Lady Gray

Gray: –adjective (British spelling Grey)
1. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.

Well, I never understood why people say one has a gray hair. It's not gray - it's closer to silver or white. Koreans say white hair...anyways.
I got one. I'm sure it's not THE first one ever, but I officially have one now. I mean - that I am aware of the presence of a particular grey hair. I know its location, length and shape.

I was walking around the steamy "fellowship room" at my church on Sunday. (They sold those awesome ice bars to raise money for the short mission trips. They were selling like hot (?) cakes because it was such a hot day...very well thought out strategy) I was somewhat hazy - combination of the heat and the Benedryl I took for my foot (my hiking plan for the weekend changed to visiting a beach - and I got stung by something on my foot - and it had been slowly swelling and achy all morning)
One of the girl who is only few months younger than I - who insists on calling me UNNI and talks to me formally - came up to me and started a small talk. Her gaze kept on going up to my head. She was staring at my hair. So I say - "hey, what's wrong? Something in my hair?" She got very sheepish and said it in a whisper - "UNNI, you have a WHITE hair.... would you like me to take you somewhere discreet and pull it out for you?"
WHAAAATTTTTT?!?!?!?!?

Somewhere discreet?
What, it's a sin to have grey hair in a church now?
The girl mentioned that it would make me look "older". She said the word "older" like it was something to be ashamed of, and that I should do my best to keep people from being offended by my age. I'm not old by any means. For Christ's sakes! She’s practically same age as me like... We are only 10 months apart! (Koreans have a different age system so birth year automatically give you a 1 yr old status. Since I was born a year ahead of her, in her mind, I'm a year older than her. whatever~)
Apparently Being thirty and unmarried is pretty bad, but being thirty, unmarried WITH grey hair is offensive. (!?!?@@#@$%#!?!?)


I told her that I will wear my grey hair with pride - and will not pull it out.