Everyone called me Rapunzel thanks to my long locks—a point of pride for me and my family. Then I met Thomas, who raved about Jean Seberg, Halle Berry, and women with chic short hair. The next day, I booked a salon appointment. It was liberating, and Thomas was instantly hooked!
Marie, 35, urban planner
It took countless hours, but my parrot Coco finally chirped, "Julie loves you" every time the guy I liked walked by his cage. It intrigued him enough to enter my shop and ask who Julie was—he was smitten!
Julie, 36, sales assistant
We met at a conference; I got his email and followed up the next day with a Paul Éluard poem. He adored it, even if he later confessed he didn't fully grasp the words.
Émilie, 34, nurse
