Silver Hair a Lightening Rod

My grey hair has been attracting comments. Unsolicited comments from both males & females. I have to admit the comments were thinly disguised criticisms for the most part & 2 sincere attempts at making me feel better. All occurring on the one night. A Full Moon night at that!

"Oh you are very brave, I wish I was brave enough to stop dyeing my hair."
"Now I don't want you to take this the wrong way but your daughter would really like to dye your hair. You should let her."
"Here comes the scary hair lady." This one not so thinly disguised.

To make it worse I had spent 2hrs and top dollar to have my hair placed in an updo for my daughter's wedding.

I am now thinking that my personal property ie. my metallic hair colour, acts as a lightening rod. It attracts flashes of cracks out of the blue, straight back to me. Logically I must prepare for the shocks. So what to do? Quit blinding people with my polarising attempt at natural hair colour by giving out free tinted sunglasses? Wear a T Shirt that says " YES I KNOW, It's On Purpose"? Silver gaffa tape across their laughing gear to match my grey locks may come across as a bit extreme. Possibly a handbook on good manners? No, just a toss of my mane & a cheeky wink is all I need. Zap right back at ya!

Curiously no one approached my elderly, white haired mother to pass comments. Nor to any of the silver haired or bearded gentlemen present.

My journey towards long silver locks has now become a personal crusade. It is my shield and banner displaying  my right to my own hair choices. Picture me holding aloft my wide tooth comb as I proclaim this. I have roughly 2 years to go to achieve my goal of waist length pewter, silver & white tresses. My rainbow (g)rays. I will not be dissuaded, cajoled or insulted into abandoning my path. Peace.

I have booked an appointment for a long layered style cut next week. My aim is to get a substantial (at least for me) amount of old colour lopped out, as well as some cool shape happening without sacrificing my length. I have sought some example pics for my stylist whose talent I trust.

My grey is growing in at seemingly distinct lengths. The top layer is the shortest, followed by a mid layer that now reaches my jaw line, then the underneath section that is to my shoulders. Ideally the style cut will blend these distinctions, leaving just the length from my shoulders carrying the old colour burden.

I've posted some pics of long hair layered styles, myself dolled up at wedding, me a la natural & regrowth undercover. I've also now added in 2 pics of my newly long layered cut.

I'll go back to the salon in 4 months to trim off 2 more inches, followed by 2 more inches 4 months hence. By my calculations that will then only leave approx. 2 inches of regrowth at the longest lengths to be chopped sometime early 2017.