Question #29
ByWow, it’s been a while since I took the time to ask you a completely random question, hasn’t it? Shucks, I’m sure you’ve missed it.
You all know why I do this don’t you? It’s because I write about myself and my life (and my days with snakes and soccer balls) so you get to learn way too much about me. I love the chance to learn more about you too. It’s as simple as that!
I mentioned in this post that I’ve never dyed my hair, even though I was very tempted to after our third son was born and my hair went from blonde to brown and everyone looked at me with shocked faces and said things like, “Ooh, your hair is brown!!”
What, they hadn’t seen anyone with brown hair before?
Throw in the fact that we had just made a big move from Colorado to Nebraska, I had a four month old, a two year old and a four year old…I was sleep deprived…and my hormones were wacky.
The “ooh your hair is brown” comments were getting to me. No one followed the statement up with “and it’s still so pretty” or “and I just love it”. Nope. They just let me know that my hair was brown. All the time. Hmph.
Difficult as it was, I was mature enough to keep from saying something back like, “So is that mole on your chin” or “Well, at least I have hair”. Aren’t you proud?
Anyhoo…I’ve grown past my bitterness (ehem) and have now accepted the fact that my hair is no longer blonde, but brown. Apparently everyone else around me has accepted it too because I never hear the comments anymore. I guess now if I dyed my hair blonde, they’d say, “Ooh, your hair is blonde!” We wouldn’t want those comments would we?
I just never wanted to start dyeing my hair because I knew that once I started, I’d always have to do it. Isn’t that the way it works? And, in general I just like natural hair colors. (Easy for me to say since I don’t have any gray yet, huh?)
So, I’m just curious to know. What color is your hair? Is it your natural color, or do you have highlights, or is it dyed a new color? How often do you dye it? Do you do it yourself?
In case you missed this post…I do cut my own hair (because I’m CRAZY like that). I got it WAY shorter than I wanted to last summer and haven’t touched it since. It’s finally back to the length I like it.
And also, just a reminder…my hair is brown. Just ask anyone around me. That’s what they’ve all told me.
I have dyed my hair, but after several permanent highlightings that left me near-blonde in 9th grade, I’ve only done the semi-permanent since then. And not for a long time–my DH prefers my natural, dark brown color so I leave it that way. And no gray to cover yet!
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Three Generations of Hair
My mom and I both have naturally curly brown hair. When I was born, however, she lost her curls and had very straight hair until my brother came along (Which is so weird because I think that means childbirth curled and straightened her hair roots!). Then with the later two, she had gray hair coming in. Dad loved it and said, “Look, we’re growing old together!” But Mom very quickly got tired of the “Grandma” comments, and has died it ever since. People think we’re sisters all the time.
After my 40+ hour, mostly natural labor, in and out of the shower at home and at the hospital, my hair was limp and tired. I thought, “Oh no, I lost my curl too!” But it didn’t, not that I know of anyway. It would be a while before I saw it coming in straight. My hair takes forever to grow.
Now I have a baby daughter and while I was bald until I was nearly 2, and then was sort of blond, she was born with a head of dark hair and dark hairs on her forehead, back, arms, legs, and ears! Oh dear! She’s adorable, but I hope for her sake, the body hair tones it down a little bit. It’s too soon to tell what color her hair and eyes will be. I’m hoping for curls too!
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