Rarely Clever

The Graying of America (or at least my head)

July 7, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted by C.J.

This past Saturday, I was sitting on our front step with my dog. My daughter Julia ran out the front door and into the front yard. As she passed, she said, “I see gray,” referring to the back of my head.

Today as I was leaving for work, Noriko kissed me and then said, “Oh my gosh, you have gray in your eyebrow.” (See exhibit A.)

The Eyebrow

Exhibit A: The Eyebrow

I’m not sure what to make of all this. Gray is supposed to make a man look distinguished. Does it count if it’s in the eyebrow? If so, I’m golden.

Categories: Aging

2 responses so far ↓

  • Sara Dyer // July 8, 2008 at 4:41 am | Reply

    I absolutely feel your pain. I found a gray eyelash last week and thought, how the hell am I going to color that one?

  • Lisa Hochgraf // July 8, 2008 at 4:06 pm | Reply

    When I got my first grey hair, I asked my haircutter if she could just pull it out. She laughed at my plight.

    Thank goodness for now highlighting covers most of it. ;-)

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