To dye or not to dye....

[Narnia]

I'm a 50 something 'grey headed auld hoor' (as is how it is put in my homeland). I'm also seeking worthwhile employment since being made redundant. In this age where ageism is not supposed to exist but probably does, do you think I should dye my hair to try and look younger? Whilst I'm at it I recently received a call from an agency asking if I was interested in a position in a company which supplies meat. I couldn't help laughing so the person said to me 'you're not a vegetarian are you?'. I am. Will a blonde meat-eater have more success than I'm having currently? All serious answers will be totally ignored!

[jimmy two times]

Being grey doesn't seem to hold back Jose Mourinho or George Clooney.

[*Bob*]

Do you look like either of those two, Declan?

[????]

..or John Major (Edwina...now you're talking)

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm never dying my hair

(again)

[????]

I'm never bleaching mine

(again)

[*Bob*]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I'm never dying my hair

>

> (again)

Too expensive?

I expect you'd need at least a couple of bottles.

[Narnia]

Fraid not Bob. I have applied to manage Real Madrid though as they usually have a vacancy on an annual basis. I have a 100% record having for one season led my son's team to glory in the Friday night U8's 7 a side leage on the astroturf at Dulwich Hamlet. I can't act though.

[giggirl]

It depends Declan. George is grey but he's hot as hell. 50 isn't old but it's the age at which if you haven't taken care of yourself it will show. If you've got a paunch and you're otherwise in need of maintenance then I would get yourself down to Boots sharpish. Personally I find grey hair attractive but only when the rest of the guy's appearance isn't a turn off.

[SeanMacGabhann]

good point *bob*

which reminds me - I'm never shaving my hair again

[daizie]

giggirl Wrote:

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Personally I find grey hair

> attractive but only when the rest of the guy's

> appearance isn't a turn off.

Agree giggirl -

Plus being loaded .

[*Bob*]

Being loaded, spending every weekend strolling down the red carpet then on to a suite at the Ritz.. sure..

If Clooney worked nights shovelling fish guts and had a thick Tipton accent you wouldn't be so keen.

[daizie]

Too right Bob. Good looks only get you so far .

[brum]

I started to lose my hair in my early 20's and was desperate to cover it up and looked quite silly in the process. In the end I relented and started to shave it all really close, then to be pleasantly surprised to find it was actually quite trendy and not as big a problem as I first imagined. Later on, I started to go grey too. My reaction was instinctively to cover it up by shaving my head even closer than before, because - as everyone knows - grey hair grows faster than normal hair! Only recently have I begun to realise that it doesn't make one jot of difference how I look, hair-wise, as long as the overall appearance is ok. So now, I'm growing my locks (what's left of them) and learning to embrace my greyness. That expensive bottle of hair dye I bought last year (now there's a confession!) will remain unopened, in my bathroom cabinet, never to be used.

So the long and short of it is, I agree with Giggirl. And Daizie (though loaded, I ain't!)

[daizie]

As long as you're not 'struggling' what use is that to anyone ;-)

[PeckhamRose]

I also agree with giggirl.

If your breath reeks of cigarettes and you have a paunch, who cares your hair is grey?

[*Bob*]

Possiby a light whiff of raw meat too..?

[daizie]

What? like unwashed bits ?

[rosa_klebb]

No. Like unshaven pits.

[*Bob*]

I was thinking more of Declan's new job.

[jimmy two times]

Declan go the whole hog and get an earring and some lycra.

[Brendan]

And grow a ponytail.

But only if you?re balding on top.

[Ladymuck]

I think you should attend the next EDF drinks and we could all "score" you...followed up with constructive advice of course (should you need it).

*holds up card saying "dix points" - for Declan's posts, anyway*

[Ladymuck]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> If Clooney worked nights shovelling fish guts and

> had a thick Tipton accent you wouldn't be so keen.

Wouldn't bother me...I regularly shovel horse poo...but where the hell is Tipton?

[Ladymuck]

brum Wrote:

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> I started to lose my hair in my early 20's and was

> desperate to cover it up and looked quite silly in

> the process...now, I'm growing my locks (what's left of

> them) and learning to embrace my greyness.

What a brave post brum...and for what it's worth, I think you are gorgeous (in a non-romantic/non-sexual sense of course, me being a happily married lady and all)! Stay as you are!