How often do you wear a braid (down, not in a bun)?

[shikara]

I used to wear a braid all the time, and also liked to bring it up front, but then it started pulling all time where the braid stops. Once I stopped using coney condish, I am able to wear one again. Want to get some 'friendlier' tops though!!! I'll probably start wearing onea couple times a week. It's nice to have it back, because I like to see the length throughout my day sometimes

[gthlvrmx]

Rarely, trying to protect these ends. But i do really love wearing braids down, they are fun and remind me of native americans and the village woman in mexico

[krissykins]

Not very often because my poor ends always take a beating. If I had something to cover them up (ribbon? hmm), maybe I'd wear a braid more often. I love the look of it, even if it feels annoying.

[Rafusen]

I probably wear a single braid on my right side at least once a week. When I do, I usually cone the bejeezus out of my ends.

[|Xei]

Considering that I sleep with one, I'd say very often :P
As a daily style though, rarely. I prefer to wear my hair loose, and the times I don't, it would be in a ponytail.

[Nastasia]

All the time. I tend to wear my hair in a french braid the day before it needs washing, so 2 or 3 times a week. I also wear it braided for karate, which I do 3 times a week. I'll often go to work with my hair in a bun, and then take it down and braid it for karate. Does that count? Sometimes the day-before-washing and karate overlap, so call it a minimum of 3 times a week and a maximum of 5.

My ends do get beat up from the elastic, but I've accepted that as a fact of life.

[teela1978]

I probably wear a single braid on my right side at least once a week. When I do, I usually cone the bejeezus out of my ends.

Same, but it gets worn on the left (despite being braided starting down the back). I don't bother coning my ends. Smoothing my fingers over them all day is habit when wearing a braid so they get coated with whatever oils are on my fingers and generally look pretty good after a long day

[Phexlyn]

I wear a braid every night, but I guess that wasn't quite what you wanted to know

During daytime, I rarely wear a braid because it gets messy and fluffy so easily with bits sticking out everywhere. Plus I have to be really careful not to pull it (I kept sitting on it when my hair was longer, too), so I mostly wear braids at the weekend when I'm at home and I can rebraid when it bothers me or gets too messy.

I wear them to work maybe once or twice a month, if at all, for the above reasons. It's just not as neat as a bun.

[BranwenWolf]

I do a braid much more frequently than a bun...it just works better for me. I've never been able to figure out how to drive comfortably with a bun and no matter what, it gives me a headache after a while.

[Teufelchen]

Very rarely. My hair hates being braided. I get split ends instantaneously.