{"id":3566,"date":"2025-04-29T18:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:02:38","slug":"i-got-called-granny-at-work-now-im-questioning-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=3566","title":{"rendered":"I GOT CALLED \u201cGRANNY\u201d AT WORK\u2014NOW I\u2019M QUESTIONING EVERYTHING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 34, gray hairs started appearing, and by 38, they were more noticeable. I never dyed my hair because I didn\u2019t mind it much, until one day at work when Jamal joked about me being \u201cGranny\u201d because of my grays, and Tyrese started calling me &#8220;Ma&#8217;am.&#8221; It stung, making me self-conscious about my age.<\/p>\n<p>Later, a mysterious box appeared on my desk with a crocheted beanie and a note: \u201cWear your crown with pride.\u201d I tried it on, felt better, and wore it to work the next day. Jamal apologized for his comment, and Tyrese did the same.<\/p>\n<p>I never found out who left the beanie, but it gave me a boost of confidence. Over time, I embraced my gray hair and noticed others in the office doing the same. One day, I received an anonymous email saying, &#8220;Heard you got a new hat, looks good on you.&#8221; It felt like support, and I realized I\u2019d grown stronger in dealing with my insecurities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At 34, gray hairs started appearing, and by 38, they were more noticeable. I never dyed my hair because I didn\u2019t mind it much, until one day at work when Jamal joked about me being \u201cGranny\u201d because of my grays, and Tyrese started calling me &#8220;Ma&#8217;am.&#8221; It stung, making me self-conscious about my age. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3568,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions\/3568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}