How old were you when you got your first gray hair?

[captainahole]

yes, mine also!

both of my parents are/were strong willed german-russians, who weren't big on showing emotions and barely tolerated the all-too-many foolish people around them.

2 years after my father passed away, leaving a still attractive, financially well off widow; unmarried (and a few married!) guys clustered around my mother like bees around honey.

when i asked her if she ever planned on getting married again to any of these admirers; she gave me the same look she gave my father when she was amused by him and said:

"at age 17, I won the Lottery Of Life when i snagged your father. i have NO intention of taking a chance on another ticket! i only wish i had told this him more often."

That's a loving wife.

 

[cindylou]

My mother has expressed regret for the way she treated my father at times ,after he passed. Not that she didn't love him, she took care of him until his last breath but she realized what she had when it was gone. One reason I like the strong willed wiminz is because my mother is a strong willed wiminz and I consider that relationship dynamic "normal" My mother would tell you all the great traits I inherited from my father let alone the practical stuff like math skills.

I figured from reading your posts over the years that you had a strong willed mother. You keep saying you grew up thinking women were the moral compass..that was a clue.

lol @ the bitterness in my posts. love it

 

[digimon7068]

damn! this thread took a crazy-ass curve! now...lets get back to me and my sexy-ass grey facial hair back on post #37, m'kay??? that is all...

 

[cindylou]

damn! this thread took a crazy-ass curve! now...lets get back to me and my sexy-ass grey facial hair back on post #37, m'kay??? that is all...

lol

 

[rnch]

That's a loving wife.

in her own fashion, yes, i believe that she was/still is. over the life of her marriage; she evolved from a "june cleaver" look-alike/stepford wife into her own semi-independent self.

it was not an argument free, docile, sitcom-style marriage. they "fought it out" over many an issue. at least they managed to have their "discussions" without their children's knowledge.

more than once their eyes would meet across the room and the electric look of passion & love that was in their eyes was evident for even a dullard like me to notice.

they both were as flawed as any human beings, but managed to raise 4 kids and compromise enough to stay together for 43 years until my father's one year after retirement death.

 

[EnderJE]

Mine? In my late thirties.

 

[lanky]

my first gray hair was at 19(probably due to chemical exposure) jk

 

[redshirt27se]

23 I think. Only a few more half popped up since.

 

[calveless wonder]

i'll tell you when it happens.

 

[captainahole]

my first gray hair was at 19(probably due to chemical exposure) jk

I would have been totally grey if that was the case.