to still be alive. Just sayin'.
She was walking
behind me as we were carrying stuff out to the car the other day, and
the sun was shining brightly. She asked me in all seriousness, "Mom, do
you still have white paint in your hair?"
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
"No,
Silver. As a matter of fact, I washed the paint I did get in my hair
out a few days ago. You know, after we finished painting the room?!"
"Oh...you mean that's ALL GRAY HAIR? You have THAT MUCH GRAY HAIR?! HOLY CRAP!"
She
belatedly realized the danger she was in. Maybe it had something to do
with how quickly I whipped around to face her. It might have had to do
with my narrowed eyes and clenched teeth. Or perhaps it was the steam
coming out of my ears...
"It looks GREAT on you, Mom...really!!" she said in a quavering voice.
And so she lives to annoy me another day.
It's WISDOM!
ReplyDeleteShoulda beat her to death with your aarp card . just sayin ... :D
ReplyDeleteI happen to like a little gray.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, her talent at talking around her foot in her mouth!
ReplyDeleteHey, it happens to the best of us - and you can rightly inform her (or so I've been told) that it's hereditary - parents get it from their children. So it's All Her Fault. :-)
Ahh, the parental death stare. Keeping kids in line for millenia.
ReplyDeleteDaughters keep you humble.
ReplyDeleteHey, at least you HAVE hair... :-)
ReplyDeleteHeh. My kids have known for years that every gray hair on my head is their fault. Each and every one. And I've earned every gray hair, too!
ReplyDeleteMy daughters think it's funny that my beard is almost pure white, and my temples are going very grayish silver. Until I tell them that it's hereditary. That shuts them up.
ReplyDeleteGrey hair = their fault. Good job!
ReplyDeleteWell I think you're pretty!
ReplyDeleteI also don't get the whole concern with hair changing, rarely do I see a woman who looks worse with it.
More damage can be done trying to cover up what you rightfully earned!
LOL! Maybe you DO need all that AARP stuff. Just sayin... ;P
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell is Silver doing, trying to wind up on the side of a milk carton?
ReplyDeleteIt was rather sheer cluelessness. You KNOW that I only see her for a few months of my entire year...and this was the first time I had seen her in months! ;)
ReplyDeleteAlso, "quavering voice", my ass. I don't even think I KNOW how to quaver my voice. xD
Silver, it's called "hyperbole"...look it up! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'll bet you got a few more after she said that.....
ReplyDeleteThe usual rejoinder from the follicly challenged: I'll take all the grey hair you don't want!
ReplyDeleteSilver, it's called "hyperbole"...
ReplyDeleteHeh.
OTOH... I WISH gray hair was the only issue with aging.
Too funny! At Thanksgiving we were looking at old family photos when my niece saw a picture of her Mom as a teenager. She said I look just like Mom at my age. Does that mean I will look like her when I get that age? OH MY GOD NO!!!!
ReplyDeleteHah! What's wrong with that, anyway?
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