I recently made a dramatic change to my hair. After conducting an extensive scientific poll on facebook I decided to go dark brown with bangs. One male co-worker told me it was not a haircut it was a disguise. And he was right. Hardly anybody recognized me at first. This was actually a lot of fun (except for freaking out my two year old niece).
One day I was walking down the paseo at work and I saw my friend J. coming towards me. He is a single, good-looking guy and would actually be a datable if he didn't own and use more hair care product than I do. Anyway, as he got closer I flashed him a giant smile which was reciprocated with a "how-you-doin'" style hello. It hit me that he had no idea who I was. Once he realized it was "just" me the mystery was gone and his whole demeanor changed. DB.
The winning result of the poll by the way, was blonde. I had posted a few pictures from Halloween '09 when I wore a blonde wig which seemed to swing the votes that direction. It made me wonder if all the maintenance of going blonde is worth it. One of my friend's husbands told me if I go blonde I'll be married in 6 months. Really?
Overall I have had a lot more attention from men since I changed my hair. It's more about how a new look makes you feel about yourself. My dark hair made me feel sexy and mysterious and that must show at least a little bit. Still... if I haven't met anybody by June, I can always go blonde and if John's right I'll still be married by December.
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