I grew up as a blonde. Not an ordinary blonde, but a towhead!
As I got older, my hair darkened to a golden honey blonde.
Motherhood changed my hair color again ... a little darker, like old honey.
Somewhere in middle age, I started to question if I was still a blonde or did I need to admit to being a light haired brunette.
Lately, though, it has gotten quite confusing.
My nephew's 9 yo daughter examined my hair in the sunlight, one afternoon. She declared that there were too many colors ... including some red ... to make a determination.
When I was at the post office, filling out my passport application, I had to take a survey of the employees about my hair color.
Too dark to be blonde but too light to be brunette, if you look at the front. In the back, I'm an ashy gray. The vote went with gray but nobody felt confident about it.
Recently, I was at a local museum and the volunteer let me try on a hat. He then took my picture. When I looked at the picture, it was difficult to tell where the hat ended and my hair began. So the mystery has finally been solved.
My official hair color is ... Raccoon!
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You're a beautiful woman
My raccoon hair and I thank you
Who cares? 🫢
Obviously, not you.
And honestly, not me either. It was just a bit of light-heartedness.
Perfect
Thank you.
When I was a toddler, my hair was platinum blonde before gradually turning ash blonde. During the pandemic, when personal care services were shut down and salons charged exorbitant prices upon reopening, I decided to embrace my natural grey. I haven’t regretted it for a moment.
My hair has been natural for at least 20 years. I don't usually think about the color ... until some form asks!
My older sister was blonde all her life. If there was any gray it was not detectable. Five years ago, at age, 70, is started to turn brown. No idea why!
Hope the trip goes well for you. Reports seem to be that most Europeans still welcome Americans - despite what the US President is up to.
Why? She probably stopped dying it.
I'm very excited about my trip and I don't expect any problems while there.
@superbjversion2 No, she was definitely a natural blonde.
Growing up my hair was blond but that was because I spent most of the summer in the sun and it bleached it out.
My hair still will lighten in the summer ... except for all the silver, of course.
Raccoon is a great hair colour. I'm probably raccoon too!
I should probably qualify the color as Old Raccoon. Their fur changes color as they age, too.
Petition for adding "Raccoon" as a hair color option 😂
I would but it would probably crash the site for a week as they try.
I'm not very good at making those determinations, but I know your hair looks great on you.
I also love the hat!
I was very surprised that the museum guy let me wear an artifact. Octogenarians love me.
Sweetheart, your hair and mine are related. I label myself currently as a calico. I have a little bit of everything.
Hugs!!
The fact that I'm not 100% gray makes me happy and the hat picture made me laugh.
Well at least now you know. But will they add that as an option on the form?
Not the government forms; they have no sense of humor!
Love it. Great picture.
Thanks. I should've had the guy take a picture of the back so everyone could see the tail.
Love the pic!! No mystery as to what color MY hair is... it's Revlon #45 Bright Auburn and has been for years!
There's comfort in that kind of stability.
I will have to acknowledge soon that mine is primarily grey. For a long time it was just big streaks in the front, but now when I cut my hair pretty much all of the clippings are shot through with grey.
I could get away with calling my gray "hair bling" for quite a while but there is no fighting Mother Nature.
Your hair color may no longer be blond but it most certainly cannot be Raccoon! I do not see any stripes.
A lot of kids from Northern European stock were towheads when little and it grew darker as they go older. I was a towhead as a kid and it slowly turned a medium brown as I grew older. I refuse to say what color it is now. My three girls were all white blonds when the started Elementary school and had medium brown hair by the time they graduated High School. What with hair dye I have no idea what their natural hair color is now.
Whatever you hair color I am sending you big naked hugs.
Only raccoon tails have stripes. That coonskin cap I'm wearing blends into my own hair too darn well.
I can just picture you canvassing opinion at the passport office!!
Now, does this revelation mean that you have a stripey tail?
You ask about a stripey tail.
I ask about what's under a Scotsman's kilt.
I'll show you mine if you show me yours!
@superbjversion2
I'm waiting patiently for your arrival . . .