What hasn't turned loose has turned gray. Who cares! Its a badge of honor. Means I managed to stay alive long enough for the gray to set in, and staying alive hasn't always been that easy to do.

"...Is this a double standard?..."

Good question. I think that some men want their women to always look young (maybe it makes them feel younger or something), while many women want their men to look "natural." Case in point, while I have never been one to cheat on my wife, either of them (altho the first sure deserved to be cheated on), as my hairline receded, and my hair went from dark to grey, I got more and more offers from younger and younger women. Go figure. All of which proves nothing more than life is not fair...

I also have to add that along with this comment, since i got married (just over a year now), women just seem to initiate conversation with me at the bar or where ever with me doing nothing different from before marriage.

Now, it could be that i have a crap load more grey now then 1-1/2 years ago (my wife tells me every day - though i blame her for it), but I also have less hair too. But I also have the addition of a wedding band.

Although this is straying from the original post, its still an interesting thing.