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Reply #30 posted 03/08/15 11:05pm

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When the hair is all silvery white its pretty. It's that in-between stage where there isn't a cute, sexy term in the vocabulary for. When you've got 900 gray hairs scattered all over your head. Too many to go unnoticed, not enough in a concentrated spot to be stylish. Dye is your best friend.
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Reply #31 posted 03/08/15 11:13pm

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morningsong said:

When the hair is all silvery white its pretty. It's that in-between stage where there isn't a cute, sexy term in the vocabulary for. When you've got 900 gray hairs scattered all over your head. Too many to go unnoticed, not enough in a concentrated spot to be stylish. Dye is your best friend.

The weird thing with my hair is a few years ago, it seemed I was really turning grey, and now I don't have many so many grey hairs... I have yet to dye my hair any color ever and it is as too thick as ever. Guess I'm lucky. If I could get natural salt and pepper--that would be wonderful. smile

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #32 posted 03/08/15 11:41pm

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morningsong said:


When the hair is all silvery white its pretty. It's that in-between stage where there isn't a cute, sexy term in the vocabulary for. When you've got 900 gray hairs scattered all over your head. Too many to go unnoticed, not enough in a concentrated spot to be stylish. Dye is your best friend.

The weird thing with my hair is a few years ago, it seemed I was really turning grey, and now I don't have many so many grey hairs... I have yet to dye my hair any color ever and it is as too thick as ever. Guess I'm lucky. If I could get natural salt and pepper--that would be wonderful. smile


Salt and pepper is nice too because its balanced. I'm noticing when it was just a few I kind of felt like I have arrived to some new frontier. I joined this special club. Now that more have arrived I feel I look like an oddball, it doesn't match my face. It doesn't blend with my natural hair color. It just looks awkward. I feel obligated to dye my hair when it use to feel like an option.

I think its all my life I've dealt with sexism because I've always been a girl. All my life I've dealt with racism because I've always been black, but this ageism thing is a whole other experience that takes you by surprise and its subtle.
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Reply #33 posted 03/09/15 12:02am

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morningsong said:

purplethunder3121 said:

The weird thing with my hair is a few years ago, it seemed I was really turning grey, and now I don't have many so many grey hairs... I have yet to dye my hair any color ever and it is as too thick as ever. Guess I'm lucky. If I could get natural salt and pepper--that would be wonderful. smile

Salt and pepper is nice too because its balanced. I'm noticing when it was just a few I kind of felt like I have arrived to some new frontier. I joined this special club. Now that more have arrived I feel I look like an oddball, it doesn't match my face. It doesn't blend with my natural hair color. It just looks awkward. I feel obligated to dye my hair when it use to feel like an option. I think its all my life I've dealt with sexism because I've always been a girl. All my life I've dealt with racism because I've always been black, but this ageism thing is a whole other experience that takes you by surprise and its subtle.

Women, of any ethnic background (especially black), going grey much less (gasp!) balding are always going to face more prejudice than men... Ironic since my son will probably be bald before he's out of his twenties--but he can always shave it bald--and no one will blink an eye--especially at a man that is over six feet tall. Always a double standard...

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #34 posted 03/09/15 5:46am

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XxAxX said:



i am SO going to have blue hair when the time comes nod

GAWD No! No old-fashioned blue rinse for me. Silver Fox or nothing! hmph!

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Reply #35 posted 03/09/15 6:52am

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purplethunder3121 said:



morningsong said:


purplethunder3121 said:


The weird thing with my hair is a few years ago, it seemed I was really turning grey, and now I don't have many so many grey hairs... I have yet to dye my hair any color ever and it is as too thick as ever. Guess I'm lucky. If I could get natural salt and pepper--that would be wonderful. smile



Salt and pepper is nice too because its balanced. I'm noticing when it was just a few I kind of felt like I have arrived to some new frontier. I joined this special club. Now that more have arrived I feel I look like an oddball, it doesn't match my face. It doesn't blend with my natural hair color. It just looks awkward. I feel obligated to dye my hair when it use to feel like an option. I think its all my life I've dealt with sexism because I've always been a girl. All my life I've dealt with racism because I've always been black, but this ageism thing is a whole other experience that takes you by surprise and its subtle.

Women, of any ethnic background (especially black), going grey much less (gasp!) balding are always going to face more prejudice than men... Ironic since my son will probably be bald before he's out of his twenties--but he can always shave it bald--and no one will blink an eye--especially at a man that is over six feet tall. Always a double standard...


I can empathize with men and the balding thing. Just seems like doing it gracefully requires a whole lot of mental adjustment.
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Reply #36 posted 03/09/15 11:25am

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XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

GAWD No! No old-fashioned blue rinse for me. Silver Fox or nothing! hmph!

How about pink or purple? lol

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Reply #37 posted 03/09/15 4:57pm

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Look, if you're facing ageism for the first time, then join the club. You better get to the point that it doesn't stop you from living your life because middle age isn't old age...and that only gets worse in this youth obesessed society that we live in. So, learn to be comfortable in your own skin, whatever your age is...and don't let people discriminate against you when it comes to jobs, housing, etc. Socially? Enh, get new friends and hang out in places where you aren't made to feel uncomfortable.

If this were facebook I would "like" this comment. It is the very truth. At 50 I realized that both of my parents lived to be over 75 and they smoked. Basically I could hit the next 25 years with gusto or make myself miserable thinking about what I should have done when I was younger or could do now "if only I was younger". Every day I remind myself of what George Elliot said " it is never too late to become who you might have been".

There came a time when the risk of remaining tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin.
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Reply #38 posted 03/10/15 4:19am

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I don't buy the Middle age theory...Life is pretty much over if you can go a year without Sex (including Oral &/or Vibrators)...

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Reply #39 posted 03/10/15 7:28am

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Middle age is 40-45. Not sure what the big deal is.

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Reply #40 posted 03/11/15 3:47pm

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If I live as long as my grandmas, my halfway point is in exactly another 8 years. I won't worry about it until then razz
I'm the mistake you wanna make
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Reply #41 posted 03/12/15 11:11am

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morningsong said:

purplethunder3121 said:



morningsong said:


When the hair is all silvery white its pretty. It's that in-between stage where there isn't a cute, sexy term in the vocabulary for. When you've got 900 gray hairs scattered all over your head. Too many to go unnoticed, not enough in a concentrated spot to be stylish. Dye is your best friend.

The weird thing with my hair is a few years ago, it seemed I was really turning grey, and now I don't have many so many grey hairs... I have yet to dye my hair any color ever and it is as too thick as ever. Guess I'm lucky. If I could get natural salt and pepper--that would be wonderful. smile


Salt and pepper is nice too because its balanced. I'm noticing when it was just a few I kind of felt like I have arrived to some new frontier. I joined this special club. Now that more have arrived I feel I look like an oddball, it doesn't match my face. It doesn't blend with my natural hair color. It just looks awkward. I feel obligated to dye my hair when it use to feel like an option.

I think its all my life I've dealt with sexism because I've always been a girl. All my life I've dealt with racism because I've always been black, but this ageism thing is a whole other experience that takes you by surprise and its subtle.


This text is great.
Yes discrimination can be very subtle and destructive.
I don't think ageism is taken seriously. I'm a white male, English, working class background, and I never tolerated racism from friends or associates. There was a lot of it about where I grew up. After my daughter was born I became more perceptive of sexism.
Ageism is the first of its sort to affect me directly n I must say it is awful ugly. I was surprised to find myself "confronted" with it. If there was a real confrontation Id break its nose without a second thought, but it is subtle n surprising, often indirect n faceless.
small circles, big wheels!
I've got a pretty firm grip on the obvious!
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