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"I cut my hair very short, and, for the first time in years, even had highlights put in to cover some of the grey. I feel like a new person. In fact, Max didn&amp;#039;t even recognize me when I picked him up from a friend&amp;#039;s house. He stared for a long time and then said, &amp;quot;Mommy, your hair is longer on one side \u2014 and it&amp;#039;s sticking out.&amp;quot; Steve was more complimentary. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s cute,&amp;quot; he said. But he too stared for a while. Whenever I&amp;#039;ve gotten haircuts in the past, hardly anyone has noticed. It usually takes another curly-haired person to see the difference. But this time, I was ready for a big change: my own menopausal makeover. I was tired of being hot; I was tired of hair touching my neck; I was tired of the washed-out color. Though I thought I was aging gracefully by accepting my greying hair, I was not happy with a large swath of it that kept growing. Max said one day that I had a lot of grey in my hair. The homeless man who stands on the corner selling newspapers said, &amp;quot;Hey there salt and pepper,&amp;quot; when I walked by. Me? With salt and pepper hair? It was only when he said the same thing a week later \u2014 when I was wearing a sun hat \u2014 did I realize that he was talking to my dog, who is black and white. An aunt, whom I hadn&amp;#039;t seen in awhile, and who in her 70s has auburn hair, said, &amp;quot;Where did you get all that grey? We don&amp;#039;t have grey hair in our family.&amp;quot; So despite the fact that I had decided a few years ago not to color my hair, I caved. Or it feels that way. But I like the cut and I&amp;#039;m getting used to the color. There&amp;#039;s a Greek saying that translates to something like, &amp;quot;Cut your hair, find a new man.&amp;quot; I don&amp;#039;t want a new man, so I&amp;#039;ve modified it, &amp;quot;Cut your hair, find a new me.&amp;quot; Perhaps that&amp;#039;s what a makeover is all about. I&amp;#039;m curious, reader. Where do you weigh in on the hair coloring issue? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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