Curly hair: those who have it don't want it, and those who don't have it desperately wish they did. For as many pros curly hair has, there are just as many cons to go with them. While no two curly-haired people are exactly the same, the curly experience tends to be universal. Here are 17 experiences every curly-haired girl knows to be true.

1. You often saw yourself as the “before” part of the makeover.

2. People with straight hair telling you they wish they had curly hair...

3. And then in the same breath, telling you that you should straighten your hair more.

4. The look people give you when you tell them you don’t wash your hair every day.

5. “Why don’t you just brush it?"

6. Friends and complete strangers touching it without your permission.

7. "How do you get your hair like that??"

8. All the "curly hair tutorials" you can find are just girls with straight hair curling it and then styling it.

9. And curled hair clogging up the curly hair tags basically everywhere.

10. When other people complain about their hair frizzing up and you're just like.

11. Wanting to shave your head every time something goes wrong.

12. You probably own drawers filled with products that didn't work for your hair.

13. And then when you did find something that works, you hoard bottles of it.

14. When a bottle says to use a "dime-sized" amount.

15. When girls with wavy hair complain about their "curls."

16. While girls with kinky/ coily curls probably look at girls that complain about ringlet curls like.

17. But in the end, you actually wouldn't trade your curly hair for anything in the world.

So you go girl, go out into the world and own that untamable lion's mane.