Hair

When we were having breakfast this morning at a neighborhood restaurant a young woman came in with two little kids. She obviously was receiving chemo. She ordered breakfast for the children and tea for herself. She was beautiful but pale and bald.

We both had empathy for her. After they left we began discussing hair. Dave said "Women are vain about their hair."

In his defense I'll say that he's been through the experience of having his beautiful wife loose her hair due to chemo so he has a right to express himself on this issue.

But... My reply was:

"Have you ever heard of Rogaine for Men and those painful implants?"

Yes, in the battle of the sexes I tend to come on a little too strong at times.

After that we had a long friendly conversation about hair.

We want lots of it on some parts of our bodies and none on others. It's only been since the 1940s that women have been routinely removing hair. Now I'm reading that young men are subjecting themselves to all kinds of waxings.

Ouch!

And then there's the strange beard thingies and daily head shavings.

Yes, women are vain about hair but aren't we all?


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