A Milestone, of Sorts

[mahogany]

Today, I found my first grey hair. It was white, actually, and wiry. Well, I guess my husband will soon discover that I wasn't joking when I told him years ago, that I refused to be a slave to a bottle of colour, and that when it was time for me to go grey, then I was going to roll with it.

I just didn't realize that it would be so soon. It's another reminder that I'm not a kid anymore. I haven't been for ages, and I haven't been able to pass as one for ages. Depending on how fast this progresses, I may soon have people guessing my age as older than I actually am instead of younger.

I had always hoped that I would take after my grandfather who only had a handful of greys by his late 70s. Evidently, I take more after my grandmother. Of course, stress doesn't help, I'm sure...

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Comments

[nightynight.livejournal.com]

I think whether you flaunt it or hide it is a very personal thing. I am about 1/6 or 1/7 grey. On my wedding day it was its natural colour w/white hair and everything because I did not have time to get my hair done. But I don't think it looks bad.

The texture annoys me more than the colour. Wiry and very wavy. It's like having two kinds of hair. I don't get it!

Women in my family tend to look pretty good with grey hair. I started turning grey in my 20s and so I don't really think much about it anymore!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Yes, the white hair I found had a different texture, too. Very strange.

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

I think the different texture thing is normal. I only pull out my white hair when it insists on sticking out like an antenna.