It brought friends

[cosmolinguist]

Walking out of the house behind me to walk the dog this evening, D said "Oh you've got another gray hair! And over here... There's a little bunch of them now." He touched a couple, they are on the back and top of my head where I can't see them. I haven't seen the first one yet either! I wonder how much longer it takes a partially-sighted person to know they're going gray if they're single. And like, in my case, far away from my mom because I am certain she will mention this as soon as she notices it. In an accusing way, like I'm just allowing this to happen through carelessness.

"I am not at all surprised!" I said about the further gray hairs, gesturing to the dog but also just everything has been stressful. This was my first five-day work week in almost a month (what with Springsteen and EMF and a bank holiday, I had a three-day week and then a two-day week and then a four-day week) and it felt about a month long.

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[barakta]

Funny you mention mums. When I saw my mum in 2021 for the first time since Covid started, I said to my partner she'll comment on my few strands of grey hair... And she did. My Godmother who happened to be lurking, was horrified. I just laughed. My mum doesn't always have a filter.