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OP, I envy you for having gray hair that you and your husband like, and that you were able to make the transition from coloring hair to having it your natural gray. I went gray very young (I started coloring my gray in my 20s) I am now in my 50s, and I have to get the roots retouched every two weeks. I hate that. But I dread the transition process of join gray.
I have long straight hair that falls a few inches below my shoulders. I like this length because it is so easy to pull back in a ponytail or do an undo. I think if I decide to go gray, I will need to get it cut extremely short (leave only an inch or two of hair) and maybe just wear a wig until the colored hair is all gone.
I'm pretty sure that if I take the plunge and let myself go gray, I will stay that way.
I had mine cut VERY short when I took the plunge....it was so liberating...and I'm so happy I did it, really.
Living in Italy is different from living stateside though. Women here are REALLY into youth and beauty.
I am a strawberry blonde and when the greys popped up in my early thirties I asked the salon about coloring.
They told me 'the only one who knows they are there is YOU'.
They were right. The greys are almost platinum blonde. All people see is gorgeous, thick waist length blonde hair.
OP, it depends on what color your hair is. Blonde and grey, brown and grey, or all grey?
You are very lucky...your hair sounds really beautiful.
Mine has no blonde or brown. It's shiny silver with charcoal in the back....its a gradual change down the back.
My mother has been complaining because I stopped dying my hair. I have long hair and am no longer interested in trying to keep up appearances. I have other things I'd like to do in life.
Her complaint is that my grey hair makes her look old! She colors her hair and thinks every woman should. So much for aging gracefully with her around. I live 3 hours away and only see her 4-5 times a year. So I'm not sure what my hair color has to do with her life.
Silver is a color that can't be duplicated. If I could upload pics, I'd show you my neighbor's hair, which is about 4' of (what looks like) silver water cascading down her back and hips. Every woman in the neighborhood is now letting their hair go natural (besides, grey softens the look of laugh lines and fine wrinkles, where dyes pronounce them.
For some females gray hair means they are officially "old" and signifies the final loss of their youth, attractiveness and so forth. This of course is a load of flannel but long as the media continues to shun femmes d'un age certain, in favour of youth things won't change.
My town is full of "old hippies" - artistic types who moved here in the 60s and 70s when abandoned old Victorian homes were selling for a song - and many of the women here have absolutely gorgeous gray, silver, and white hair, long and short. I'm almost 60 and only have about 5 strands of gray, and I *wish* my hair would go gray, but judging from the rest of my family, that probably won't happen.
interestingly, I complimented a stranger on her beautiful shoulder-length gray hair one day, and she told me she was visiting from Texas and everyone there who knew her told her she should color it. I couldn't imagine why she would want to go to all that hassle and expense when her hair was such a nice silver color. She said she didn't plan on doing it.
Boy can I relate.... I live in Italy, where the philosophy of life is "La bella figura" which means putting careful thought into the face you present to the world...with a constant eye toward aesthetic beauty. And everything and everyone is beautiful here......well almost.
I'm so glad I posted here....so many great stories and suggestions......lots to ponder.
I think I wrote this because when I used to go to the salon for color, cut, etc., I was always changing things up. And I would leave the shop with a spring in my step and feel a sense of newness that I haven't felt for a long time. Now that spring is here, I want that feeling again.
After looking at so many stunning styles, I realize I need to get my stylist to step up a bit. I want one of those great cuts!
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I am now in my 50s, and I have to get the roots retouched every two weeks. I hate that. But I dread the transition process of join gray. 
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