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Ruth Benjamin-Thomas's avatar

My long grey hair (started prior to COVID) seems to be controversial. At least once a week someone will accuse me of putting in highlights because “no-one has grey hair like yours”. Hysterical!

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mary g.'s avatar

i went completely white/gray for about four years. Recently, i put some low lights back in. Why? Because I could tell that people were treating me differently with my white/gray hair. With a deference I didn't care for. (For instance, when my hair was white/gray, a mid-30s friend of my daughter said "fuck" in my presence, then looked at me and said, oh, sorry. Me! The queen of swearing!) Now that I'm much less gray, people treat me "normally" again. I don't know--it's still a hassle to color it, but not terrible. And to me, it's worth it to not be so completely invisible and considered ancient. I was fine with the way I looked in the mirror. But not fine with the way the world treated me. (And the number of women who told me I was "brave" to have gray hair!!! Crazy!)

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