[HPFGU-OTChatter] Changing your looks

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Angela Boyko <ochfd42 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I have dyed my hair, more out of a need for me to
> feel
> good about my appearance. Nobody ever said, "Angela,
> your hair is mousy brown", or "Angela, you're 28 and
> you have a grey hair!". I tried a temporary rinse
> for
> red and loved how it looked on me.
> 
> But yes, people commented on the change and it made
> me
> feel good about myself. I'm 35 and have grown to
> accept the grey hairs, but I still like red hair on
> me
> than brown. Livens up my appearance.

I can very much relate to this. I started going grey
at 21, not unusual in my mother's family. She started
getting grey hair at 18, her sister at 16. At first it
was a novelty, then something to blame my daughter
for. At 30, however, it got boring - grey and brown.
So.... I decided to dye it. I had red curly hair as a
child, so I went in the direction of reddish brown. I
love it and have dying my hair ever since, always the
same colour. Most people who haven't know me for long,
well anyone who hasn't known for more than 12 years,
think this is my natural hair colour. Since that
covers pretty much most people, I guess I'm sure that
I'm doing this for myself. No one to impress, as they
don't know my real colour (not even my husband has
seen it, though he obviously knows I dye my hair!).

> 
> I have also had plastic surgery - but it was most
> emphatically for myself. I had a breast reduction a
> year ago, I went from overflowing a DD bra to snugly
> fitting a B cup. The relief from neck and back pain
> is
> hard to describe in words, but it was well worth it.
> I
> actually grew an inch in height as my posture
> improved. Over 7 pounds was taken off (in total, not
> each!)
> 
> Now, you could surmise that I did it for others
> because I was tired of being known for huge
> knockers,
> but really, I like to think people like me for how
> bright and funny I am, than my breasts. I have a lot
> of online friends that have never seen a picture of
> me. And only two people questioned my desire to
> undergo the surgery - everyone else was supportive. 
> 
> So I did it for me. Should I get involved with a man
> who has a problem with the surgery - well, I think
> that's a good indication that he is not a man I
> would
> not want to get intimate with if he can't accept my
> reasons for doing it. I actually held off on it for
> years knowing it could hamper my chances of
> breastfeding - but when I found myself 33 years old
> and still childless, I decided to go for it. I
> didn't
> want to be 43, still in chronic pain, wishing I did
> it
> years ago. Should the mythical Mr Right ever appear,
> we can take turns bottle feeding. ;-)
> 
> Angela
> 
I had plastic surgery myself, when I was 12. I used to
have ears that stuck straight out. The surgery was my
12th birthday gift from my parents (a financial
sacrifice I greatly appreciate, knowing now how little
they could afford to do this). When I was 12 I was the
skinniest person I knew, the tallest (I'm 5'9" and
have been that height since I stopped growing at age
12), wore glasses and had ears that stuck out. Not a
cute image I'm conjuring up, is it? The teasing was
merciless ('four -eyes', 'beanpole', 'giraffe',
'Dumbo'), you name it, I heard it. They only thing
that could be changed was my ears, so that's what we
did. Now, I had never cried and complained to my
parents. This was something they noticed on their own
and offered to do. I *do* have amazing parents, don't
I?

Sheryll, who adores her parents, even though she and
her mother would kill each other if left in a room
alone too long (we're too much alike)

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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