Rodney

I'm nearing 50, and have nearly always had longish hair. Lately, my hair is longer than it ever was, and my wife wouldn't have it any other way.

When I switched to the teaching profession, I started tying my hair in a ponytail to keep it out of my eyes as I bent over to deal with one of the little tykes. The ponytail keeps the hair neat and tightly pulled in place, so most of the time my hair is actually neater and less trouble than it ever was when it was only medium-long. I wash it once every three days or so, give it a quick spritz of hairspray in the morning after it's brushed back and tied back. That's it.

At night when I'm just hanging out at home, I let it hang loose; it now goes down to my shoulderblades. My wife thinks it's sexy as hell.

What I'm saying is, women find long hair sexy _if it's well managed._ If you have a nature wave in your hair, women with straight hair will sometimes come up and make envious comments; it happens to me.