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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Finding greys has been freaking me out more than you can know! So I WILL be a slave to the colour. :p My hair is one of my few vain things. I see too many youngish yet old before their time women around here who are all frumpy and dumpy, and I'll be honest the grey hairs don't help. I think if you take the time to be stylish and "youthful" in your appearance, some grey or all grey doesn't matter. But when the whole package is downhill then yeah not so much.