leeshyeternally: Length Check - 1 inch from Armpit Length!

I have to confess ... I probably check my length daily. It's not always on purpose. When I go to detangle my hair, especially since it's been in an afro state for the past week, I make sure to stretch the strands to get all of the shed hairs out.

Two days ago, I asked a girl I work with in the lab if she wanted to see what my hair looked like when it was REALLY short. Her response? "Oh... you mean even shorter than it is NOW!?" She isn't used to afro-textured hair and doesn't understand that my hair is in a shrunken state right now. Of course, her hair is way down her back so most everything is "short" to her. But I tried to explain the whole "shrunken hair" thing to her as well as the fact that what is considered "long" or "medium length" to black people isn't the same as "long" or "medium length" to everyone else because we're just not used to seeing our hair grow so long!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of my current length. I don't know the length in inches and I realized that I need to do these length check pictures from now on in a sports bra because the back is completely unclear!

Ok ... enjoy! (I guess...)