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Where are all the "Gingers" at?

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  • IrishMinx32
    IrishMinx32 Posts: 77 Member
    Hi!
    79 lbs! Way to go.

    Thank you!!

    chelleann, I read that was a myth. Other things I've read about redheads: redheads were once viewed as witches, redheads require more anesthesia, redheads feel more pain, and redheads have more sex....take that one blondes :)


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    Exactly!!! Hi There, I'm a full blown red head. 100% real, too LOL
  • Oh_Cat
    Oh_Cat Posts: 59 Member
    I'm more of a bondie but I do come from a big family of lovely red heads - and my boyfriend's red too <3

    Would be honoured to count any of you fine firey headed people among my MFP friends - feel free to add me up :)
  • thisfaceisamask
    thisfaceisamask Posts: 1
    i am ginger!!! :)
  • mlmcquinn
    mlmcquinn Posts: 41
    Redhead born and bred. Now going a bit grey and trying to find a red dye with blond instead of brown! Being a redhead is so much a part of my identity, I can't let it go and go grey.

    I have 4 kids and none are redheads *sigh* My sister is a brunette and she got 2 gingers. Looking around where I live, I don't believe we are dying out. It is crazy how many redheads live here.

    As to the "less pain tolerance" myth, I saw them testing that on mythbusters and was floored. I had never heard it before! There are actual scientific studies proving that red headed women have a genetic link that makes them have a HIGHER pain threshold. I laughed when I read that because I always just thought my sisters were whiners!

    The other thing I hear all the time is that reds bleed more. Every single time I walk into a hospital for any reason, they look at my hair and say, "Oh, you're gonna be a bleeder>"
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Redhead born and bred. Now going a bit grey and trying to find a red dye with blond instead of brown! Being a redhead is so much a part of my identity, I can't let it go and go grey.

    I have 4 kids and none are redheads *sigh* My sister is a brunette and she got 2 gingers. Looking around where I live, I don't believe we are dying out. It is crazy how many redheads live here.

    As to the "less pain tolerance" myth, I saw them testing that on mythbusters and was floored. I had never heard it before! There are actual scientific studies proving that red headed women have a genetic link that makes them have a HIGHER pain threshold. I laughed when I read that because I always just thought my sisters were whiners!

    The other thing I hear all the time is that reds bleed more. Every single time I walk into a hospital for any reason, they look at my hair and say, "Oh, you're gonna be a bleeder>"
    And don't forget, regardless of what you may have heard: gingers do have souls!
  • marketdimlylit
    marketdimlylit Posts: 1,601 Member
    ay ay, i'm a fellow ginge. :D
  • HungerGame82
    HungerGame82 Posts: 41 Member
    All natural!!!! I loved seeing this post :)
  • sleepyjean88
    sleepyjean88 Posts: 180 Member
    Hiya!! loads of gingers here! I used to hate the term ginger as I've gotten older though I honestly dont mind it anymore and use it.
  • chelleann777
    chelleann777 Posts: 94 Member
    chelleann, I read that was a myth. Other things I've read about redheads: redheads were once viewed as witches, redheads require more anesthesia, redheads feel more pain, and redheads have more sex....take that one blondes :)
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    I know:) I just think its funny. I can't believe no one has mentioned the red heads all have horrible tempers myth;)
  • BeautyAndTheGeeks
    BeautyAndTheGeeks Posts: 109
    I'm a ginger naturally, although I've dyed my hair for the past 5 years. It's back to being very red toned now though, I've missed it!
  • tiarapants
    tiarapants Posts: 1,015 Member
    B orn and lived as a very proud redhead. I'm strawberry blonde these days though, the older I get the less ginger I am x
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