Today, I finally figured out why my 5 year-old daughter washes her hair every day. It's because she doesn't want to have "yucky greasy hair like her mommy." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I walked in on my daughter trying to blow-dry the sweat off her armpits instead of showering. FML
Today, my daughter continues to have acne breakouts. She’s no longer a teenager, which means she isn’t washing her face. I can’t believe I raised someone who ignores her hygiene to this point. FML
Today, I explained to my teenage daughter that enough was enough and she needed to start shaving her armpits again, stating it was unladylike and unsanitary. Her only response was, "If it's so unsanitary, why don't you make my brother do it?" I give up. FML
Today, I found out that my mom uses my incredibly expensive conditioner to wash her two dogs every single weekend. No wonder they smell so good. FML
Today, I realized I've been using conditioner instead of shampoo for the last month. I was wondering why my hair never felt clean but always smelled great. Now I have to explain to my friends that my new "shampoo routine" was actually just expensive conditioner and ignorance. FML
Today, my mom was proud for making a positive change in her life. The change in question? She now throws away the smelly hair she combs out of the dog, instead of keeping it for unspecified later use. FML
Today, for the first time ever, I was able to have a good hair day without blow drying it or using product. Or so I thought. The first words my mom spoke to me when I came downstairs were “Go fix your hair.” FML
Today, I got up extra early to curl my hair because I wanted to look nice at school for a change. After coming downstairs my mom yells at me and says, "See, when you don't wake up on time your hair looks like that. You could have at least combed it!" FML
Today, I found out the crappy shampoo I've been borrowing from my girlfriend is actually "feminine wash." FML
Today, my step-dad explained to me why he doesn't need to wash his body. He condescendingly said, "Well when you shampoo your hair, the soap runs down your body and cleans everything." He's 37 years-old. FML
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Greg101 0
I thought washing your hair every day was a normal thing.
3rere 0
well at least you are teaching her about hygiene
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OperationNicole_fml 0
To all the ignorant people out there, hair should not be washed every day. It is recommended to wash your hair no more than 2-3 times per week, unless it has a greasy disposition. I can easily go 3 days without washing my hair and it will look perfectly clean. That said, if the poster's daughter noticed that her hair was greasy then she indeed should wash it more often.
pickwick716 0
You're an idiot. I'll bet if anything 90% of people need to wash their hair at least once a day to make it look clean. I'm sure on occasion you can let one day slide but after that, no. And maybe you just think your hair looks clean.
bickymonster 0
How dare you just assume this person is an idiot, If you would like facts, actually you might be right that that many people have to wash their hair that often to keep it clean, but that is due to their hair producing excess greese as they washed their hair too often before. just because your "culture" says it is bad not to wash your hair everyday, doesn't make it true.
PaigeCPony 0
You are calling someone an idiot based on a statistic you pulled out of your ass? Stunning.
capricaz 0
It's not ignorant. Some of us HAVE to wash our hair everyday. My skin is oily so at the end of the DAY my hair looks greasy. If I wash it at night then in the morning it looks greasy. Not everyone has dry skin like you. On the plus side for us oily-skin people, you will get wrinkles earlier haha.
MrsYummy42198 0
Actually it depends on the person but me personally I wash my hair twice a day
AshleyRose784 0
wait, so you're saying you finally figured out that your 5 year old has better cleanliness than her mother? wow, way to parent
Kat_MS 0
Lol @ everyone saying you're supposed to wash it everyday (with shampoo, I'm assuming). That's just silly, you're going to overdry your scalp. Weeks without is obviously stupid too, but there IS such a thing as balance...
Papa_H 0
There's also such thing as clean hair
Kat_MS 0
And you can achieve that by washing it every other day...
ender345 0
I know that's what they say, but I've been washing my hair daily my entire life and I've never had a problem. the human body is far to versatile for something like this to actually matter that much.
CL41RE 0
32, I agree. If I wash it two days in a row, it's all dry and frizzy. I wash it every other day and on the second day it looks better. I see some people might need to wash it more because they have greasier hair but they shouldn't tell other people what to do.
xyris_fml 28
36, it doesn't matter now but it will affect the health of your hair as you age.
ItecKid 0
There is something you can learn from her...
mccaincracker 6
Owned by you're daughter. YDI for raising a brat
bickymonster 0
raising a brat, there is nothing to indicate that the comments were of a bratish nature, just that her daughter feels she can be honest with her, that has to be a good thing.
hither 0
washing your hair to much gives you greasy hair.... your supposed to wash it every other day.
hither 0
Hmm... how do you think you would get greasy hair? From not washing it enough, which would make it DRY. Or washing it too much, which would make it greasy from so much shampoo and conditioner? and you call ME the moron.
ghostgirll 0
um, it's the other way around. washing your hair too much makes it DRY, not washing it enough makes it greasy. because when you don't wash your hair the natural oils in your scalp or whatever take over. when you wash your hair, you get rid of them. maybe your hair is just rebellious.
ryansims 0
wash yo nappy ass head then
sublime93 0
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allmidnighteyes 11
Dumbledore!
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Bored_2_Death 0
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FireFlie07 20
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RavensRule97 0
idk what this had to do with anything, but its a win
allmidnighteyes 11
It had to do with Snape's nappy ass grease-head, which directly correlates to the FML /inner geek
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BioMajor12 0
Ew thats gross, do you not shower every day? Its called personal hygiene. Try these things called shampoo and conditioner.
medfly 2
do you happen to have short hair? I have very long hair. it's around a metre long. I wash my hair once 3 days or so, after which it looks oily. it takes maybe 2 hours to dry, and it looks pretty bad during the day I wash it. it looks best a day or two after I wash it. it is very clean, and people often comment on how "my hair smells good".
medfly 2
washing your hair once a day is not basic hygiene. it's overdoing it. or maybe something for people with short hair. it could damage, too, as others said before. (also, you can shower without washing your hair...)
volleyball101 0
i wash my hair everyday!?