I color my hair about every 3 weeks to keep it from being gray. I hate doing it. Not just because it’s expensive, but it’s also time consuming.
They say that age doesn’t determine hair styles.
I think about my Nanny’s short, permed white hair and that’s what I think old women’s hair should look like. Now that Mom’s blonde hair is mostly white, she rocking a short style too… just not kinky like Nanny’s was. When I mentioned going gray to my 16 year-old granddaughter, she told me it would be scary and that I shouldn’t do it.
I also think about a shorter style. I could rock something funky, for sure, but I just can’t commit.
I’m too chicken!
ChatGPT gave me a preview and I will admit, I don’t have the self confidence it would take to do it.

Perry: I like it. Unlike me, you can grow it back.
ChatGPT: You look badass.
Colette: Not funny, Nana.
Young or old, changing your hair changes your total look, right?
Even when I was younger it was a big deal when I changed my hair. I remember getting a cut when Ben was a toddler and I cried for a week. I’m working up the courage to do something different, but I may be bald before I get the nerve to move forward.
How do you feel? Is it a big deal to change your hairstyle — or do you think “it’s just hair”?
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