bangs or not

I thought it would be fun to try bangs again. I literally have not had bangs since I was a kid. Well, that's not strictly true. I guess when I was a senior in high school and freshman in college, I had a short, choppy, layered haircut. Due to the nature of the cut, you could maybe make the argument that I had bangs. I guess to be accurate, I haven't had bangs with long hair since I was a kid.

Why not?

1. I have a really low forehead.
2. Bangs seem like too much maintenance (I prefer no- to low-maintenance when it comes to my hair).
3. The giganta-bangs of the 80s scarred me for life (OK - maybe that's not true, but they were hideous, and I never had them. Thanks, Mom, for not letting me go down that road!)

So why now?

1. My sister got bangs, and they are super cute!
2. I keep seeing haircuts I like with bangs.
3. It was time for a change.

Today I got my hair cut, and I told the stylist I wanted bangs. I showed her a picture (it was a super-cute haircut by the way), and she was entirely skeptical. Having none of it, really. So she talked me into doing longer, side-sweeping bangs instead, but as my sister says, "those are not bangs :) those are long layers." And she's right. They're not really bangs, but they're also not really long layers. They're bang-esque. But they would have been even longer if I'd let her have her way.

I have never met a hair stylist who was so unenthusiastic about helping a client change her hairstyle. Ridiculous. I'm thinking of switching stylists. She does a decent job, but she never does exactly what I want her to do. Plus, she's always a bit snarky and not very friendly. AND ... yes, there's an "and" ... to top it off she wears way too much black eyeliner.

Anyway, here's the haircut. I do like it although it's not quite what I was hoping for.