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Cath's avatar

First of all "haglights" is an AMAZING term! I always called them my "witchy grays," so the vibe is definitely right. My story is almost exactly like yours! I started going gray as a teenager and colored my hair ever since, but then used the pandemic to grow it out and was like "okay, this is pretty great." Of course, my own niece was like "uh, you need to color your hair" so we got to have a little chat about how just because her mom doesn't like to have gray hair doesn't mean that's how everyone feels, and it's probably best not to comment on others' appearance at all..

I do sometimes fret that maybe it makes me look older than I would look otherwise, but either way I am entering my crone era, and what good is being middle aged if you don't get to stop caring about what other people think of your appearance and do what you like?

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Debs Cooper's avatar

I've been a silver lady for a good few years now - I got so tired of having to touch up my red roots every three weeks that I finally caved and embraced the Miss Havisham who was screaming to be released. I get just as many compliments rocking white curls as I did the red!

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