Re: "I Have To Wash My Hair"
Originally Posted by
GrumpyOldMan
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I've seen some old movies and maybe something on tv where women say "I can't, I have to wash my hair." as an excuse when they don't want to go out with a man. I never had it said to me growing up (in the 70's) nor do I recall any friends who did. Was this a bona fide excuse or was it only used in the movies?
Before I married, I'd asked a colleague at work out for the evening and we had a nice time. I was waiting with her at her bus stop and asked if she'd like to go out again on Thursday and she said "Ah, I'm having my hair done." Hmmm, thinks I, that sounds like the old brush off, but with a few people listening in at the bus stop I suggested maybe another evening and I was hugely relieved (and ecstatic) when she said yes.
Two or three years later, after we were married, she said she could have kicked herself for truthfully stating she was having her hair done, as she realised straight away it sounded like she was making a polite excuse. She didn't think I'd ask again and risk the public humiliation and was so relieved when I did.
I often think that if I'd just given up that my three lovely sons and my gorgeous grandson (another one on the way!!) would never have existed. It gives me the chills when I recall how close I was to not asking again...