May
Do you know how careful we moms are these days about imparting distorted body image issues to our kids? I am very conscious about not talking about myself as “fat” because I don’t want my children, especially, my daughter, developing some unhealthy attitudes about her own body. Yes, I really need to shed significant poundage, but when I talk about it, I try to make sure I address it as a health issue. In other words, instead of saying, “I need to lose weight,” I say, “I need to eat healthier food so I will live longer and better.” Right? Piece of cake. I think I’ve mastered that technique.
Only, I forgot about the “hair” thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have good hair. Great hair, according to some of you. But, believe it or not, it drives me crazy when the curls get out of control. Like when I’ve been sweating.
The other night, while my daughter was at soccer practice, I went for a 45 minute, cardio-infused, walk around the park. It’s getting to be summer, and humid! So, when I got back to the car, my hair was damp, itchy and starting to feel like it was crawling all over my scalp.
My daughter got into the car and asked if I had been walking. I told her that I had. Then she sarcastically dripped, “well you don’t look like it.” I asked her what she meant by that, and she leaned forward and screamed, “Look at your HAIR! It’s all bouncy.”
I told her that I did walk, and my hair was sweaty and itchy and driving me crazy. She leaned forward again, grabbed a wad of her own hair, held it up a little and screamed, “LOOK AT MINE! It’s Stringy and nasty, and everybody can tell it’s skanky. But, you! YOURS is still… still… FLUFFY! I HATE that!!”
Sigh. LOL. I suppose I can’t complain anymore in front of her.
7 Responses to “Hair-Esteem”
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Susan Waterman said:
OMFG STF-UP!!!!!!!! Biotch.
You tell my darling niece that she can come talk to me about hair. That I have had to look at you piss and moan for 40 years now…. AND that strangers TALK to you. Hair and all.
Chris said:
OMG! Are you me? Am I you???? It’s frizzy, curly, wavy hair here. I can’t wait until it passes, in just about 5 more months! Time to pull out the hair gel.
saintseester said:
Susan: *poke poke*
Chris: It’s not as bad in N. Alabama as places I used to live (new orleans, houston) but the humidity still gets to me.
Kelly said:
Hmph.
As the possessor of straight, stringy, does-nothing hair, I can sympathize with those who envy the curls.
You’d think that after 40-odd years now I’d have come to terms with it all.
topsurf said:
I’d have to say that it’s very rare when my hair is effected by the weather, occasionally it is when we are at the beach. However that being said, I think that is more because of the length of my hair, it’s short. That being said, my daughter’s mood is directly related to how her hair is on any given day. The age of 13 for a girl is wonderful! LOL
azn8tive said:
I can relate to the frizzies! At least yours is still nice and thick, but I’m not jealous. I remember when we first moved to No. AL and my hair went berserk in the humidity.
M said:
My daughter arrived home on Saturday from her week-long trip to California. The first thing she said was “I had great hair in California! The whole no-humidity thing is great!”. Spoken like a true southerner.