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In Versailles

CJ Antichow
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prompts for april 2026

What’s one lie you tell yourself? Why do you tell it? (Thank you Rojie for the prompt!)

The lie I tell myself most often is “I’ll wash my hair tonight”. Real fascinating right?

I hate washing my hair. I stopped washing it daily years ago. It dries it out immensely. Most days when I have a bath at night I just put it up so that it doesn’t even get wet.

I wash it twice a week-ish. Plus that saves me time getting ready in the morning because all I need to do is let it down, fluff it up a bit, maybe back-comb it here and there and voila, ready to go.

When I started the going-blonde process, the hair stylist told me to wash it every day. That hasn’t happened. Too much work.

Plus I only have really good hair days on day 2, 3 or even 4 after washing.

If I could go back in time I would love to have lived in Versailles in the 1700’s and have someone run my bath and wash my hair for me. What a dream.

Stole this from Bella-Lena’s private/spam IG account…3 years ago-ish

26 responses to “In Versailles”

  1. thingsihavethoughtof Avatar
    thingsihavethoughtof

    Didn’t they only bathe once every 6 months in the 1700s? Even royalty didn’t bathe very often, not sure I could handle that! But I get your gist, the pampering sounds nice 🙂

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Lol i was waiting for someone to point that out, although i thought it was once a month not 6 months 🤪

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      1. thingsihavethoughtof Avatar
        thingsihavethoughtof

        I just googled, it says doctors didn’t want people to bathe, it opened their pores for disease. They would wash their face in a bowl and then use lots of perfumes. It said King Louis XIV only bathed a few times in his lifetime! When I was at Shakespeare’s house they said they would put goose fat all over themselves and hardly wash at all. No wonder Werewolves would chase them around! Yeah, I like the pampering but that’s about it ;-P

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Ooh yeah that’s so gross 🤭

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  2. utahan15 Avatar
    utahan15

    my stylist

    and like bette davis lie i just washed ma haair

    is named bronco aka samantha

    she ll wear a wool cap aka tam

    and tell me straight face

    havent washed my hair in five days!

    ewwwwwwwwww tmi sam!

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  3. justrojie Avatar
    justrojie

    I would love someone to wash me 😆 while I sleep

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Lol 😂 kill two birds with one stone

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      1. justrojie Avatar
        justrojie

        Lolol I’m all about efficiency

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      2. Jake Avatar
        Jake

        Id also like someone to dress me after being cleaned, dress me, slapp me on my ass, give me a travel mug of coffee and push me out of the house to go to work. Not that I can’t adult, its just work that gets me.

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      3. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        I can see how that would be highly motivating lol

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    2. Jake Avatar
      Jake

      Ill do it!

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      1. justrojie Avatar
        justrojie

        lol!!

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  4. MaryG Avatar
    MaryG

    I only wash 2ish times per week now too. Another fun thing about menopause is that your hair will thin out. You’ll find a lot more of it in the brush. It looks like you have a lot (like me) so you should be fine. But I think the less you yank on it with styling brushes and hair dryers, the better. I don’t understand your stylist’s advice.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      Great 🤨
      So much to look forward to lol…i actually have really thin hair, always have so i really hope i don’t lose too much!

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      1. Fairweather Walker Avatar
        Fairweather Walker

        Saw an interview with Christopher Walken, who attributes his still-thick head of hair to pulling it every morning. Says his dad did same and had thick hair till he died. Maybe something to do with bringing circulation to scalp?

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Interesting 🤨

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  5. Chuckster Avatar
    Chuckster

    I think the French song À la claire fontaine’ is about bathing. Translated, “By the clear flowing fountain, I chanced one summer day,
    The water looked so lovely, I bathed without delay”. I’d as likely get arrested for stripping down for a quick wash on a summer day, but the idea has its merits. 🛁

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      I guess there’s always a good scrub in a river or stream too 🤭

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      1. Chuckster Avatar
        Chuckster

        While thumbing cross the States and Canada, I was forced to try all 3. I was never one that could go more than a few days without a scrub. Perhaps if I wasn’t such a fragrant beast… ha ha.

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        With soap or without?

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      3. Chuckster Avatar
        Chuckster

        No fancy shampoo. No coconut conditioner. Lifebuoy Bar Soap and Sand to exfoliate. I could have used one of your French femmes de chambre to scrub my back. Zut Alors! 🫧

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      4. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Lol zut alors, haven’t heard that since french class in high school 😂

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    Chuckster

    🤣

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  8. Fairweather Walker Avatar
    Fairweather Walker

    I’m a natural blonde (turning white, got some silver, got so many different colours my hairdresser said women pay to have that look) and maybe that’s why I’m drawn to dark hair in others. You looked great as a brunette or –ooh la la!– with black hair.

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    1. CJ Antichow Avatar
      CJ Antichow

      In some ways i miss my black hair because it was part of my identity i guess…although i honestly think the blonde now looks better on me. My Mom was a natural blonde and my younger sister is also blonde.

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