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Comment by Carol Solis on March 21, 2009 at 12:02pm

Yes Im excited just saw this,, we will have a blast count this bald gal in..I love my bald sisters..

Comment by christy murphy on March 21, 2009 at 8:10am

I think it is an awesome idea!!!!

Comment by Linda on March 21, 2009 at 12:25am

Okay, so we're on! Let's look into doing a weekend somewhere nice, inexpensive, heck we could even get rooms on a buddy system, check airfare and set a date. What do you all think, can we do it??? Yes we can!

Comment by Galena on March 20, 2009 at 11:37pm

Count me in!!!
My sisters ROCK! Hanging out with ya'll would be so awesome!

Comment by Mary on March 20, 2009 at 7:37pm

Discussions, forums, information...all good. But most of all, I just want to hang out with a bunch of bald women!!!! (and meet the women I "talk" with all the time here.)

Comment by Linda on March 20, 2009 at 7:33pm

I'd love to have an affordable meeting of Beautiful Bald Babes or Bald Beauties or Sisters Boldly Being Bald. It would be nice to have forums and discussions in person that relate to our lives.

Comment by Mary on March 20, 2009 at 5:29pm

Everyone - wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived closer together and could meet? Maybe someday we'll arrange a gathering. Thea does the wonderful "Bald Girls Do Lunch" events around the country. What we need is a convention for women who are proudly bald. Can you imagine?!

By the way, in terms of convention locations, San Diego has great weather year-round. ( ;-)

Comment by Galena on March 20, 2009 at 5:01pm

Men still find it hard… I can tell from their reactions. I stood before the class and presented a subject for my train the trainer class this week. Without my wig it was liberating, but the men mostly looked down at their handouts. My male instructor has been looking at me all week (I sat in the back of the room). Overall the class was great and my classmates were great. There will be many more “firsts” to come in the upcoming weeks.

To each of you sisters who have responded and expanded on my inquires; I love you and thank you for your support and encouragement. This forum has lifted and strengthened me emotionally. I know my transition will be difficult at times, but knowing that I’m not alone has made all the difference.

Love,
Galena

Comment by Mary on March 20, 2009 at 4:27pm

Thanks for your support, Sandy. I really wasn't upset...just a little pissed off at first. Good luck this weekend, and just imagine some of us standing there right alongside you! And remember, it gets easier every time.

Yes, it's unfair. GRRR! So my natural reaction is to protest that unfairness and work for "equality" of choice. It's strange to admit this, but as I've gotten more used to being bald, I think that I actually enjoy being different in this way...I feel that I flaunt my "specialness" much of the time. Sure, I'd rather be the "old Mary", but the new one is - increasingly - just fine!

Comment by Mary on March 20, 2009 at 2:56pm

Yes, Thea! I firmly believe that the only way to foster society's acceptance of bald looks as a choice for women is for US to make it happen by just DOING IT! Until women go out in public bald, there's no basis for any cultural change. It's as simple as that. So, those of us who are appearing in public bald are the groundbreakers...let's give ourselves some real credit for doing it!

Coincidentally, while you were all discussing this, I just had another new experience. I was at my doctor's office for annual blood tests, sitting in a large waiting room bald, and a middle-aged man checking in at the desk just STARED at me, full face, not looking away, clearly astonished! (I've never had anyone do this.) I stared back (and because I was in a slightly snarky mood because I'd been kept waiting) said "Yes, I'm bald!" He didn't say anything, and just kept staring, so I repeated it loudly. After he finished checking in, he came over to me and admitted that he'd been taken aback by my appearance. I explained what AA is, and he'd never heard of it. We talked a bit more and I gave him one of my alopecia cards. He told me he has diabetes, and I told him I tell myself all the time how fortunate I am to have good health. All in all, just another positive experience, and a bit of consiousness raising.

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