See, I was a girl who had a massive head of hair. Lots of hair. So much hair that hairdressers kind of got mad at me for having so much hair. One hairdresser, when I was not yet a teen, joked that I needed a boyfriend's help to blowdry my hair. (he was gay, and I think I missed an enendo...maybe?)

If I cut my hair short, the freaking wavy hair moved in. If I left it long, well, the weight of my hair yes weighted down the rest of my hair and it appeared straight.

So now I'm asking, what the fuck is happening? With the lovely life changing (I'm supposed to be soooo happy because sex will be better. Really? What sex are we talking about?) menopause, half my hair is GONE.

Oh, when I lost half my hair to prednisone as a teen, my (so compassionate)doctor told me to count myself as lucky. He had a hairdresser who had lost all of her hair to prednisone, and because I only lost half, I should consider myself lucky.

The iceback loved short hair (yes a freak among men) so several times I cut my hair short, the last time worrying I would not be able---because of my age---to grow it back.

yes, I have grown it back. It's about half way down my back now.

But why oh why in the last two months has it picked up this wavy thing?

I've cut my bangs (yes, well, I learned a long time ago, when you reach a certain age, and those forehead wrinkles begin to appear, you need bangs, girl) since I was 21. I cut bangs a year ago. And now, all of a sudden, my bangs are waving to one side. They are curling. Why now? Why?

Oh, hair is a fickle thing. I learned that after my pregnancy when it thinned and through medication when my hair was literally like steel wool.

Now, I'm dealing with menopause, and I can't come back from this thinning. I have half the hair I used to have. I had three things going for me, my eyes (I lost my unusually long eyelashes) my hair (half gone) and my legs (still great although someone called them "chicken legs" the other day)

Yes, I should be glad I have enough hair to sustain this menopausal, hair thinning loss. But I'm not.

More to the point...

I no longer have the weight to keep it from curling.

Girls with straight hair always want curly, girls with curly hair always want straight.

Perhaps, I've been straddling the line to long.

NO, I want my bangs straight!

Oooo, I found it in English. Enjoy. Long, beautiful hair.