ironic how that works... your dad stressed natural hair and so you relaxed it. my mom stressed long straight hair and so i cut it all off and went natural.
Isn't it??? I love your hair by the way. If I was not too lazy and chicken to face my detangling issues (ouch!!!), I'd go natural and wear my hair like yours. Well, never say never... ya never know
One thing I forgot to say earlier, beside the time I had my first relaxer, I've been self-relaxing from the very beginning. I just bought a bottle of no-lye and read the instructions. I am quite good at following instructions by the way (I am catholic!!!
). So from that moment I've been on my own, I never had any problems with relaxers. Well I'd neglected my hair from time to time in the past, and it became very dry but that was it, no major breakages or drama.. but I didn't care at this time cause I was not a hair diva... From the moment I found LHCF, my life changes again cause with all the info I found on the site, I've been able to retain more length and I am loving it more and more everyday... and guess what: hair diva, here we go!!!Peace
i remember relaxers as far back as middle school; i can't recall much further back. i really wish my mother had decided to wait until i was a bit older before she decided to relax my hair. i tried stretching once and it was terrible. but now that i've learned so many things on this board, i think i'll try sometime later in the year and see how i fare. 
