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Whenever I wear a skirt to work, at least one person is guaranteed to say “I’ve never seen you wear a skirt before!” And whenever my hair is down instead of in a ponytail, at least one person will say “I didn’t realize how long your hair is!” Every time. Without fail.
I’m not sure why it’s so surprising to people that I wear skirts and have long hair. True, I only wear a skirt to work every four to six months or so, but as a female skirts are included in what general society has deemed acceptable for me to wear. I’m certainly not butch or masculine in the slightest, so it’s not like I’m bucking any stereotypes by wearing a skirt. I am simply more comfortable in pants, so I wear them 90% of the time for work and leisure.
As for my hair, I’m not sure why people are surprised by the length. When it’s in a low ponytail it still comes down to mid-back, and in a high ponytail (rarer) it’s down to at least the bottom of my shoulder blades. When it’s all the way down - completely unfettered - it reaches to the top of my butt in back and completely covers my breasts in front (indeed, it goes a couple of inches beyond them). Do people with short hair not realize that putting hair into a ponytail makes it appear shorter, and that if they see a ponytail they should expect the hair is actually longer than the bottom of the ponytail?
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I know what you mean — I wear a skirt only every so often. I’m more comfortable in pants and my legs stay warm. When I do where a skirt for a special occasion of just for the helluvit, I get similar comments.
A higher ponytail, I can see where some people might be thrown, but since you wear it in a low ponytail most of the time, wouldn’t it be a little more obvious?
I know how it is. I come to work in a skirt and everyone just stares at me all day like they’ve never seen one. So what if I have hair legs. Oops, I wasn’t supposed to tell ya that. 
Okay, so I don’t wear skirts. But I do get the “I never see you wear jeans” line at least once a month since I wear slacks most of the time and maybe wear jeans once a week.
It sounds like you kinda have fun shocking them periodically
I wonder if they don’t notice your hair as much when its in a pony tail because none of it happens to fall in front? when my hair is down, I end up with pieces around my face that probably make it stand out more anyhow 
ha ha, I usually get “wow, your hair is so curly” 