# Is it true blondes have more fun? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427 "2006-09-20T16:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/1 "2006-09-20T16:32:27Z")
I’ve never been blonde and have no intention of being one, but I was just curious . . . ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/2 "2006-09-20T16:36:06Z")
I had a whole lot more fun as a redhead than when I was blonde (natural blonde, dyed my hair red when I was 15, and it’s still red today–almost 25 years later). However, I haven’t been having much fun lately. Mebbe I should go blonde again…nah. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/3 "2006-09-20T16:42:45Z")
I grew up blonde for most of my life, as I got older my hair naturally turned reddish. I guess I am a strawberry blonde now and I am still waiting for my fun. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/4 "2006-09-20T16:45:51Z")
I’m a blonde and although I was relatively attractive in school, I never attracted hordes of admiring guys. However, I was on the receiving end of a lot of “You just think you’re so great because you’re blonde” crap from bitchy brunette girls. Maybe that’s why I’m a bit touchy about blonde jokes nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/5 "2006-09-20T18:08:25Z")
Well, I’m having tons of fun lately. I don’t think it’s got anything to do with me being blonde though… On the other hand, my sister is a brunette and I’ve always had more fun than her. Like now, for instance. I get to do whatever I want, whenever I want and she’s stuck at home with her 6 month old daughter. _sigh_ Ok, so maybe I have more fun, but the fun she has is more fulfilling. “Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you will cease to be so.” --John Stuart Mill. So true, so true. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/6 "2006-09-20T18:15:26Z")
I think it’s true that a girl might start having more fun once she changes her hair _to_ blonde. It’s as though the new look gives you a shot at a new personality, too, and you let yourself step out of your comfort zone a little. I know that’s true for me whenever I dye my hair red. I’m sassier, don’t put up with as much crap from people, and I even walk differently. As a brunette, I’m quieter and let myself fade a little into the background. I can’t figure out if I change my mood to match my hair, or my hair to match my mood, but they seem to go together. I’d try blonde, just to add to the experiment, but I would look _really_ horrible as a blonde. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/7 "2006-09-20T19:30:59Z")
Somehow I always picture Eve as a chic blonde. What is your hair colour, Eve? StG ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/8 "2006-09-20T19:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] Somehow I always picture Eve as a chic blonde. What is your hair colour, Eve? StG [/QUOTE] A nice deep chocolate brown, with a few distinguished silver threads. ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/9 "2006-09-20T20:28:08Z")
Well, I used to think blondes had more fun, but now I dunno----my SO prefers brunettes, and it has taken months to get him used to my blonde hair color (and my absolutely white skin). I wanted him to agree with me that Michelle Pfeiffer (as in The Fabulous Baker Boys) is far more luscious than Ashley Judd (as in Simon Birch), but I don’t think he’s quite THERE yet. I am going white at the temples at this point, and have a splash of greyish-white around the crown of my head…if he waits around long enough, I’ll have a halo of brilliant white hair like my grandmother’s, and the blondeness will all be a thing of the past. But during college days—I dunno, was it the blondeness or the big boobs which kept 'em coming around? I’m kind of doubting hair color had a lot to do with it… –Beck ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/10 "2006-09-20T21:29:03Z")
NOW it all makes sense! And I was blaming it on being alternately introverted and not really interested in the human race. :smack: **gigi** of the white and light brown hair ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/11 "2006-09-20T22:10:03Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Is it true blondes have more fun? [/QUOTE] No, they’re just more easily amused. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-blondes-have-more-fun/373427/12 "2006-09-20T23:10:35Z")
heh I resemble that remark, **Miller.** I was a towhead as a preschooler, regular blonde by junior high, am dark golden now with Eve’s silver threads. There definitely has been scrutiny–not sure about the more fun part. I remember being asked “are you a natural blonde?” before I actually knew what that really meant. I was just a little kid. Like **Teela,** I received a few snarky comments. If I ever did have _extra_ fun, I think it was balanced out by all the critical questions and remarks.