I got a surprise at the barber shop today

[Tobin S.]

I keep my hair very short. It's much easier to take care of out on the road and it feels good, too, especially when it's hot. I usually let it grow until it starts to lay down and then get it buzzed back down to where it's just long enough that you don't see my scalp through it.

I've been at home and was in need of a hair cut so I went to the barber shop and told the barber, "Number three on the clipper and mow it down."

As he was working, a lock of hair fell down on the gown in front of me. It looked to be somewhat gray. I told the barber that it appeared that I was going gray. He confirmed it saying that I was about a third gray. That surprised the hell out of me. I hadn't noticed it before then. I don't know if I was in denial about it to the point that I didn't see it or if I just needed some glasses or what. I think what may have happened is that it had just turned gray recently and quickly, and was more noticeable because I get my hair cut so often.

I'll be 38 next month and as a man I've always looked young for my age. Most people guess that I'm about 10 years younger than I am. This gray hair is going to look rather strange with my baby face. The barber told me that I might be totally gray by the time I'm 40. Then he made me feel really old and clipped my eyebrows. :D

A weird feeling came over me. I don't know exactly what it was, but I still feel that way. I'm not depressed about it. I'm actually strangely happy and mellow. Given my history of hard times, I guess I'm lucky to be getting old enough to have gray hair. There was a time in my life when I didn't think I was going to make it this far.

I am not going to dye my hair.

[xchrom]

1. oy -- i got some of my first gay at that age. -- nt

[redwitch]

41. Great typo!

:-)

[WillParkinson]

45. Are we sure it's a typo?

:P

[redwitch]

46. Don't know. Waiting for xchrom to reply.

I know we get grayer as we age, not sure about gayer. :-)

[xchrom]

56. lol -- i can't ever get away from it!!! gack. nt

[redwitch]

58. It was too good to let slide!

:hug:

[xchrom]

59. well i am the Fumbled Fingered Fairy --

lol -- can i grant you three wishes?

[redwitch]

60. Why, yes! Please!

1.) World Peace including an end to poverty and ignorance.
2.) $1,000,000,000
3.) An extended vacation so I can spend #2.

I figure if I missed anything the $1,000,000,000 will take care of it.

Thank you so very much!

[xchrom]

61. k! -- just keep in mind the Fumbled Fingered part.

well?

how'd it go?

[redwitch]

62. Well...

The bank says I'm overdrawn. Again.
Keep working on it!

[xchrom]

63. LOL! Nt

[Richardo]

2. That's a great outlook, Tobin

:thumbsup:

You've reached a level of emotional as well as chronological maturity :patriot: :applause:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

3. Hey Tobin

You aren't officially old until the barber has to use the special little contraption for ear hair. Then, you're truly fucked! :rofl:

[Tobin S.]

4. When I get ear hair

I think I'm going to let it grow out and braid it. :+

[Kali]

5. ...

Then he made me feel really old and clipped my eyebrows. :D


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[gratuitous]

6. Yeah, someone keeps throwing gray hair on the gown when I get a haircut

For this year's driver's license renewal, I traded 45 pounds off my weight (yay) for a more realistic assessment of my hair color (gray). Trade-offs.

[emilyg]

49. May I ask - whose gown?

[NightWatcher]

7. I'll be 35 in two weeks....and I buzz with the #2, bout to switch to #1

and about a third (or more) gray as well

[rug]

8. Wait until he clips your nose hair without even asking.

[TheManInTheMac]

37. And then they start taking a little off the ears.

One of the sassiest barbers I ever had was trimming my neck line and then said to me "Sorry, I don't do backs." I think I fell in love a little.

[rug]

39. That's a good line. Worth a nice tip.

[Lucian]

9. I wish I had some hair to turn gray.

I'm 28, and I have a bald spot on the back of my head already. It's not big, but it's noticeable. I nearly cried when the barber showed me the back of my head last week with a little mirror. I'm going in this weekend to get the rest of my hair buzzed off so it's not so noticeable.

[Tobin S.]

10. Some chicks dig bald guys

If the hair loss advances, just shave it all off and grow a goatee. You'll look cool as hell.

[Lucian]

12. Oh, I have the goatee going already.

And I have the chinstrap beard going as well.

I'm thinking about going with the Chris Daughtry look:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

31. It is better to shave it off and embrace reality

than to hold on to the few whisps you have left. Nothing more ridiculous looking than a guy that is bald on top and growing a tiny pony tail to compensate. As a woman, I would much rather have a bald headed man!

[Lucian]

33. I agree...

about shaving it all off. That's what I'm doing this weekend. I'm going to go with the Chris Daughtry look.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. That's what being an Owner/Operator will do to ya!

Or so I've been told.

[Tobin S.]

14. If stress and intense emotions cause gray hair, then I guess that may be it

I guess it's just genetics. My mom, her mother, and my aunt on that side of the family all went completely gray at a young age. Younger than me, in fact. So did my grandpa on my dad's side, although my dad is 20 years older than me and probably has about the same amount of gray as me. One of my sisters, who is 2 years younger than me has been going gray for a while and it's become very noticeable.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear Tobin!

A rite of passage for you!

Cool story, but your stories are always cool...

I could see the lock of hair falling as if it were in MY lap, lol!

:hi:

[LiberalAndProud]

15. I love my gray hair. I've earned every single one.

[LiberalAndProud]

16. Oh hell, it did post after all.

:blush:

[GoneOffShore]

17. Been gray since I was 22.

Welcome to the club!

[Rambis]

18. I do my own

39$

[trof]

57. Same here. Saves a lot of $$$.

[underseasurveyor]

19. IMHO Men don't start to get really good looking until they're about 35 anyway

Yea they may be somewhat 'cute' when they're younger but I'll take a handsome man over a cute boy any day. You my friend are at the beginnings of handsomedom.

[realisticphish]

20. My mother's hair was completely gray before she finished college

:shrug:

[Tobin S.]

21. That's unusual

Unless she finished college when she was 50.

[realisticphish]

22. haha, no

she was ~21. She dyed it for about 25 years, and is only now letting it go gray. She's only 55, so she was less than happy about being gray any earlier than that.

[kimi]

23. It's not gray

It's "distinguished".

Oh, but it's different for women. We don't go gray, we get "sparkles".

That's what I tell myself, anyway. :)

[IMATB]

24. I will never

color or dye my hair either. I like that I'm aging well and I am very comfortable in that fact.

You still look like a kid. :)

[MiddleFingerMom]

25. When I was 15, my 15-year-old girlfriend has black hair down to her waist...

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where she parted her hair in the middle (I first wrote "at her
part in the middle"... but that doesn't sound RIGHT, does it?)
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Hot. HOT. HOT!!!
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She absolutely hated it because it reminded her that her mom
had gone completely gray by the time she was 21 (Moms wasn't
bad, either).
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I got a very few gray hairs starting at 21 -- but didn't advance
until around 40. Through my 40's, I went through "greying" to
"salt-and-pepper" to "not enough pepper to make a mouse sneeze".
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I really kinda liked it, although people went from guessing 5 years
younger than I was to 5-10 years older. It also went through what I
considered a really nasty "yellow" stage -- mellowing out much more
so now to a gray, even some white.
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What kinda bothered me is when my chest hair went gray. I didn't
realize that the graying moves south as you age.
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Though I can't WAIT for my pubic hair to turn gray!!!
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My penis is going to look SO distinguished.
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Used that line shortly after I joined DU and it earned me
my first scheduled ass-kicking from Skittles as it made
her wonder why someone named "Mom" was talking about
having chest hair.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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[Tobin S.]

26. I'm afraid I'm at a loss for words

But this smilie will do :spray: That's Jack and Coke, by the way. You owe me a shot.

[mitchum]

30. Confession: I dye my chest hair...

I never button the top 2 or 3 buttons
and that gray hair spilling out of my shirt just looked a little too Dean Martin-ish.
Hey, I know it. I'm vain.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

32. Do you wear thick gold chain necklaces too?

Start wearing track suits and trainers and you can call yourself a chav.

[mdmc]

27. Same age same thing

I have brown hair. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis three years ago. I take meds that make my hair fall out..

I don't have much gray (I actually have five gray hairs.. yes I count them), but I am losing my hair..

[Iggo]

28. I'm 48 and mostly gray.

I keep my hair real short, like you. As soon as it's long enough to want to go any direction but straight out from my head, I take it back down. Five on top, 1-1/2 on the sides.

And, like you, I ain't never dying it.

Can't wait 'til it's 100%.

[Forkboy]

29. I'm almost 43 and no gray hairs on the head, but my beard is getting them.

Fuck it. No coloring for me, even it means being RE-jected!

To quote my favorite band Nomeansno, who are in their 50's and still kicking ass, "Old, it's the new young!" :)

[BarbaRosa]

34. I've long held the notion

that a grey hair is a hair.

[Tobin S.]

35. Pluck that damned thing outta there, baby

and keep the hair stylist on speed dial. :D

[TheManInTheMac]

36. You gray hairs...

Mine fall out before they turn gray. And now I'm 46 (as of Sunday) and the ones that aren't falling out are starting to turn gray. You lucky, lucky bastard.

Just kidding. Glad you made it this far, you old fart. :-)

[Oceansaway]

38. gray hair is better than no hair....nt

[Bertha Venation]

40. Tobin

:loveya:

[KG]

42. i'm over 50 with a full head of hair, so i let it grow!

gray at the temples but my beard has gone mostly grey except my mustasche.

[blaze]

43. Like Liberal said

You've EARNED those gray hairs!!!!

Each one is a wise lesson.

You must be very learned. :)

[av8rdave]

44. I refuse to color mine.

Between kids, flying, flying students, spouses, jobs, etc., etc...I know where they all came from.

The hard part came last year when I was getting my flight physical and the Doc said that from now on I have to list my hair color as "gray" on the FAA paperwork.

Eyebrows? They've been getting trimmed for years.

[Odin2005]

47. Makes you look distinguished.

:)

[necso]

48. I figure that my gray hair makes me look extinguished. /nt

[Skittles]

50. 53, haven't seen my first gray hair

NA NA NA NA NA :D

[csziggy]

51. I've got you beat - I'm 58 and not gray at all

Mom was in her 70s before she went seriously gray and at 89 she still has some brown hairs mixed in. It seems as though I take after her.

[Skittles]

52. aw, gray hair wouldn't bother me a bit

I don't wear makeup or jewelry so I'd go au natural hair too - I see PLENTY of gray-haired folk who look just fine :D

[csziggy]

55. What's funny is that as a young woman I always wanted

To be the old lady with long gray hair. Now it looks as though that will never be. Not only am I not graying, my hair is getting shorter - I think it has something to do with the meds I'm on or some other health thing. It used to be almost waist length, now it only goes to my shoulder blades. It did get a little longer for a while, but has lost length again - that is why I think it is the meds since I was on them for a while, then off, then back on.

I'm like you - no makeup or jewelry.

[old mark]

53. TS, be glad you have hair. Grey looks very good on a lot of men, and

I'd never color it, either, even the little I have left.

Hope you have many years to enjoy it.


mark

[Arkansas Granny]

54. I don't really remember when it started, but my hair has been graying

for several years now. At 63 it's probably 1/2 to 2/3 gray, but it doesn't really show much since I'm a natural blonde. I have never colored my hair and don't intend to start now. It would take more time and effort than I'm willing to spend.

[kimi]

64. Well, I don't actually COLOR my hair

I use cassia and a little henna, mostly for conditioning, really. They are absolutely wonderful conditioners, and all-natural if you get body-art quality products. I wouldn't dye my hair either, it's death to the hair, and my hair is almost waist-length, and at my age, I want to preserve it. But I like the effects of the herbs on my hair, and if it enhances the color? - eh, it's all good. :)

[Old Troop]

65. My hair started turning gray when I was about 27. About haircuts;

I get a surprise every time I visit a barber!!