Minor mystery of the day, inspired by the Grauniad

[tree_and_leaf]

Why do people describe the bob as a low maintenance haircut? It's a great look, but that's blatantly not true.

Comments

[ankaret]

I am enjoying my hair having silver bits in at present in an 'I wonder where this will go next' way, like growing a plant, but judging by the other women in my family if it ever goes completely grey I'll be very surprised. Unless I have to escape from Nazis or something, of course.

[antisoppist]

I got my first grey hair at 19 and confidently expected to be totally grey by about 30 so it's more surprising that it isn't greyer by now, but still gratifying that it is much less grey than my youngest sister's. There is a woman at choir who totally rocks elegance and grey hair in complicated buns and plaits and I aspire to this but even a French plait makes my arms hurt and I can't see I'm going to improve at complicated hair skills suddenly in my 70s or something.