21 Reasons Why Being A Redhead Is Awesome

[Michele]

1. Only 2% of the world’s population has red hair. So you’re a majestic unicorn, basically.


2. You’re huge in the wizarding world.


3. Oh, and we also have the best Disney Princess.


4. You’ll never get lost in a crowd, because your hair is like a mighty red beacon of hope.


5. If you dye your hair, red is the hardest shade to maintain, which means no one can REALLY ever fake your color.



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[gary m]

There will be no living with Snaps after she reads this.

[Billy Jingo]

There will be no living with Snaps after she reads this.

That assumes there was living with her in the first place.

BTW, the odd thing about living with a red head family is the disappointment when a baby is born blonde.

[Gingersnap]

There will be no living with Snaps after she reads this.

I grew up in a family of redheads and true blonds (blond after 20+ years, not towheads). I was so lucky. Aside from the standard 'carrot top' type taunting, I had nothing but compliments and when I grew a pair (so to speak), I discovered that I had a certain exotic appeal.

I'm also lucky in that my particular genetic format is going the distance - my mother's hair faded badly in her 40s although both my grandmothers had deep red tones in with the white until they died.

In Sweden, true blond is common but dish-water blond is more common (along with brown hair) but redheads are also very common; there's no Ginger Hating up there. I'm always sad to read about the problems red haired people encounter in the U.K. even though it's a more common color there than here.

Red haired people have always been exotic. Being green-eyed bumps it up a notch.

When the time comes, I won't hesitate to help Nature along.

[scott]

Every single red hair on my head has turned gray. Not white, GRAY!


That's the ginger curse. I can't even grow a respectable beard anymore, I'd look like Gramps!

[Gingersnap]

Every single red hair on my head has turned gray. Not white, GRAY!


That's the ginger curse. I can't even grow a respectable beard anymore, I'd look like Gramps!

Mine's red with a few blinding white hairs at my temples. Not every red haired person goes gray.

[Billy Jingo]

Every single red hair on my head has turned gray. Not white, GRAY!


That's the ginger curse. I can't even grow a respectable beard anymore, I'd look like Gramps!

It took me four months to grow a beard.

But it was red!

I wrote a sea shanty about it.

Ahem ...

His name was Mike
And he had a beard
And it was red red red red red

He took a wife
Buxom and clever
Her hair was red red red red red

He told his friends
Of a song he wrote
And it was read read read read read

[daveman]

Aside from the standard 'carrot top' type taunting, I had nothing but compliments and when I grew a pair (so to speak), I discovered that I had a certain exotic appeal.

[daveman]

It took me four months to grow a beard.

But it was red!

I wrote a sea shanty about it.

Ahem ...

His name was Mike
And he had a beard
And it was red red red red red

He took a wife
Buxom and clever
Her hair was red red red red red

He told his friends
Of a song he wrote
And it was read read read read read

[scott]

It took me four months to grow a beard.

But it was red!

I wrote a sea shanty about it.

Ahem ...

His name was Mike
And he had a beard
And it was red red red red red

He took a wife
Buxom and clever
Her hair was red red red red red

He told his friends
Of a song he wrote
And it was read read read read read

I like that.

[Michele]

I grew up in a family of redheads and true blonds (blond after 20+ years, not towheads). I was so lucky. Aside from the standard 'carrot top' type taunting, I had nothing but compliments and when I grew a pair (so to speak), I discovered that I had a certain exotic appeal.

I'm also lucky in that my particular genetic format is going the distance - my mother's hair faded badly in her 40s although both my grandmothers had deep red tones in with the white until they died.

In Sweden, true blond is common but dish-water blond is more common (along with brown hair) but redheads are also very common; there's no Ginger Hating up there. I'm always sad to read about the problems red haired people encounter in the U.K. even though it's a more common color there than here.

Red haired people have always been exotic. Being green-eyed bumps it up a notch.

When the time comes, I won't hesitate to help Nature along.

So did I. Except for the youngest girl who was blonde and the two boys..one blonde and one dark brunette..the rest of our eight kid brood have red in our hair. Out of the twelve kids combined that we had, there are two strawberry blondes and three carrot redheads. So far, only one grandson has red in his hair and it's a beautiful copper color..and he's mine.

The only one who was a carrot top in my siblings, has been going gray for the last few years. Everyone just thinks she's blonde. Her gray is a beautiful white and she gets a ton of compliments on it. Of course, she's most vain about it too but hey, it looks good.

[Billy Jingo]

So did I. Except for the youngest girl who was blonde and the two boys..one blonde and one dark brunette..the rest of our eight kid brood have red in our hair. Out of the twelve kids combined that we had, there are two strawberry blondes and three carrot redheads. So far, only one grandson has red in his hair and it's a beautiful copper color..and he's mine.

The only one who was a carrot top in my siblings, has been going gray for the last few years. Everyone just thinks she's blonde. Her gray is a beautiful white and she gets a ton of compliments on it. Of course, she's most vain about it too but hey, it looks good.

I have three sisters. One a redhead, one a blonde, and one brunette. It was fun.

[phillygirl]

My sister and I were strawberry blondes as babies, then towheads until our teens. In my late teens and 20's I had lots of dark red in my hair (which I methodically tried to pluck out). Some people claim my hair is strawberry blonde, but I don't really see it.

We have 1 redhead in the next generation. Bright red hair, with the pale skin to match, although it's now changed from carrot to a gorgeous copper, which I love. We had no idea where our reddish hair came from until my grandfather mentioned, upon the birth of the carrot type, that his mother was a redhead. Now it all makes sense.

I don't have much gray, but what there is, is white. I've mostly stopped plucking it out, because, well, what does it matter anyway. It sort of highlights the "golden" blonde that is most of the rest of it.

[Michele]

I have three sisters. One a redhead, one a blonde, and one brunette. It was fun.

What a great photo! Here's all the girls from our family..my little sister (who was our blonde) is the only one without some shade of red hair:



These are our two grandsons..our oldest on the left is our copper top:

[Dallas]

I'd show this to the multiple redheaded men I know (Ranging from true red to deep auburn) but then they would be insufferable. I'll start with the oldest. And i'm finding that I DO have a "thing" for redheaded men. So I got that going for me.

~Dallas