Going Grey on My Terms

Recently I decided to ditch my hair color and turn a natural shade of grey. Apparently 55 is way too young to consider this massive change. My closest friend is horrified and said that I was gaining the appearance of one who was not concerned about how she looked. My friend the hairdresser was quick to tell me that I am blessed to have blue eyes because any other color clashed terribly with grey. These comments have caused me a degree of concern especially when my grandchild said to me "grandma Im not sure grey hair is going to work for you, I think you are going to look like a very old young person!" What to do? I am not by nature one who 'bucks' the system however I am nonplussed about all the attention this minor issue has brought me. Who would have thought that it would be the issue of 'going grey' that would motivate me to stand firm on my rights as an independant free thinking women. I was not born early enough to join the battle for 'votes for women', I was a little young and far too conservative to 'burn the bra' (although I enjoyed the freedom of not wearing one) but by jove I will go GREY on my terms :)