Weddingbee Blog

I know, I know - everybody does it after they get married. There’s even an acronym for it: PWC (Post Wedding Chop). And not that I’m normally one to follow the masses and jump off a cliff just because my friends did (who else heard that from their mom all the time growing up?), but I had finally had enough of my long hair. Although, looking through everyone else’s PWCs, it does appear we all end up going from long straight hair to the same general short style! Maybe that’s ’cause it’s awesome.

I present to you, my Before hair:

(Right before going to my appointment)

This is pretty much the exact haircut I’ve rocked for… oh, about 26 years (apart from a short stint in 7th grade which we shall never talk about again). What can I say, it met all my criteria: no hassle (tucks behind ears and goes into ponytail easily), air dries well, requires zero thought in the morning.

But with the near 100 degree heat and 1000% humidity (OK fine it’s ’only’ 60% today) we’ve been hitting in Baltimore, and my desire to maybe finally have a hairSTYLE, I got my hairs cut!

And it’s super short in the back, too (well, short to me anyway).

It feels wonderful to have all that length gone (although it wasn’t enough for me to donate anywhere), but I’m still getting used to the bangs. I had to invest in some headbands too (thanks to the recommendations of some short-haired friends) for things like working out, because I can just barely pull together the smallest ponytail in the world, but it all falls out quickly because my hair is thin and slippery!

It’s sort of weird to me that for my entire life, I’ve been fine and happy with my hair but I get married and suddenly, “ohhhh let’s chop it all off!” Sure, in the past I sometimes kept it a little shorter, sometimes grew it a little longer, but generally it’s always been a straight-across-the-bottom cut, parted on the side, straight straight straight (that’ll never change), and no ’style’ to it. What is it about the fact that I just got married that made me itch to get a different hairstyle? As though one big change (I have a husband?!) isn’t enough, I wanted to throw in a don’t-recognize-myself-in-the-mirror change too? Maybe it’s because I’m like - well, if I look terrible with short hair, he’s stuck with me now!! Muwahahah. (joking!)

Regardless, I love it. And the fact that I actually like having hair this short and different has given me the confidence to try new styles more often. Although, I do think I’m done experimenting with hair color in my life - after having had blue, purple, blond, and black hair, I have finally come to the conclusion that there is a reason I’m naturally a brunette.

Did you jump on the bandwagon with a PWC? Why is there even a phenomenon of the PWC? Why don’t we just keep our hair the way we like it for the wedding in the first place?!