April 29, 2026 at 6:55 pm

A Woman’s Grandmother Wants Her To Dye Her Purple Hair To A Normal Color, But She Wants To Keep It The Way It Is

by Matthew Gilligan

Young woman with purple hair

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It’s probably a pretty good guess to assume that most older folks are not huge fans of wildly-colored hair.

And this story proves that point in a big way!

Check out what this woman had to say about a dilemma she’s having with her grandma and her hair color.

Get started now!

AITA for not wanting to dye my hair for a family cruise?

“I (F) have recently gotten into dyeing my hair bright colors. It’s purple right now and I really like it.

But…

But my Grandma told me she doesn’t like it because “makes people stare” and she felt uncomfortable when we went out shopping. I get what she was saying but it’s not like people were looking at her as I’m the one with bright purple hair.

This was also a problem because a couple weeks after the cruise my cousin is getting married and told me she doesn’t want me having bright hair for any photos.

I’m not even a bridesmaid and I’ll probably only be in a couple photos, but that’s not the point of this post.

She’s getting a lot of grief about this.

My grandma told me that if I have colorful hair on the cruise she doesn’t want me in any photos that she’s paying for.

I feel like this really just shows how she thinks of me because it’s just hair but I feel bad because she won’t be around much longer.

I don’t wanna ruin one of her last family vacations but I also don’t want to change how I look just to make her happy as I was very excited to having cool hair for the summer.

AITA?”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This person weighed in.

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Another individual shared their thoughts.

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This Reddit user said she’s NTA.

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Another person agreed.

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And this Reddit user had a lot to say.

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Her grandma isn’t happy about her wild hair color!

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