Is it really that unusual not to colour your hair?

[Vallies]

I never have. I was never rebellious in my youth and as an adult have never felt the need.

This is helped (a lot) by the fact that I have that Scandinavian kind of blonde hair naturally, and that at 56 it hasn't yet started going grey. I appreciate that in different circumstances I may well have decided to colour it, but I can't be the only one. 'Everyone' seems to assume my hair is dyed, including hairdressers, on occasion!

I never have in my life, but I’ve had long hair since I was a teen, so if I didn’t like it I’d have to cut my hair off or wait at least 3 years probably for it to grow out. So it’s never seemed worth experimenting, even now my mousy brown hair has a few grayish streaks in my late 40s.

There have been many threads on here debating dyeing hair versus natural grey. I've come to the conclusion that what some people struggle with, or don't want to do, is accept aging - and that includes in other people! If someone chooses to dye their grey hair, that's fine however that alone doesn't make them look younger, they will still look their age, just without grey hair.

I couldn't give a monkeys if someone else doesn't like me having grey hair, it's nothing to do with them. And if someone else chooses to colour theirs, that's their choice. I have noticed that amongst the people I know, quite a number are transitioning to lighter colour over time.

I can't be bothered with the maintainance of roots (both time and cost) and have never had any colour done that didn't grow out subtly.

I once had some highlights in my 20s which were nice but not exactly transformative.
Sometimes in the winter I put a temporary colour on that fades out which just perks me up at the time of year that my hair is darkest.

Overall I like my hair colour (even with grey creeping in) and don't want to damage the condition of it with bleaching and styling. There may come a point depending on the way the grey comes through that I might decide it's worth the effort, but it's not coming up in a hurry.
I'm glad we're in an era where h
greying naturally is becoming more accepted again though.