Over the years since I was a little girl the first thing people notice about me is my hair. The moment I came out of the womb they didn't even hand me off to my mother right away, they passed me off to nurses yelling "she has red hair oh my god!"
From that point in time till present day I can't go anywhere without having people comment on my hair or my freckles. People would come up to me out of know where at grocery stores, the mall, even my workplace to tell me how jealous they of my hair.
In the past I use to resent going in public because I hated the attention and the compliments to the point I would plead my parents to let my die my hair any color other than red. I pleading didn't work which led me to trying my hardest to accept my hair color. Over time it got better, but being one of the only gingers in my high school you are most definitively bound to be noticed which caused comment to be thrown my way making me hate my hair color even more because I was different.
It's not something I should be that affected by, but it just seemed to take a toll on me till I went to college. Around that time I became more open and excepting to the fact I shouldn't change my hair, so I am now accepting the things I can't change. I have also decided to take the compliments and allow it help build my character and self esteem.
