<p>Ummm… made the mistake of taking a nap this afternoon. And sort of kind of waiting for D2 to get home from the city after deciding to go down there with friends around 10PM tonight - although I’d never admit that to her!</p>
<p>My opinion on the gray hair ( not just the current Commander in Chief)
For many people gray happens within a few years all over ones head. For men, who cut off the old stuff regularly, what remains reflects the color change very dramatically. I have several friends who have shoulder-length hair who have a clear transition from dark brown to silver within a space of a foot ( less than a 4 year term).
Us pale folks with dishwater blond hair seem to go gray in bits over a longer timetable. People with different experiences are more than welcome to disagree or offer their own ideas.
As an aside, having lost it all to chemo at 37, I think I have less gray at 55 than I would have had or than my siblings have. I feel like that’s a well deserved Karma thing.</p>
<p>Razorsharp…ROFLMAO!!!</p>
<p>I think the presidency ages everyone. They are under stresses we cannot even possibly imagine. Look how much Bush aged after 9-11, understandably.</p>
<p>Just too funny.</p>
<p>And Bunsen, I think he contributed his BMI to Michele.</p>
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<p>Oh no, it looks like I hit a nerve with the people with big rear ends. Eating less and exercising more helps get rid of that extra “l” in your rear end.</p>
<p>I’m sure we could correct this frequently reported graying-Presidents problem. All we have to do is elect only teenagers or octogenarians to the presidency.</p>
<p>Honestly, we keep electing middle-aged men to this position, and then we marvel that they grow grayer over the next several years. I bet they’re using reading glasses, too.</p>
<p>Wasn’t it the Founding Fathers vision to only have middle-aged men as President? Isn’t it in the Constitution somewhere?</p>
<p>I had a business partner that started turning gray in his mid-twenties and was completely white by his late-twenties. Ran in the family.</p>
<p>I don’t think that gray or white is a big deal for men but the vast majority of women seem to consider it an issue judging by the quantities of hair coloring products at the drugstore for men vs women.</p>
<p>I think it mostly has to do with the age at which Presidents are elected. It coincides with the age at which most men (or people) go gray.</p>
<p>Haven’t you ever seen President’s early vs. late term photos? They ALL age quite a bit. Various news programs have done spilt screen comparisons of Clinton and Bush, etc. in the past to illustrate the point.</p>
<p>The job carries a bit of stress.</p>
<p>LOL Razorsharp :)</p>
<p>OhioMom, I think the concern is with the ebbing and flowing of the gray in the President’s hair. Some days he’s very gray. Other days not so much.</p>
<p>Well, if you want a president that can’t gray anymore, then you should have elected McCain. Don’t think he can get any grayer.</p>
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<p>That could have alot to do with lighting and camera angle. I know that the appearance of my graying hair can vary quite a bit. African-American hair especially, being both curly and shiny, will reflect different light in very different ways.</p>
<p>It may be a nutritional thing too. My hair was generally darker when I was heavier and living in a more nutrient-rich environment. Losing weight has coincided with more white hairs.</p>
<p>BTW, I don’t really care about hair color. But I know a lot of people that do.</p>
<p>It might have something to do with the relative length. My husband’s black hair has started to gray. He looks about 10 years older when he’s in need of a haircut than he does immediately after a cut. Shorter hair = less gray. Also, I watched my hairdresser individually snip some gray hairs closer to a gentleman’s head to alleviate the graying effect.</p>
<p>Razorsharp, I think that if someone says you are the Ass Man, it is possibly a compliment. It means you can pick up hot chicks with one hand, you are famous on the streets of New York, and are probably a very interesting person to talk to at parties.</p>
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<p>But back to Obama’s hair, the subject of this thread. I have to respectfully disagree with some other posters who think that the hair color change is comparable to that seen in other stressed-out commanders-in-chief. No president I have ever seen before changed to gray this fast.</p>
<p>Nope. What I am seeing is the worst change ever. Just read the papers and watch the news. Open your eyes. </p>
<p>Compare photos from different time periods. You can use google images. It has been less than one term. No one has gone this gray this fast before. When someone mentioned Clinton I thought, well he had two terms and we tend to think of how he looked when he went in versus eight years later.</p>
<p>I have never seen a POTUS go gray so quickly.</p>
<p>As for Michelle O., I think she is a lovely first lady, and that small cabooses are way over-rated. She has made a few fashion mistakes which don’t really compliment her figure, so naturally there are some photos which are not very becoming. She is a super attractive woman, however, and looks fantastic the vast majority of the time. I would rather hang with her than a carrot-chomping, carbs-avoiding skinny-arsed broad. What is the fun in that? Also, who should represent the real United States as First Lady? Certainly not a skinny girl. She fits nicely in the line up of recent, popular first ladies who would be good dining companions: Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush. Nancy Reagan? No.</p>
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<p>Well, when it becomes the cover of Newsweek (or any other major magazine) and the topic of every political talk show, we can talk. As for now, I’d just say he’s getting older, just like every other president in the White House did over 4-8 years.</p>