1. Humidity, rain, or any other less than perfect weather. You might as well just stay in and order your Jimmy John's so no one has to see your hair. Basically, just accept it.

2. Hair brushes. Remember that scene in Princess Diaries when she broke the brush? Yeah, that is your real life. Some days you just think it would be easier to cut the tangles out. While a brush makes everyone else has smooth, silky hair, it is just going to make your hair poof up as big as it can.

3. “I wish I had your hair.” Really? Because I do not believe you. If you do not have patience, then curls are not for you. Forget tossing your hair back gracefully and letting it fall, flawlessly. No, you cannot handle my hair.

4. “Is your hair naturally curly?” Are you serious? You think I actually get up every morning and do this to my head? And when you are asked this on a bad hair day, you just want to scream. You really think I did this to my hair on purpose? 

5. No hat ever fits. That means no cute embroidered hats with your letters on them. Unless you are into those huge Bob Marley type of beanies, give up on hats all together.

6. Straightening your hair is a full time job. When recruitment comes around and you are told to straighten your hair, you instantly feel rage. Unless some of our recruitment budget goes towards paying me to spend three hours straightening my hair, you can absolutely forget about it.

7. Being compared to a poodle, Troy Polamalu or anything else with curls. Just because we have the same texture of hair does not make us the same person. I am pretty sure making someone the equivalent of a dog is not how you make friends.

8. The amount of money you spend on hair products. Financial aid drops? It's party time! For those of us with curly hair? Nope. I spend it on my necessary hair products. So while you get an extra round at happy hour, I will be praying these products work and my hair looks so great that someone buys a drink for me.

9. But no hair care product ever works. This moisturizing moose? My hair is crunching with every move. If I actually pursued these companies for false advertisement, I would be rich.

10. Finding a hair stylist with curly hair. If your hair stylist thinks they know curly hair and they have straight hair, they are dirty, filthy liars. You need someone who understands that curls eat up color and you need more highlights than the average head. Do not even try finding a stylist in your college town. Stick with your trusted curl-wrangler back at home. Do not forget to tip your stylist well; you know what a pain your hair is.

11. People always want to touch it. I have been in stores and strangers will come up and touch my hair. Umm, can you not? You are making it frizzy with your oily little fingers. Plus, you are a stranger; if I touched your head you would be upset. 

12. You can only air dry. Blow dryers, unless used by a professional, are just a no-go. Your hair will get so frizzy and wild that you will have to wash it again to start over. It is not worth the hassle and it will never look as good as a professional blow-out. 

13. You buy stock in Drano. You really have two choices here -- try to catch all the hair in the shower and put it on the wall until you get out, or buy Drano. It will unclog all the curls you let run down that crappy dorm or apartment drain. Those are old and cannot even handle fine straight hair, let alone curls. Buy Drano and get a boyfriend so he can unclog it for you!

14. You cannot sleep with your hair down. Unless you want to wake up with a rat’s nest on your head, you better sleep in braids or a bun. What if all those long curls ganged together late at night and after years of neglect they decide to strangle you in your sleep? You can take your chances, but I like tangle free hair and life, thank you very much.

15. You have to plan your life around when you are washing your hair. Oh, you are going to sweat like a pig today in spin class? I am sorry I cannot go, I washed my hair last night. With curls, you cannot wash your hair every day. It makes them break and get really oily (shocking I know). This calls for planning your weekly outings around when you are going to wash your hair. Do not even bother with dry shampoo, they did not make it with curly hair in mind.

While curls may be the biggest struggle of the hair world, I would not have it any other way. People spend big bucks on curling irons, wands and perms trying to achieve what we naturally have.  And for that, genetics, we thank you!