It was the last day of corporate tax season. The office was bursting with activity, desks were piled up with files and papers, everyone was pushing out the last returns and cheques in anticipation of having the next day off. It was pure focus and drive with not a thought to the world outside
Then the phone on my desk rang.
Caller ID showed it was one of the Ts. Here is my side of the conversation...the part my co-workers heard.
"Hi baby....
You did WHAT?
What colour?
Who?
When?
Why?
Where did you get it done?
Who bought it?
Sorry for asking again...but WHY?
Okay...I'll deal with your father."
When I hung up, my three co-workers were laughing hysterically.
"Okay, you're side of the conversation was so funny, you HAVE to tell us what is going on!"
It seems T1 had let one of his lady friends dye his hair...jet-black. He then let his sister straighten it so he had kind of an emo/Pete Wentz look going on.
It looks good on him. It suits his artistic nature, his inner rock star. His friend and T2 did a good job.
Dearly Beloved eventually came onside...especially after I pointed out that the phone call could been worse...he could have been calling me to tell me about his new tattoo or his new body piercing. It could have been the police calling to say that he had been arrested for being drunk or high out behind the school. It could have been the emergency room telling us he was bleeding and broken on a stretcher. It could have been an unhappy father calling to tell us that his daughter was "in trouble".
But it was only hair...and hair grows.
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LOL Next time we have lunch, please be a good mommy and bring a pic of the he-T.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you have to let them create their own mess - but like you said, it is just hair
ReplyDeleteMy beloved is anti-hair dye for She Who Does Not Obey, but I figure it's a rebellion I can live with. She has experimented with coloured streaks, but nothing that doesn't wash out right away. I too am looking forward to the pictures at our next lunch/dinner.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think that he-T and she-T make lovely pseudonyms.
ReplyDeletePictures could be an issue...unless I drug both Ts first...our attempts at Christmas pictures resulted in lovely pictures of she-T's behind as she dove under the tree to get away from the camera...LOL! Thank God the school forces them to sit still once a year for ID photos..althought they are getting pretty sneaky about not bringing home the order forms until after the deadline for ordering.
ReplyDeleteThe Aged Parents were interesting on the whole dye job. Aged He Parent (Dad) went berserk resulting in He-T avoiding him for 24 hours. Aged She Parent thought he looked "Lovely"...but then he could have dyed his hair pink and she would have loved it...she gets that way about both Ts...LOL!
I know it`s easy for me to say, but trust me, it`s just a "phase" LOL!
ReplyDeleteBeen through a lot with my boy, too: He had very creative ideas when it came to blue, green, very long hair, mohawks or cornrows ... tried to stay calm though it took everything I had to not explode everytime he changed his style.
He`s 19 now and his hair do looks pretty "normal" ... I`ve kept those pics though to remind him of this hair crimes ;-)
Renate