I am turning grey at the speed of an eagle who suddenly lost its ability to fly, falling straight out of the sky and bouncing twice, hitting the ground.
One moment everything was fine and dandy. The colour pigment maintaining my mouse-brown hair was happily cruising along, doing what it’s suppose to. Then there was a sudden revolt and the pigment decided unanimously to down tools and walk out. And it’s not like I was treating it badly, I washed and conditioned daily. I even rinse and repeat if the instructions are clear enough on the bottle.
Don’t feel sorry for me, I’m over it and extremely grateful that I still have a full head of hair. My hairdresser has suggested numerous hairstyles to soften the effect i.e hide the grey, (even colouring it!!!) but it’s summer, it’s hot and I don’t want to use a hairdryer anymore. So I went all GI Joe on my head last week. Ok, maybe not full GI Joe, maybe more like that other guy from ER…
As a guy I actually don’t give a shit of what other people’s opinions might be about my hairstyle. Add to that our keen sense of observation, then it might come as a surprise when I noticed some of my daughter’s friends giving me a double take yesterday. But my fractional surprise broke into full-on amusement when I eavesdropped on this conversation last night:
Princess: Mom, the girls at school were really mean today.
Mom: Why? What did they do?
Princess: They were saying things about dad.
Mom: Really? What did they say?
Princess: They were laughing at his grey hair.
Mom (seriously smiling): Why would they laugh at Dad’s grey hair?
Princess: They’re saying I’m the one responsible for giving it to him.
I laughed for a very long time. So did the wife.
Bottom line I now have an excuse. Turning grey has nothing to do with hitting the final straight in the race of reaching forty, it’s just a symptom of parenting.
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Endnote:
Princess, if by any chance you end up reading this one day, please note it’s not you, nor is it your brother who causes my grey hair. You two are actually my personal fountain of youth. You guys are my magic potion and tonic for enjoying life and embracing every single second I have with you. My grey hair was inevitable. And sexy. (As per mom.)
I don’t feel sorry for you at all, Mr. Full Head of Hair.
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Yes, I must admit, I feel kinda sorry for those men who end up just as hairless as the day when they entered the world…
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Grey hair ain’t nothing. Just wait till you’re in the shower and you don’t know which bottle is the shampoo, which bottle is the conditioner and which bottle is your daughter’s peroxide – because you can’t wear your reading glasses in the shower. A great posting!
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Too true!
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That must be an interesting morning when you get out of the shower and your hair is white or a lighter shade of yellow with using peroxide!! LMAO!
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LOL! But what the heck! What’s he difference between a white and a peroxided blonde. When all that really matters is that New Zealand beat the Springboks in the rugby (at least to some)!
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I see you posted a picture of the wonderfully grey haired Mr Cloony…I have his coffee machine 😉 Back to the point though, grey hair on men is very attractive. 🙂
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Well thank you kind lady. And yes I wouldn’t mind his coffee machine, or his looks, or his money…
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Well if Mr Clooney can do it…..
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So can I!!! Yes, my thoughts exactly. Ironically no-one sees the resemblance.
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And grey hair is a turn on for some women. 😉
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Ok, you guys have convinced me, I need to get a bottle of grey hair colouring, as this natural degenerate process is going much too slow.
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Men just get better with age, IMHO. Gray hair is sexy.
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Whoa!! Then I must be damn sexy… hahahaha
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Ah ha! Maybe my twins caused mine!
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I think they did. Twins will do that to you, it says so in the manual on how to raise them.
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Yikes! Now I know what I’m doing wrong! I forgot to get the manual!!! 🙂
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Ah no!! It’s just so much easier then…
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I’m doing Movember for the first time in 3 years, didn’t realise how much grey there was going to be especially in my mighty side burns!
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Good on you for the Movember thing! I tried it once, and got so annoyed with this thing on my lip, I almost didn’t make it.
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Hey, a head of hair is good, no matter the color. Take it and run. Once baldness sets in, you’d miss your gray hair.
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I know, I know! I made me peace.
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