AIBU for confronting a stranger criticising my appearance?

[MarbleFox]

I left work late today, missing the bus I normally catch by a couple of minutes. This meant waiting half an hour for the next one. At the bus stop there were two women, roughly my age(20) and as I approached I heard one say to the other, "Oh my God, look at the state of her hair". My hairs currently a silver/lilac shade, it's been bright purple, blue and pink so I'm used to getting the occasional comment and stare. I shrugged the comment off as I normally do but for the next 25 minutes as I waited for the bus the comments continued. Criticising my hair, clothes and general appearance while sniggering while I'm obviously in earshot. I eventually snapped and said, "Sorry but what's the problem?" Neither replied so I said, "You really shouldn't mutter horrible things about people you don't know", to which one said she wasn't talking about me. She definitely was.

I know it's daft to let this bother me and I know they were out of order but should I have ignored them? Or was responding the right thing to do? I'm normally very shy and meek so this was out of character for me.

I would dispute that. If we lived alone on a desert island would we still choose to dye our hair/wear edgy clothes, because I don't believe most of us would

I would. If I were the sole survivor of a plane crash or a shipwreck and everyone else's luggage were there I'd pick out what I wanted to wear. There are items of clothing I wouldn't be seen dead in, even if there were no one to see me.

What Harriet said. Personally, these 'shy' people with wacko hair get up my nose.

The photo fatshit posted was of beautiful hair, but please...if you're shy, stick to a nice pedestrian bob, eh? Outlandish hair should have a personality to carry it off, then you wouldn't feel so crushed when someone slags it off and we wouldn't have to read your self-aggrandising whiny OP.

The threads over and done with, it has been for a while and nothing you're saying is of any use or even relevant. Just drop it.

Oh. I didn't know there was a time limit to adding comments.

Personally, these 'shy' people with wacko hair get up my nose.

I'd rather meet a shy person with purple hair than a judgemental person with their natural hair colour.

I reckon Harriet is that Shona Silberry woman off the Daily Mail...

Would you tell me if you were, Harriet?

Oh gosh thirty nine, be careful because it seems very much like you're posting just to stir the pot again....

I'm judgemental with some foil highlights and a pixie cut. But I'm not shy, you see, and can carry my thatch with aplomb without feeling the need to start a thread because some bints didn't like my appearance.

The thing is, though, that shy or not, you don't have to have dyed your hair a deliberately unusual colour to be subjected to nasty comments on the street. To suggest that the shy favour a nice brown bob for safety is like suggesting that shy people should guard against becoming fat and that, if they become fat, they should definitely never go for a run or eat an ice cream on the road, because that's just inviting comments, right?

I'm not stirring the pot. I've returned late to a thread I initially commented on and found some annoying high-fives being lobbed around just because the OP has lilac hair and put her dukes up with a couple of dopey birds. If you don't want your hair attracting attention stick to a safe pedestrian bob.

Have you read my previous posts? If you had you'd know that I normally shrug off the occasional comment, stare or eyebrow raise but that wasn't what happened in this scenario. They picked apart EVERYTHING about my appearance including my outfit, not just my hair. This went on for 25 minutes.
I don't know why you're choosing to focus on their comments made about my hair.

Marble don't poke it, report and back away. Moral high ground and all that.
If nobody plays along its no fun is it?

What sisters said.

OP, my earliest comment expressed surprise that such a conventional outfit would attract derision; I haven't focused on your hair.

It's often goady, do ignore.

Stop stalking me, please. It's rather embarrassing.

Yawn.