I passed! (well, not exactly)

[Larissa Cassandra]

A funny thing happened at a family pool party yesterday afternoon. I got out of the pool and after a few minutes took my hair out of the pony tail and combed through it with my fingers to get the tangles out. I was sitting on a chair by the pool, facing away from the house talking to my daughter-in-law, when my 12-year-old grandson came out and said to his mom "Who's that?" We didn't know who he was talking about, since she and I were the only ones out there at the time. We turned around and he said to me, "Oh, it's you! I thought you were a blonde girl." He had rarely seen me with my hair down, so it wasn't surprising that he was a little confused! So when we got home I had my wife take a picture of me from the angle my grandson saw me. At the party I hadn't put my shirt on yet, and being in the sun, my hair apparently looked a lot lighter than it really is (the gray roots standing out from the light brown coloring I had done a few months ago). In the picture I'm wearing a cami, but my hair (other than color) probably looked pretty much the same.

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[Jolene Robertson]

Great story, bet you was smiling inside.

[Crissy 107]

Larissa, Fun story and a great head of hair!

[Kris Burton]

Ah, there's that long luxurious hair I was talking about - Sounds like you've got it working for you!:)
Hope all is well
Kris

[Debbie Denier]

You have fooled me from the back.

[kimdl93]

Great hair! I would count that as passing, albeit an incremental pass.

[alwayshave]

Larissa, I could see his confession, if he has only seen your hair up. That's great hair.

[bridget thronton]

Great head of hair

[Heather76]

Great head of hair. My wife would faint dead away if I grew my hair that long.

[Jane G]

That was fun to read.

[Stephanie47]

As a suffer of male pattern baldness I am envious. I can understand why anyone viewing you from behind may make the assumption you're a female. Maybe, back in the 1960's you'd be pegged as a hippie.

[docrobbysherry]

Interesting post, Larissa. Because many of us pass from behind! :battingeyelashes:

With my fem figure and long wigs, I must pass 100% of the time! When I'm in clubs watching the dancers? Guys walk by and stare back at me all the time!:daydreaming:

Where my passing ends 100% of the time as they run off ASAP!:doh:

[Fiona_44]

Larissa,

Next time you cut your hair please send me some so I can glue it to my head.

Fiona

[Geena75]

Another occasion to color me pea green with envy for hair like yours. If I saw you like in the picture, I would be sure it was a lady. I can only imagine what it would be like to have such lovely long hair.

[Larissa Cassandra]

Thanks, girls, for all the kind comments. I'm very lucky to have inherited the "hair" gene(s) from my parents, and have a wife who actually likes it long (ironically, mostly in male mode - she likes some of my wigs - like the blonde one in my avatar - better when I'm en femme!). It does take a lot of TLC, but it's worth it, especially this time of year when I wear tops that have exposed shoulders and upper back, so I can enjoy the way my hair feels flowing over my skin.


Maybe, back in the 1960's you'd be pegged as a hippie.
Funny you should mention this. I think the reason I like long hair (aside from my crossdressing) is that I went right from growing up in a very conservative community into the Navy in the early 70s, when every other guy got to let his hair grow! I felt so frustrated that I wished I could be a hippie. (Well, not all the drugs and grungy appearance; mostly just the freedom of expression.) I let it grow for a couple of years in college, but then had to join the "real world" and conform, conform, conform... So now it's been just about 5 years since I've had it long, and there's no going back! I guess some day the party will be over, but I'm enjoying it as much as I can until then.

[Connie D50]

Love the post. I would think 10 out of 10 people would think a women was sitting there :)

[Larissa Cassandra]

Thanks, Connie, but I'm so self-conscious of my broad shoulders, I'd think that would be a giveaway. That and my 6' height are the reasons I don't think I could ever really pass. But I can dream!