A camel might well get upset,
Because this is the best she will get.
But I want you to know
That your hair will soon grow,
And the camel will never
Have blue eyes, be clever,
Or get to play parts
In school plays. So you see
You're enormously special
Especially to me!
(And I love you very much xx)
Poor granddaughter! These things pass.
ReplyDeleteI once accidentally dyed my hair pink the afternoon of a big party. That was less than thirty years ago and already I'm nearly over the trauma.
Patsy, I think this may take some time as they've removed a huge amounts, when all she wanted was the split ends removed...
DeleteOh that is too sweet and funny, Frances! I hope it made your granddaughter laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteHaven't we all been there... (actually, in my case, it was my mother who ALWAYS cut my hair way too short, especially my fringe. I looked like Prince Ironheart and hated it.)
She'll get over it, Meike, but she needs time to grieve!
DeleteDid she go to the hairdresser's with a photo of Lady Gaga and say 'I want to look like this', or did her Mum say 'I want her to look like that'. The fault needs to be pin-pointed.
ReplyDeleteI think the fault lies squarely with the hairdresser, CM. Sadly.
DeleteWhat a brilliant way to cheer up your granddaughter. Frances. I'm sure she appreciates it. I hope I can do that for mine if the situation arises.
ReplyDeleteKeith, I think it cheered her up for about five minutes, but then she went back to weeping. What it is to be 13...
DeleteYes there are only a couple of weeks difference between a bad haircut and a good one.
ReplyDeleteAdrian, with this hair you're talking a year a year at least.
DeleteOops. Too many years...
DeleteThis is a case of one one being one too many Frances.
DeleteI think that is beautiful, Frances. Reminds me of when my daughter wanted to bleach her hair blonde and I said she could only have it done if she let me do it - so she did - and she ended up with bright tangerine hair. It was the last time I interfered :-) x
ReplyDeleteOne of my sons wanted blond hair, and I tried to help him (why??). Nuff said.
DeleteHumour and pathos, I loved it and what a lovely gesture to your granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteMaggie, she's one of the few members of my family who read my blog, so I thought it was worthy a try.
DeleteI take comfort from this poem having visited the hairdressers yesterday resulting in a shorter than usual cut. My husband said the upside is that he can kiss the back of my neck!
ReplyDeleteAaaaah! How sweet.
DeleteHopefully her hair isn't the colour of that camel"s ! My trusted hairdresser cut one side of my short hair too short last time and it has only just become tameable after a month . It will grow….we all have these problems from time to time. She will be told in no uncertain terms what she did wrong last time!! ( politely or she might make a bigger mess!!)
ReplyDeleteMy hairdresser often cuts mine too short, but it doesn't take too long to grow back. This hair is (was) long and blonde. Tragedy...
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ReplyDeletePrevious comment deleted due to very bad spelling. What I meant to say was that I once cut my own fringe and I ended up looking exactly like a camel. I'd forgotten all about that but remembering it has just put a smile on my face. There were plenty of tears at the time though.
ReplyDeleteColette, I think all my kids had a goat their hair with the scissors at some time or other, but then they had only themselves to blame!
DeleteWhat a lovely rhyme to cheer up your granddaughter - been there so know how it feels to have an awful haircut!
ReplyDeleteHaven't we all, Rosemary!
DeleteHow lucky your granddaughter is to have you cheering her up like this.
ReplyDeleteI once had to wear a headscarf over a disastrous perm and still remember my great relief when I dared to look at the mirror one day and realised it was growing out.
I sympathise with your granddaughter, Frances, but her mirror-moment will happen too. x
Not for some time, though, Joanna. That hair has a lot of growing to do! But although I've only seen a photo, I think it looks great.
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