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I have two funny things to report that were said by family members in the last 24 hours.

My nephew Max was wearing his Batman costume around the house yesterday, and I overheard him tell his Grandma Sue that when Batman takes off his mask, he's really Bruce Wayne, famous mail carrier. :) Later, Batman picked up his fiddle and started jamming with us, and that was pretty funny too.

The other funny thing was said to me by an aunt of mine. We were walking together and she mentioned that she thought my short haircut was adorable, but that she missed my long hair. I sympathized (she really did love my hair long, and urged me frequently to wear it down), but said I really loved it this way. She replied (and I'm paraphrasing slightly because I can't remember the exact order of her words), "It's cute and sassy, and so...fashionista...but you know you're going to have to grow it long again if you want to get a man."

Oh. My. God. I was fairly stunned, as I'm sure you can imagine. Once I recovered a little bit, I simply replied calmly that I didn't actually think that was true, and that if some guy wouldn't be attracted to me unless I had long hair, then that was somebody I didn't want to go out with. My aunt insisted, "But...you know, men have such a blind spot when it comes to that...." I repeated that I wasn't worried about men being attracted to me, and that I, myself, really love my hair this way. Also, now that it's short, I get to have it be cute and darling on a daily basis, whereas when it was long, it was only cute if I left it down when I was going out somewhere or for special occasions, because most of the time it was pulled back to get it out of my face.

After that, she pretty much let it go, and I did too. The thing is, I love my aunt dearly, and I know she has always had strong feelings about my hair, and will probably continue to do so. But they're her feelings, not mine, and I don't in any way need to take them on. But I did think it was awfully silly, especially because I think of her as being someone who is really aware of women's issues, and very independent.

Luckily for me, there are lots of single, intelligent, funny and fun men out there, plenty of whom I'm sure will not mind the fact that I have a very cute, very curly, 1920s-esque haircut that makes me extremely happy and fits my personality exactly.


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