I guess I’m going to have to dye my hair!
Jul 22nd, 2008 by 
Kim
Last week my daughter came home from art camp a little perturbed. One of the other little girls at the camp asked Kara if I was her grandmother dropping her off and picking her up everyday. Since I am her mother, she was a little disturbed by this question.
I know why she was asked this question. It was because of all my gray hair. I knew it was getting bad, but didn’t think it was that bad. But when an 8 year old thinks I look like a grandmother, then I know it’s time to haul out the box of dye.
Now you are all probably wondering why I talk as if this is a big chore for me. Well it is and I’m going to tell you why. I have been going gray since the age of 16 so I have to constantly dye it (I’m only 40) and sometimes I get so….tired of having to dye it all the time. So I give up on the dye jobs every once in a while and then someone makes a comment (like this kid did) and it kind of gets me back in the hair dyeing groove.
I never want my kids to feel embarrassed about me or my appearance, so I guess I’ll haul out the box of dye.
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Awwww.
I think it is so sweet that you don’t want to embarrass your kids. My mom would have told me to suck it up and deal with it. lol
I have actually be looking forward to my little gray friends.
gray hair shouldn’t be embarrassing but then kids think differently…
Maybe it would be pretty if you made it a silver gray. Then it wouldn’t show up as much and you wouldn’t have to color it as often. It gets expensive.
This post is touching for me and you’ll be proud that your daughter didn’t deny you and she’s still proud to say you’re her Mom no matte how she look like. But yeah, if we have time we need to look good and taking care of our physical feature in a way that we care our love ones and we want to be presentable just for them and for yourself.
You could always get a wig! I have had several gray hairs since 1st grade! I think school stressed me out and made me go gray. However, now I have quite a bit. I’m at the salt and pepper mark. From a distance, it still looks brown. That is nice of you to be so considerate of your daughter’s feelings.
Masking gray is not an Herculean task. I think this is the right time for you take the cat out of the bag. An important thing- our Kids should never get embarrassed by our appearance. I think any of her classmates would have commented about your look. Please probe… (lol)
Wow, I can totally relate. Just last night I “surveyed” the husband and 11-yr old son, asking if they thought I could get away with not coloring my hair (I’m 41) and they both “advised” me to wait until I’m 50 to let it go.
I’ve been doing this every month for over 15 years, and I’m tired of it! (But then I see my emerging skunk stripe, and off I go to the drug store!)
How sweet of you to do this for your daughter. I tried to color my hair by myself once, it was a disaster! Good luck and sorry that it is such a chore for you!!!
Thanks for all your support guys!! I have purchased the box of dye and tomorrow I will put it in. My daughter is quite happy about this. And if all it takes is a box of dye to make her happy, I guess I can make the sacrifice. lol
just think of it as “distinguished”
my mom stopped dying her hair a few years ago and although it took some getting used to, it fits her now.
Kids are never a good judge of age … my nephew said I looked 70!! I’m 42 - ha haaa!