I don't have many interactions where my hair is commented on, because I never wear it down in public. However, I recently moved and went to a new hairdresser for the first time in a long time, and had my hair bunned while waiting for her to finish up with another customer. When I let it out, she had a slightly stunned reaction, called her colleague over and had some very kind words for me. As I was leaving, I also ended up showing her how I did my stick bun and answering a bunch of questions she had. It was a very heartwarming interaction, because honestly I grew my hair just for myself, and anticipate other people simply finding it weird.
Recently I had a few other small interactions too. One older lady on the bus stopped to compliment my bun, and an onlooker in a running race I took part in shouted "nice braid" as I ran past related to that, a few weeks before I was out for a run and stopped to catch my breath at a bus stop right outside my flat, where some teenage boys decided to heckle me for my ponytail. That was actually the impetus for me starting to braid my hair.
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