Growing Grey Gracefully?

I was reading this article on the Guardian website with interest there as it strikes a chord with me. I enjoyed the 'celebs' saying 'oh I started going grey in my 30s'. I started going grey when I was 23. No, sorry, correction - I noticed my first grey hair when I was 23 - who knows how many were hidden away underneath that I hadn't yet seen. Its been one of those strange things - I was fairly confident I would go grey pretty young as both my parents did, but it was still a bit upsetting as it made me suddenly go 'Oh. I'm an old person now.'

I do dye my hair, although I went through a phase of growing out the colour to see just how much grey I had accumulated until they horror set in of just how much there really was. So I dye over it, although I'd never lie about it. Once it's all gone grey I've said I'll grow it all out and leave it long.

I point out with glee any grey hairs my husband (last count - 6) and middle-younger sister have (4/5). I don't do this to my youngest sister as she has inherited the same genes as me, so we just share a young-person-gone-grey solidarity. She's 23...