Alright, I'm sorry

I have been told that I was "meaner" than I should have been to the elderly lady on the bus. OK, I'll admit, that there is something very beautiful about long, straight, shiny black hair on a woman. I actually admire my friends who have been blessed with the fuss free, no need to style, it looks like this when I step out of the shower kind of hair. However, not many people (including many Asians) have that hair type. No one in my family certainly does...and I have paid GOOD money in the past to achive that particular look. Alright, so I could have handled the situation with the lady in a nicer way I suppose...no lying, softer tone, whatever. But why should I be worried about embarrasing her when she feels that she has the right to ask something that ridiculous to a stranger on the bus?? How is it any of her business that I "chopped" off my long locks (how would she know that I haven't always had short hair??) and dyed my hair...which, let's face it, there aren't THAT many people walking around with their natural hair color. Well, lady on bus no. 10: please, stop asking ridiculous questions of strangers who happen to sit near you on the bus and I am sorry that I said I was half Swedish...that was a lie. There, I'm sorry I lied...but I can't do anything about my tone when someone does something dumb.