This morning, Steph discovered that I had a gray eyelash.  This is the first bit of gray I’ve ever had.

She plucked it and as I held it in my hand, gazing down upon it, I thought of many things: I am no longer a young man.  I am getting older*.  No amount of playing computer games, reading comics, doing dangerous activities or acting childish will change that.

But most importantly, that one gray eyelash signifies a great moment, the moment when I can finally say with legal authority:

“Get Off My Lawn!”

I’m so happy.

*Addendum: I am not any wiser as I immediately asked Steph how she deals with her gray hairs.  I got hit.  I deserved it.

4 responses to “Splitting Gray (or Grey) Hairs”

  1. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Crap, that means in 9 minutes I’m gonna have a gray hair.

    DAMN YOU!

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  2. Linda Daly Avatar
    Linda Daly

    They’ll have to tear my video game controller out of my gnarled ancient hands.

    Nobody ever mentions the gray eyelashes. Why is that? The horror.

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  3. Steve Buchheit Avatar

    That’s because the gray nose hairs are worse.

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  4. Dad Avatar
    Dad

    Well, obviously the gray hair does not mean he is any smarter if he made that comment to his wife.

    Hint: don’t even bring up the subjects of age or weight.

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