It prolly means she dont know much about the history behind em . GB I think your dreads are nice. But they are a religious symbol and they DO have a deeper meaning to them. for a non believer to wear dreads its considered very bad luck. they symbolize a deeper relationship with Jah and aint for just anybody to wear in the rasta culture.
In general, I dont really like how dreads look on chicks, or on guys unless it got a religious meaning. Other than you GB

IN a relgious sense when someone wears them, I still dont think it looks really GOOD , but then there is reason for it and that makes it beautiful. Also, im sure that yall dont give a flyin shit, but if you are white and rock dreads as a fashion thing there is many black americans who take offense to that.I was just talkin about that with my boss the other day. She said anytime she sees a whitegirl/guy with dreads she just wants to grab their head and pull em right outta their scalp lol . You shouldnt change what you like based on others opinions, but i was just puttin it out there that its seen as pretty disrespectful or laughable by a lot of people , if you care about that. IDK, to me , styles of clothin g and fashion can be pretty annoying when they start as meaning sometin and then its just a "look" instead of a meaning.