Please note that I:
am in very good company:
I swear here and now, in the company of my three children and some discarded pieces of Lego, that if Obama gets in and becomes President of the USA, I will never dye, highlight or ever maltreat my hair again.
After all, we grey-hairs must stick together.
Charlotte's Web 
October 29, 2008 at 6:56 am
Grey as a political statement … I like it – very distinguished and I’m sure it suits him too!
October 29, 2008 at 7:26 am
Me too! Sideburns nearly white now. Wife likes it.
October 29, 2008 at 7:29 am
I love your hair! You look great. 🙂
October 29, 2008 at 7:42 am
Oh, the extent we all go in the wide world hoping Mr. Obama gets in. I even dreamed last night about the elections. This can’t be healthy. Yet, your pledge to go grey, now that is healthy! Here’s to growing grey gracefully.
October 29, 2008 at 7:49 am
Mmm… going grey, is he? My daughter started going grey before she was two years old, so he is in good company. I’m going a little white at the sides.
Here’s to growing grey with joy – no matter how old or who you are!
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October 29, 2008 at 7:57 am
i’d make the same pledge myself… but i don’t look nearly as cool as you with grey – i think it particularly suits writers 😉
October 29, 2008 at 8:51 am
I can’t start to imagine what you’ll do to your hair in case he doesn’t get in!
October 29, 2008 at 10:09 am
I feel like making the same pledge too. I am very nervous about what’s going on in America – I wish I had the vote there!
You’re looking good. I noticed last night I had a big grey patch on one side of my head that wasn’t there a few months ago… which is not surprising considering what the past 8 months have been like! I bought a dye kit a while ago but am too nervous to use it. I don’t really want to get into a cycle of pouring chemicals onto my hair… not sure what to do…
October 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Excellent!!! Your grey is lovely and so is Barack’s!
I am keeping my fingers crossed for an Obama victory!!!
October 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm
If Obama wins I will stop plucking that one black hair that grows on my jawline.
Looks like I’ll be voting for McCain. 😉 😉
October 29, 2008 at 5:42 pm
You look absolutely lovely. Don’t change a thing!
October 29, 2008 at 8:10 pm
It looks lovely on you. I have a feeling my process of going grey is not going to be so stylish….
October 30, 2008 at 1:34 am
I love it! I keep it grey in Oregon, but whenever I visit California I dye. I know it’s not right, I should not give in to pressure. I should be confident that the beauty within will show through, that I look just as attractive with grey hair as my Sergio does. Who am I kidding? I’ll be grey until April, then I’ll be going to California 🙂
October 30, 2008 at 3:51 am
I have noticed a large new crop of gray hairs lately…stress, who me?
I think gray hair is beautiful, as are you dear Charlotte. I’m keeping my fingers crossed, too (and planning to vote, naturally).
October 30, 2008 at 10:53 am
Don’t think for one moment your locks aren’t lovely. You look WONDERFUL!
October 30, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I stopped dying my hair in January and love the silver that is now showing. I’m with you, Charlotte, on the graceful gray. (And on Sen. Obama, too. Been busy with the local campaign for the last few weeks and can’t wait for a very long day working at the polls on Tuesday! )
October 30, 2008 at 12:38 pm
You are a brave & gorgeous lady! Looking very distinguished! And between you & Obama I’m sure you could conquer the world 😉
Me, I don’t have nearly as uniform a distribution of grey hairs, so to prevent spending the rest of my days looking like Magenta from Rocky Horror, I think I’ll stick with the dye for now 😉
October 30, 2008 at 4:49 pm
still highlighting I’m afraid but they seemed to miss the most visible couple of grey hairs, very annoying considering how much it cost. I will definitely be joining you in future, not out of choice but due economic forces. Jx
October 30, 2008 at 9:40 pm
But does he have a little (or big) shiny patch yet? That’s when he’ll really arrive! I do hope he’s the kind of man who won’t do a comb-over…
October 31, 2008 at 4:50 am
And I swear to do the same. I’d also do all kinds of other things to guarantee Obama’s presidency. Let’s hope I don’t have to do anything other than vote, though.
October 31, 2008 at 6:10 am
You’re brave to go gray! I couldn’t do, not even for Obama…
October 31, 2008 at 10:29 am
The unanimous vote seems to be for stylish grey and you both look the part. Am happy to go along with the pledge. I hear the latest accessory is to add “bama” to the end of your name if you’re an Obama volunteer. Charlobama anyone?
November 1, 2008 at 1:39 am
Welcome to the club!
November 1, 2008 at 7:30 am
Charlotte, You are beautiful and one of those lucky people who has no need to use make up. You are youthful in appearance and at heart. I promise. Pierre.
November 3, 2008 at 7:25 am
I love your blog (just discovered it) — feel a real connection, as I’m an ex-German who’s put down roots in Alaska… you write wonderfully about life in general, and that cross-cultural world where anglos and teutons meet!
Yup, I’m a graying Mama for Obama — and proud of it!
I don’t know what your take is, but are Germans a little better than Americans about the whole age thing? American women around here seems terrified of aging, which I find very sad, really. Besides the time and money spent, it strikes me as a form of self-loathing… I wrote a post recently about aging, http://borealkraut.blogspot.com/2008/10/old-lady-on-aging.html
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November 20, 2008 at 6:08 am
I have been a stranger – I apologize, so a lot to catch up on. I can’t do it, Charlotte, not yet, but I am happy for you that you can and have.
And on the Obama win: I am soooo happy to be moving to the US anyway, because I am moving for love, but his win makes it all the sweeter. He truly inspires me. Even Ben has said that now he is proud to welcome me to his country. Now I just need to visa. I hope your NY trip has been awesome. And perhaps next time you’re there, I will be too.
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March 22, 2011 at 5:08 am
Please! Maltreat your hair!