I know which one I would prefer… but it’s not the one I got!
OK, so I found my first white hair – ARRGHHHHHH!!!! Actually it wasn’t even me who found it, in fact I was blissfully unaware I even had it until my girlfriend pointed it out while I was doing a wee wee. Yes we have the type of open relationship were we walk in and out of the bathroom no matter what we are doing in there. Some of you may find that disgusting but we find it completely normal and soothing.
So there I was doing my morning wee, still half asleep when girlfriend walks in and says:
Me:
I squeezed my wee out as fast I could because I needed to see this for myself. I had some highlights done over the summer, surely it was one of my blonde locks she was mistaking for a white hair. I flushed quickly and ran to the mirror and…. there it was, in all it’s glory a little bastard of a white hair.
There was no mistaking this for a blonde one, those were golden and syrupy, this one was wiry and as stark as a doctors clinic, the purity of it’s whiteness almost blinding me.
There was only one thing to do:
but…
Apparently that’s a big NO-NO! If you pull it out you will be cursed with evil things for the rest of your life and not only that ALL of your other hairs will turn white too.
So…
Because ice cream is the only thing right now that will make me feel better about the fact that I am now turning into an oldie.
And while I stuff my face with spoons and spoons of Häagen Daz Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream I will wishfully be hoping for a white Christmas this year because then if I throw myself into the snow and make a snow angel no one will see my white hair against the snow.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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A white hair is bad enough, but it's even worse that they're such a weird texture, all wiry and stuff. Makes them stand out even more. Oh well … hair dye it is!
White is the new black.
Rita: Good idea, wonder if Cherry red will suit me?
Drake: Ha ha! Possibly…
I wouldn't worry, white hair happens. Not really much you can do as you can't fight good ole mother nature.
white hair is a sign of wisdom or at least that is what i tell myself
At least it's a white hair – on your head. In my old age I've started growing a white chin whisker. Just one. And every time I pull it out, the damn thing comes back. FML.
Haha, sometimes I look at my (older) boyfriend, gasp in alarm, and shriek "I see a gray hair" (it helps if I do this from 6 feet away as though it's totally standing out" Then I rush at him, yank a hair out of his head, and then laugh at the terrified look on his face.
And I'm with you on the bathroom thing… no big deal.
I think white hair is chic, by the way. Rock it!
hey I love your drawings, amazing and so fun!
White hair is scary and evil but I kinda like Drakes comment that white is the new black. If enough of us keep saying it, it will become true! yep.
don't get me started on this white-hair-booshet. yesterday i was on my way out the door to get some last minute christmas shopping done when i made the mistake of pulling out a handheld mirror to look at the back of my hair.
fucking four hundred white hairs later and the stores had all closed before i even left the house. :::suicidez:::
I got my first white hair when I was 20 and during the course of my PhD I saw my head becoming whiter than ever. Thank god for Loreal and their range of different colours
Too funny. If I removed my color and plucked every gray hair I saw, I would bald.
Jane
You're hilarious! But I'm sorry about the white hair, eventually we all have to face the sad truth of getting a tiny bit older each year – but be glad it took as long as it did for you to get one, some people get them very early on.
And I hear you on the washroom boundaries thing, I tend not to close/lock the door when I use the washroom sometimes, which is bad when you're in a university environment living with other people, very bad apparently!
I found my first one last month. It's super wiry and in the front of my head. I, too have been resisting the urge to pull it every time it sticks out. *Sighs*
ok, grey hair on your head is easy to fix. Especially if you have a fab hairdresser like me. And you are not old even when you get those bastards else where. (thats when you suck it up and start getting a brazillian)
I feel your horror. I found my first grey hair when I was 16. Screaming the bathroom down, my friends rushed in thinking the worse! With careful precision, we cut the one offending grey strand out. Fortunately that was the only one found for years.
Oh good, everyone thinks it's so weird that my husband and I don't mind interrupting each other when we're in the bathroom. Unless we have visitors over, that door never closes. I mean, if one of us is really in the middle of business with the number 2, we might need a little privacy. But other than that? It's prime conversation time.
And sorry about your white hair.
Ick! I know your pain. Don't worry, one white hair is not the end of everything. I'm only 28 and I've already been cursed with multiple white hairs (I think it's because I pulled out the first ones I saw, and they're multiplying out of pure spite!)
Oilfield Trash: Mother Nature has some bizarre ways of dealing with us and yes I guess we need t surrender… because if we don't we end up looking like this
Becca: I like the sound of that! Yes I am now 1% wiser than before
Sarah: Oh no! I saw a lady in a shop yesterday who had very long white whiskers and I don't think I could walk around like that and pretend there was nothing unusual. She even seemed to be quite proud of them!
Meri: Ha ha, your poor brother
I think salt and pepper hair looks much better on men than on women, it's so not fair!
Recovering Church Lady: Interesting name you have and thank you!
You're Lucky I don't have a gun: Ha ha! Damn that must be a bit scary to suddenly find a whole bunch just like that!
B4MME: Awww, it must be all that intense studying that did it! But at least you have a PHD to show for it.
Jane: Double awwww, thank goodness for hair dyes then
Philosophia: Wow you take the open bathroom door to another level!
Nicki: We are white hair virgins! ha ha
Mynx: Aaahahaha!
Twilightgazing: Very lucky, I hope mine is the only for a long, looooong time too!
Twelvedaysold: You go girl! Bathroom conversations are the best.
Candice: I did eventually pull mine out, eeeek! Shhhhhhh
Too many cmopilenmts too little space, thanks!
Dude, at least you don't have, like, 30 white hairs on your PUSSY! Make a cartoon bout THAT.
Anonymous: How very rude lol but yes thank god I don't! That would be kinds scary actually and maybe by the time that does happen to me, I will write a new post about it :p
Wives tales, they're all wives tales I tell ya. Just pluck it. And it's wildly satisfying. Believe me, I've been plucking since I was 18…and well, I'm not 18 anymore, and it's still wildly satisfying!
Sandra: I'm with you on that one! I say pull the little buggers out
Oh I am so not looking forward to white hairs! I say pull it out Marsy
Lucy: Done and dusted!
Hi! Well, sorry about the white hair but hope this offers some cheering. Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings. You have an awesome blog and your blog's been tagged as "Our Blog of the Week" from 26 December to 2 December. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & do keep your great posts coming!
Cheers – Dora
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Hi Dora! Thank you so much for having me as blog of the week, that is awesome
A very merry Christmas to you too and a most wonderful new year! xx
Yup I agree with Sandra…wives tales. Pluck the bastard. I'm only 32 and I have too many to pluck. Meh…shitty genetics.
Hope you had a good Christmas Marsy & a Happy New Year.
Hope you don't find any grey pubes too.
Hey hey CkretsGalore! No grey pubes yet lol and hopefully not for a very long time ha ha
A very Happy New Year to you too! Mwah
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Hi Marsy, I'm blog-hopping today and visiting people I've never met. Wishing you a Happy New Year!!
~Barry
Hi Barry, nice to meet you!
Happy New Year to you too, have a good one
Either it's me again or some guy who has my same face and name. Thanks for following me Marsy!
This post is a tremendous social commentary. All this time I thought when chicks went to the bathroom together they were doing hot-chick stuff. Apparently that's not the case.
*disclaimer: I don't really go around calling women "chicks", it was used more for dramatic effect. Which probably failed miserably, but the good thing is I don't really care. 'Cuz that's how I roll.
**disclamer #2: I don't really go around saying "that's how I roll", it was used more for dramtic effect. Which probably failed miserably, but…oh, never mind.
Hi Barry or Barry impersonator
I am glad you take my ramblings onto a whole new level and look at it almost philosophically. I have now shed a light on toilets + chicks not necessarily equalling sexy romp. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
But I do like the way you roll Barry, there's no shame in that
x
I yoink them, Marsy! And yeah, they come back… sometimes they even bring along a friend… but for me (a brunette) it's better than leaving them to grow like wiry, obnoxious testaments to my stressful 20-something life. And at least they're white — I'd love to go snow-white when I'm old, like the Titanic lady. But now I'm just babbling on like the church supper lady!
Love your latest, and glad to be back on the grid! Hope 2011 is treating you well!
Marsy, Litle big of blog love over at my place.
Pop in some time
Hi Inky!
I hope the one I pulled out doesn't bring back a friend, I don't like these kind of friends eeeek
A super duper happy new year to you too! And I like your babbling so don't you worry :p
Ice cream is the only thing that makes me feel better too!!
Emily: Ice cream is the cure of all evils!
LOL! I can totally relate to the story! I am always like that when I see white hair popping out! It's like Oh my God! Sign of old age!!! LOL!
Len: I'm LOLing with you!
LOL. That's got to be a special talent to talk about sitting on the loo and peeing and DRAW out a picture of it without it being all gross. Pat yourself on the back you should! I didn't know that OTHER people believe this too: Where I grew up, people believe that 7 more white hair will grow if you pull one out… It's almost like Gremlin. Or something.
The Absence of Alternatives: LOL back at you! Thanks, I am now patting myself on my head because I can't reach my back properly. As for pulling out a white hair and growing 7 new ones this might be a solution for people going bald, as they will eventually regrow a full set of hair again! And then they could dye it brown and bingo no more baldness!
Oh dear. I saw MY first white hair last week, and it was my dearest mother who found it for me. Love ya, mum, thanks!
Hi Charlotte: Ha ha! (and oh no!)Did she also tell you not to pull it out?