Char's pining for blonde has me giggling because I'm secretly blonde under all the dye (ssssh don't tell anyone) and was just THRILLED when I finally worked up the nerve to go fake, I hated being blonde! Mind you, growing up someplace where that coloring is very unusual didn't help any, nor did having weird undertones in my skin that clashed with the hair...but what really clinched it was seeing how much differently I got treated as a redhead. With my natural color, far too often people seemed surprised I had a brain in my head (and a sharp tongue to match) -- I guess there are folks who actually BELIEVE those awful dumb-blonde-bimbo stereotypes! Red, well, they EXPECT you to have a temper, so you get treated with a bit more of a healthy sense of respect. ;)
(And you'll probably laugh at me for being a little jealous of the gray, as aside from one possible white hair a year ago...and it's hard to tell for sure because I have some natural platinum streaks that are pretty damn close to white...I still can't find anything noticeable when my roots come in. Looks like I'll be following the typical pattern of my mother's side of going grey very very slowly and very very late. Which means my dreams of having hair like Emmylou Harris must stay on the shelf, le sigh.)
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Char's pining for blonde has me giggling because I'm secretly blonde under all the dye (ssssh don't tell anyone) and was just THRILLED when I finally worked up the nerve to go fake, I hated being blonde! Mind you, growing up someplace where that coloring is very unusual didn't help any, nor did having weird undertones in my skin that clashed with the hair...but what really clinched it was seeing how much differently I got treated as a redhead. With my natural color, far too often people seemed surprised I had a brain in my head (and a sharp tongue to match) -- I guess there are folks who actually BELIEVE those awful dumb-blonde-bimbo stereotypes! Red, well, they EXPECT you to have a temper, so you get treated with a bit more of a healthy sense of respect. ;)
(And you'll probably laugh at me for being a little jealous of the gray, as aside from one possible white hair a year ago...and it's hard to tell for sure because I have some natural platinum streaks that are pretty damn close to white...I still can't find anything noticeable when my roots come in. Looks like I'll be following the typical pattern of my mother's side of going grey very very slowly and very very late. Which means my dreams of having hair like Emmylou Harris must stay on the shelf, le sigh.)