote:

Lene wrote:

So long as you won't be insulted if anyone compares you to them, then fire ahead

Insulted? Why? If someone compared me to them, I hope they'd be talking about my fighting skills and not just my hair! I wish, lol...

ok, that's cool. They may say it to be sarcastic though, so if they try that, just grin and pretend to kick their ass or something!

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20 Apr 2010, 5:48 pm

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21 Apr 2010, 11:58 am

Lene wrote:

mechanicalgirl39 wrote:

Lene wrote:

So long as you won't be insulted if anyone compares you to them, then fire ahead

Insulted? Why? If someone compared me to them, I hope they'd be talking about my fighting skills and not just my hair! I wish, lol...

ok, that's cool. They may say it to be sarcastic though, so if they try that, just grin and pretend to kick their ass or something!

LOL

YEA!

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