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11-07-2009, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 54
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How do you calculate your nappiversary?
Do you calculate from the last time you relaxed or from the date of your bc? My last relaxer was March 2008 but I didn't bc until December 2008. I guess that means I've been fully natural for 11 months but I hate just ignoring the 9 month transition.
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11-08-2009, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 407
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I count from my BC
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11-08-2009, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 708
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You begin counting when you bc. Its like your age. You dont start counting from conception, you start at birth. Its the same thing; your 9 month transition was like the 9 months you were in the womb, LOL. Sounds crazy, but you get the idea.
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11-08-2009, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 93
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LOL, a very good analogy.
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11-08-2009, 12:53 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 71
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I count from my last relaxer. I transitioned much longer than most people (14 months), and it does not make sense to me to ignore over a year of growth. If I used the BC date it would be misleading because my hair would appear to have grown much faster than it really did. That was one of the things that bothered me when I was transitioning: I would look at people's Fotkis to estimate what my length would be in the future, but I could not accurately guess because most people used the BC date and did not reveal how long they transitioned for. As far as natural growth goes, the BC date is completely arbitrary and meaningless.
More importantly, though, to me, being natural does not mean not having straightened hair. It means that I no longer engage in an activity that alters the texture of my hair. It is about a lifestyle choice for me, not the hair itself. I would not consider myself any less natural if I had stopped relaxing but never got the BC. I also did not think it was fair when I was transitioning for me to be considered less natural than someone who BCed after once month of transitioning when I had gone without relaxing for much longer. And some people go right back to relaxing after they BC, so for me the length of time not relaxing is a more meaningful marker of naturalness than cutting off your hair. It was big deal for me to go those 14 months without relaxing and I want to give myself full credit for that.
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11-08-2009, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 248
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It's been a really long time but both dates are murky for me since I transitioned long-term, almost a lifetime ago. But I'm more sure about my last relaxer because it was just before my high school graduation. If I count from then, I'm 10.5 years natural. If I count from my approximation of when I realized I had no relaxed ends left, then I'm 9 years natural.
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11-08-2009, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 454
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I think the consensus is that when all of the hair on your head is natural. I however count the transition because if you transitioned for 10 months, you have ten months of natural hair on your head.
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11-08-2009, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,192
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I would tend to count the BC date too. For me, it's not about how much my hair has grown, but the date in which I was fully natural.
But the date is not murky for me specifically, because I didn't transition. I count the date that I got my dredlocks (March 20, 2001) but technically, my nappiversary is a few days earlier because that's when I chopped all my relaxer off. 
And I actually owe the woman who did my dredlocks for me remembering the exact date. When she finished my hair, before she gave me a mirror she said "Today is March 20. Remember this date. This is your birthday. The day you woke up. NEVER forget it." She was SO stone cold serious I couldnt' help but remember that date. I don't remember exactly when I cut my relaxer (it was like 3 - 5 days earlier) but I definitely remember the day I got my locks.
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11-08-2009, 02:04 PM
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#9
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 815
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To me, it's the day that you are completely natural whether you BC'd or not.
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11-08-2009, 02:15 PM
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#10
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 5,290
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I agree. I transitioned for almost two years(if not longer....memory kind of fuzzy. lol). I count from my BC, which was August '03. |
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11-08-2009, 02:31 PM
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#11
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 43
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I count from the day I became fully natural, my bc date.
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