Should I have been truthful?

We went out today and I thought it looked a little better. I think she had washed it.

@LadyDuck Yes I've had the same experience. It's embarrassing walking out of a salon looking like some kind of peacock!

@sprite1950 It happened to me to come back home and wash my hair after being to the hairdresser. I remember I did in the United States, the cut was not bad, but how they dressed my hair was ridiculous.

I agree and I think she was pleased I said I liked it. I met her today and as time wore on I got more used to it and it will soon grow.

@sprite1950 I see.

I just didn't want to hurt her feelings. I saw her yesterday and after spending a few hours with her it didn't look so bad so I guess I must have got used to it.

Nice to see you Jellybelly Yes I think so. I even told my granddaughter to say it looked nice whatever it looked like which I felt bad about but she is old enough to know that it would hurt her feelings to say otherwise.

@sprite1950 Yes, I would have done the same, I think it is alright.

@CookieMonster46 If someone told me they hated my hair I would be so upset and not go out!

Hey Daddy! Last time I was here you were on the point of leaving. I did ask about you but didn't see a reply. How is life treating you? I am well and still raising my granddaughter, now a sulky almost to be teenager!. She will be 13 in November. It's challenging but seems to be going reasonably well. Well I told her I liked it and then found when I got used to it I actually did think it looked ok, so maybe I didn't really lie after all. It's just that she had beautiful hair before she cut it.

@sprite1950 I spent several months editing a series of books for a newer author. (10 books in all. It took me about 8 months total.) I'm still having allergic reactions to who-knows-what. *shake my head* (I had a fun allergic reaction to a honeybee sting at the end of the winter while I was over an hour away from any help. Thankfully I had one of the epi-pens with me or I'd be gone.) A couple of weeks ago I was mowing my yard when Yellow Jackets took exception to the noise my mower makes. I got hit by them six times in a very few minutes. (I was mowing when the first three got me and then the next three got me while my daughter was mowing. I would have thought they'd play fair and sting her too, but apparently not. ) Thankfully, I'm not allergic to Yellow Jackets. After we finished mowing, I paid the Yellow Jackets back for those stings. I sprayed their nest and killed them all. (I'm not allergic to them but some of my family are so they had to go!) Other than those incidents, I've been doing well. Yeah, good luck with your granddaughter. The teen years can be a real pain! I understand. When Pretty had one side of her head shaved it wasn't the best look for her but I did get used to it. Pretty's hair had been down to the middle of her back. (She had her hair cut so she could donate the hair for two wigs for one of her friends who lost her hair to chemo after she was found to have cancer.) I told Pretty she still looked beautiful. As long as I remembered WHY she had cut her hair, it didn't matter how it looked!

@DaddyEvil Glad to hear you're doing well. By coincidence I sat on a wasp the other day but I'm not allergic either. I just had to sit on one cheek afterwards! I really think it's more about the person than their hair. I loved her beautiful long hair but once we got chatting and laughing I hardly noticed she had cut it and I would never want to hurt her feelings. I was a bit worried about what my granddaughter might say though. Thankfully she was tactful and said she liked it.

If I had said nothing at all then I think that would have been just as bad because she had gone from beautiful long hair to very short like a boy.

@sophie09 Yes, she says her husband likes it and that's the main thing.

@sprite1950 rather than shes hurt because of our words

I found that once I got used to it I didn't think it looked quite so bad. It's just that she had such beautiful long hair that I envied. It will grow again.