It was a question of giving in to heredity for me. My maternal family went gray early and when it started happening to me I decided to let it go naturally. My mother's hair was a beautiful silver and I hoped mine would be same color. It is. I am in my early 60's now with just a very few darker hairs. I just knew myself; I really do not like taking time with my hair so the roots would always be showing. That is not an attractive look. So, I am and I get comments on how pretty my hair is. Also, when people find out my age they are surprised that I am that old. Those few dark hairs seem to have a nice streaked look and when complimented on it I say: "Thank you, I have gone to a lot of effort for this look!" And I have...61 years and not all easy years. LOL

I feel I've "earned" each and every gray strand on my head. I'm not coloring :)

I have never colored my hair, nor do I ever intend to. I feel blessed to be on this earth with each new day regardless of my haircolor. It is me....who I am; and nothing will change if I change it's color. When one lives with cancer every day of their life, hair is not that important. Yes, my cancer is incurable; so every day is a gift. Have better things to spend my money on....like fabric lol.
Please note that this is my personal opinion, and have no intentions of offending anyone else for their choices.

Check out my avatar. Before I quit coloring when I turned 50 I was coloring about every 3 weeks. My hair got so dry and fragile. Now I love it. Mine didn't go gray, it went straight to white.

DITTO! :D

I tryed to go gray but it's not pretty like some get, so I still dye.

Yep!! saves lots of $$ and the hassle.

Red till I'm dead.

When you are bald you really don't have that option. If it looks good - do it.

LOL!! That's exactly what I used to say! Until - last June. I retired then and started letting the color grow off. I was so tired of coloring every 4 weeks trying to keep the gray away. It was a losing battle. I keep my hair very short so it never took long for grey to start peeking thru on the sides! Never thought I'd like it gray but I love it!