Husband is embarrassed of gray hair
By poppoppop111
@poppoppop111 (5731)
Canada
January 1, 2013 10:36pm CST
My husband is 20 years older than me and has gray hair. A friend was over the other night and she was saying how someone she knows saw us around town and described us to her to see if that was us. She said a girl with curly hair, a nine or ten year old with the same hair and an older guy with gray hair. He was so insulted. He is wondering if he should dye his hair. I don't care what his hair looks like but it makes him uncomfterble since he is so much older than I am and that's how people describe him. Mom what to do
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@flapiz (23530)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 13
My dad is also very conscious of his hair. As even though my mom is older than him, he seems to have grayer hair than her. He started dying his hair. And then it affected his eyesight. So I suggest gray hair is better than dying your hair.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
3 Jan 13
I think gray hair is very attractive on men. Not so much on women because it makes them look much older but everyone has their own opinion. I'm a few months older than my husband and I have no gray hair and no dye or bleach on my head. It's all natural. My husband is totally gray and it looks so nice. Makes him look distinguished. I think your husband should do whatever he's comfortable with as far as his hair is concerned. We all love our men no matter what color hair. If my husband had pink or purple hair it wouldn't change how I feel about him.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
2 Jan 13
My hair isn't even grey anymore it's white and actually I'm proud of it. I've gotten to the point that it's who I am. My husband's black hair is full of grey now as well.
My daughter's husband on the other hand is only 23 years old and his hair is peppered with grey. He actually finds it funny at times. However he does get somewhat embarrassed and wants to dye it at times. My daughter helps him and he dyes it about once every other month when she decides to dye hers and he uses what's left.
I don't think it's something to be embarrassed over, it just part of who you are. Especially if you have kids lol.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
3 Jan 13
I guess because he is so much older than you , that is why he feel embarrassed that he is now graying . Well he should have been prepared , for people describing him as old because that is the reality . You love him no matter what but I guess he will just have to get used to it . Its a lot of time to keep dyeing it .
I would recommend he used a shampoo that change his hair color while he wash his hair if he want to get rid of the gray . Hope he feel more comfortable soon because that will happen to most of us .
@AkamaruKei (5219)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 13
My dad is 72 years old but his hair not gray because he always using coconut oil from younger age till older age. I think it is to late for your husband to use coconut oil right now. Maybe he dont have any choice. He must dyed his hair to hide his gray hair.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Jan 13
Ageing is a fact of life and developing grey hair is a very common feature of the process, so we may as well accept the fact and carry on. I have been grey for some time now, although it does not bother me in the slightest.
I fail to understand why your husband would be offended by referred to as an older guy when he is older. It is not as though someone had made a derogatory remark about his age.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
2 Jan 13
My husband is the same way although it is very hard to see the gray hair on his head. I always try to inform him, that I cannot see his gray hair and he is like, yeah, but I can still see it and I just let him do whatever he wants to do with it and most of the time, he'd want to dye it to cover up his gray hair. He should just understand that hey he is getting older and that gray hair will keep coming. If he wants to dye his hair then he should dye it a natural color. Is his gray hair that obvious?
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
2 Jan 13
It could be really be insulting to be described as such. And it is something that we have to deal with. But if it truly makes him uncomfortable, he could always die his hair to make himself feel much better. My husband is just a year older than I am but as early as 20 years old, he was showing gray hair already. Well, it runs in their family. My gray hair showed up when I was 37. It is really not that obvious but I have gotten use to coloring my hair since my late 20's. And I feel great about it.
@AdalieM (1134)
• United States
2 Jan 13
Well, do you want him to dye his hair? I don't like men who dyed their hair. I love it when guys have a little bit of gray. However, if he feels uncomfortable, maybe he should dye his hair. Some men start to feel depress and bad about themselves when they hear things they don't want to hear. The most important thing is that you and him feel comfortable about him changing his look.
@WakeUpKitty (8691)
• Netherlands
2 Jan 13
If your husband is umcomfortable because he is so much older then you he should not have married a way younger woman. I say this because fact is he will not stay young forever. If it's not his hair sooner or later it will be something different. So he better work on that since if you don't mind why should he? If it's just the fact his hair is grey (one of my grannies already had grey hair as she was 18 years old and I mean completely grey) he can dye it. There is no reason why he should not. Nothing wrong with it if it makes him feel better.











