Every teenager has felt that creeping nag of peer pressure, but when you're 24, they don't make cheesy school videos with kids in acid-wash jeans and mullets telling you how to deflect it.
What I'm experiencing is, I guess, not exactly peer pressure. But I definitely feel like the new girl in school who just wants to fit in with everyone else. In my shiur,most of the girls are in my situation: married, but not religiously. I think all of them still live with their husbands, whereas I do not anymore, so at least I have that going for me. All of them, however, DO cover their hair.
At first, I was seriously against covering my hair before my Jewish wedding. Unlike many young women (I think), I was looking forward to covering it. Just not right now. I wanted to wake up, the day after our wedding, and put a mitpachat on for the first time. I spoke to my teacher, Sara, and she said that I should just start doing it for class and Shabbat...when I'm ready. I can also wear hats (which I have already) just to get used to having something on my head. So, yesterday after class, I bought a $5 black scarf from her and went home to try it.
Now, I've tried tying scarfs and tucking my hair into hats - in the privacy of my own home - just to see if I could handle the idea of covering all of my hair. It terrifies me yet excites me at the same time. Kind of like being strapped into the seat of a roller coaster. Anyway, I wrapped up my hair into the scarf and, lo and behold, I loved it.
I was so excited by my reaction to the scarf, I ran out to do some shopping. Did I mention I live just down the street from Marshall's, Ross, Old Navy, and Home Goods? It is indeed a problem for a cheapskate like me, who has a crazy obsessive love for shopping but must buy cheap as dirt. Anywho, I bought two beautiful scarves at Marshall's (a solid 12.99 a piece) and one at Old Navy for 12.50. Here is one of them from Marshall's:
What do y'all think?
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