Are those dreads or twists?!?!?!

When my locks were initially installed almost 2 years ago, I was sitting at a splash park, enjoying the sun and water with my extended family. A lady (with 2 strand twists) and who happened to be a friend of one of my family members struck up a conversation with me.

Lady:  "Are those locks or twists." (lips were turned up while asking the question)

Me: "No, they're called sisterlocks, they are a variation of locks."

Lady: "Oh, well they look like twists to me." (turns her nose up and walks away)

My husband was sitting beside me at the time and he wanted to know what her problem was. LOL!

Fastforward almost 2 years, me and hubby were in Costco, picking up a few items. We made it to the check out line and the checker asked me the dubious question:

Checker: "Are those dreads or twists"

Me: "They're called sisterlocks, a variation of locks"

Checker: "Wow, never heard of them ,but they are pretty."

Me: "Thank You!" <insert cheesy grin here>

Who knew that sisterlocks could spark up such conversations! Let me first say that I love loc's...ALL LOC's. I don't care if they're dreaded, traditional, latched...in my opinion a loc, is a loc, is a loc and they are all BEAUTIFUL (no matter how they are started).

If I hadn't encountered a lady on the subway (while on my commute home from work) I wouldn've never learned of Sisterlocks.  This lady had bra-strap length mature sisterlocks and they were gorgeous!! I stalked the woman off the train and inquired about her hair. Me in my ignorance thought they were braids from afar. But she enlightened me and explained that they are sisterlocks, she explained the cost, maintenance, etc. I was hooked! She told me that if I was interested I should research, research and research some more before taking the leap.

And researched I did! For about 2 months and I still had to have them. Now that I have them I love them, wish it hadn't taken me so long to find them!