jellybean
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Just a question I had to ask all you PS''ers.
Here''s the background....my niece just turned 9 years old. We saw her over the weekend. She came up to me and said "Aunty Jellybean, do you notice anything different about me?" She had these chunky blond streaks all over her hair. I said "did you do something different with your hair?" She was so excited that I noticed. She said "I got highlights!" I was completely shocked. I said "Real highlights? Like ones you get at a beauty salon?" She said her mom let her get them as a birthday present. I looked over to my SIL who said that "Everyone in her school has them. I told her she had to wait until she''s 9 to get them".
OK, am I missing something? Is this what''s going on? I think I was a senior in high school the first time I highlighted my hair. I think my niece looks ridiculous.
My MIL bought my 11 year old niece a gift certificate last year for her birthday for a manicure! I have had two manicures my whole life -- the first was the day before my wedding! My MIL also bought my nieces Starbucks gift cards for Christmas last year. And, my 9 year old niece had her "updo" done at a salon for her first communion last year.
Are we in a big hurry for our girls to grow up? Do most people let their girls do these things?
Please let me know if I am totally out of the loop. Thanks!
Here''s the background....my niece just turned 9 years old. We saw her over the weekend. She came up to me and said "Aunty Jellybean, do you notice anything different about me?" She had these chunky blond streaks all over her hair. I said "did you do something different with your hair?" She was so excited that I noticed. She said "I got highlights!" I was completely shocked. I said "Real highlights? Like ones you get at a beauty salon?" She said her mom let her get them as a birthday present. I looked over to my SIL who said that "Everyone in her school has them. I told her she had to wait until she''s 9 to get them".
OK, am I missing something? Is this what''s going on? I think I was a senior in high school the first time I highlighted my hair. I think my niece looks ridiculous.
My MIL bought my 11 year old niece a gift certificate last year for her birthday for a manicure! I have had two manicures my whole life -- the first was the day before my wedding! My MIL also bought my nieces Starbucks gift cards for Christmas last year. And, my 9 year old niece had her "updo" done at a salon for her first communion last year.
Are we in a big hurry for our girls to grow up? Do most people let their girls do these things?
Please let me know if I am totally out of the loop. Thanks!