Her Ex-Husband Got Upset With Her For Dyeing Their Daughter’s Hair Red Even Though She Wanted To Look Like The Little Mermaid
This 35-year-old mother shares custody of her 7-year-old daughter Grace with her 37-year-old ex-husband. Idolizing Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Grace has wanted to dye her hair red for the past few years.
But, when the topic came up when Grace was younger, both parents agreed that Grace was too young, and the matter was dropped.
However, Grace was recently invited to a birthday party where the girls planned to go see the new version of the classic film. And this renewed interest in Ariel made Grace start asking again about dyeing her hair.
While her ex-husband continued to say no to the idea, she suggested that they just use a temporary hair color that would wash out in a few weeks and that they use a ginger color rather than a bright red like in the animated movie. Grace’s father then agreed to this compromise, which excited her daughter to no end.
Her daughter’s hair is similar to hers in that it is a very light platinum blonde. The color hair mask that they chose to color her hair with was described as burnt copper, and both parents agreed that it looked like an okay shade.
However, due to the lightness of Grace’s hair, the color ended up turning out a bit more reddish than the picture.
She wasn’t too worried because this product was designed to fade over time and would be toned down after a while. Plus, her daughter was super happy with her new hair.
Over the weekend, though, Grace stayed at her ex-husband’s house and returned to her a few days later.
Her daughter was also very upset. Apparently, Grace’s hair was now very faded and dull and not at all what it had looked like just a few days prior.
Roman – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual child
“My ex got her to wash her hair, and he didn’t tell me. I was furious,” she explained.
“Grace was meant to use a color-safe shampoo, and her hair was washed just before she got her hair dyed to maximize the color of her hair.”
Despite having been shown the packaging, which clearly stated to use the specific color-safe shampoo, her ex claimed that he didn’t know that regular shampoo would make the color fade so much.
Still, she didn’t believe this excuse one bit and kept pressing and asking questions until her ex finally spilled the truth.
He explained to her that they went to his boss’ barbeque over the weekend, and he thought that the original shade of Grace’s hair would have been too distracting.
Later, Grace even told her mother that she tried to say she needed to use special shampoo but that her father said his shampoo would make no difference.
“He blames me for not saying her hair would be so bright, although it turned out like the reference pictures on the packet for platinum blonde,” she said.
“I told him that it was his fault for approving it without checking all the details.”
After all of this, she decided to re-color Grace’s hair with the leftover product in hopes of reviving the color.
But now, her ex is angry that she didn’t check with him about this first and that she did it without his permission.
“I dyed Grace’s hair temporarily because she wanted it. It was a fun way for her to express herself, and it wasn’t harming her or anyone else,” she vented.
Do you think that she is wrong for redyeing her daughter’s hair without talking to her ex, or do you think she did the right thing in order to replenish the color that he caused to fade?
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