This is one of those TMI kind of posts, a post that when I was thirty-five, I had no clue I would dare write. Of course when I was thirty-five, I had no clue about the super yucko stuff that was going to happen to me in menopause. I also had no clue what a blog was. (I’m not sure anybody did, yet.)
That leads us to the subject of the post: CHIN HAIR.
I have always liked the story of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.” I love the line, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin,” and as a little girl, I got a kick out of all that trip trapping over bridges. And who doesn’t get some kicks out of hating a big bad troll? (A REAL troll, not an Internet sort of bad person.)
But I didn’t know I would turn into a billy goat!
And the Big Bad Menopause Troll throws you the double whammy that after you get those long, fine hairs cascading off your chin, you can’t see them without a magnifying glass.
So that brings us to this post’s title: Does a Friend Tell a Friend She’s Got a Chin Hair?
This happened to me. I was at first mortified.
But on reflection, I was grateful.
So I say, “Yes.”
What do you say?
Photo above is Paul Galdone’s wonderful version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Photo below shows some acceptable chin hairs, because this guy is a real and true billy goat, by the hairs of his chinny, chin, chin.
Read more posts at my blog Friend for the Ride
Barbara Younger
Barbara Younger blogs from her home in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Along with Friend for the Ride: Encouraging Words for the Menopause Roller Coaster (http://friendfortheride.com), she writes books for children and adults. She lives in an old house with her husband Cliff. and collections of everything from dolls to buttons to bookmarks. She's the mother of two grown daughters and the grandmother to one adorable baby boy!
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I love reading your blogs. They always make me smile and sometimes laugh out loud!
In answer to your question should you tell a friend she has chin hair …. if she’s a good friend then yes. And, I would certainly want someone to tell me if I had chin hair!!
on April 5, 2012 at 1:21 pm Deborah MasonDeborah, Thanks for the good words, esp. the laughing. I’ll tell my literary agent. They say humor is hard to write.
on April 5, 2012 at 1:35 pm BarbaraYes defintely tell your agent as I think you are a natural when it comes to humour!
on April 6, 2012 at 8:20 am Deborah Mason