The odd thing about the hazel variant that runs in my family is that it changes color when as we get older. My eyes are definitely greener than they were when I was a kid, and if I follow what happened to my dad and to my gran, they will start turning bluer as I hit my 50s and 60s.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Anne W. - Apr 02, 2011 5:30:51 pm PDT #18888 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 5:31:57 pm PDT #18889 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Why do you ask?
I always thought my father's eyes were brown. But since my mother has grey eyes, and I have green, the green had to come from somewhere. I'm putting this together with a friend I knew back in college, I'm in contact with him and his wife and their kids, recently she mentioned his hazel eyes. I never saw a hint of anything other than brown, way back when; but I spent a couple of years learning to read him, and finally realized that behind everything else in his eyes, was a deep-seated anger. He has managed to build a much more contented life for himself and his family than I could have predicted. The old man was a very angry person. It just occurred to me, that there might conceivably be some connection between mood and how brown or green hazel eyes appear, since my friend has so much less anger, and more green showing.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:38:02 pm PDT #18890 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
It just occurred to me, that there might conceivably be some connection between mood and how brown or green hazel eyes appear, since my friend has so much less anger, and more green showing.
It's amazing that you should say that.
When I was much younger (= massive anger), my eyes were a lot more brown in photos. After the March (25 years ago...more like a lifetime) they turned much, much greener.
I could not conceive of how that could be until I read a bit in Bernie Segal's Love, Medicine and Miracles that talks about studies showing that a change in personality can precipitate a change in eye color. I don't have it right here, or I'd find the page number for you.
Now you have offered irl confirmation.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 5:45:56 pm PDT #18891 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Darby and Craig: [link]
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 5:51:25 pm PDT #18892 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Darby and Craig: [link]
Joy!
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2011 5:53:02 pm PDT #18893 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Cute! Also, huh, snow.
It's 80 something here and I put on the AC today.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 5:55:12 pm PDT #18894 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Dang. It was 30-some degrees and crazy windy that day. Dogs could give a rat's ass, but I was frozen.
Cannot wait for warm weather to come back.
WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 6:12:06 pm PDT #18895 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
After the March (25 years ago...more like a lifetime) they turned much, much greener.
Walked off a lot of anger? I'm glad that you were able to get free of it. And I'm glad for my friend's sake that he managed to make a better life for himself. It just tickles me to see pictures of him with his kids, and hear, well read, how much he loves his wife.
beekaytee - Apr 02, 2011 6:14:33 pm PDT #18896 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Walked off a lot of anger?
Quite literally. Or, is that actually?
Anyhoo. Yep.
libkitty - Apr 02, 2011 6:28:36 pm PDT #18897 of 30000
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
People with hazel eyes, does the brown or green become more ascendant depending things like mood?
I have blue-green eyes, that change based on mood, clothing, and something else that is longer term. When I was a kid, they were mostly blue. When I was in high school and college, they were mostly green. Now they're most blue again.
Also, yeah Barb! That is so cool.