Patinkin on Having Gray Hair

I was in truth rather painfully amused by  Mark Patinkin's

    observations today ( May 3 ) on how people respond to rapidly

    graying hair- a " problem " for most men beginning in their late

    thirties. Forget " distinguished " to describe your modified

    appearance. Most of the time it is just a fading rat look. If

    it is accompanied by the "look of success "-it may arouse the

    the "interest " of the more available members of the opposite sex.

       Before long he will be receiving tenacious reminders from insurance

    companies not to neglect the inevitable bill for his own funeral.Even

    before you have made your " mark " in the world!

       Those teenage girls who call you " sir " would scandalize their

    peers by getting too friendly with an older " creep " of 25 .

      The world regretfully is indeed very age conscious.Every story in

    a newspaper tells us - often irrelevantly - how old somebody is.

        " Miss Prudy , age 39, is an expert on  flowers. But some flowers

    never blossom ! "


        Console yourself Mark- aging is still harder on women .I suspect

    that many quite charming women actually go into hiding : " I just

    want to be alone ! " - the Greta Garbo line- expresses their melancholy

    outlook on the inevitable.