Weaves and the Workplace

I recently received this e-mail from one of my sorority sisters, and I wanted to share it with you. She wishes to remain anonymous, but she is interested in any comments that you have.

After thinking about this for a while, I finally decided to try something new and get a full weave. My “real” hair is really thick and shoulder length. The weave is right above my bra strap. Why are people talking to me like this is my hair. I mean I had it done on Thursday, came to work on Friday and they are like, “Your hair is really growing," and “OMG, your hair is so long."

Now I wasn’t too surprised that the “other” people would be a little clueless, but the sista's (black women) are really just throwing me off. I EXPECT them to know better. Yeah, the weave hair matches my hair, but it’s not a perfect match. I just look at them like, “Are you serious?”

I keep wondering if they are trying to be silly or maybe they really haven’t seen me in a while and are a little confused. I don’t know.

I didn’t know a change in my hairstyle was going to cause a response.

Has anyone else gone through this?