Having long hair is a blessing, but it's also a curse. People always tell you how awesome your hair is or how beautiful, but they don't know how many times you've contemplated cutting it all off. There are so many struggles people with long hair endure every single day, and it's time to let the world know that these glorious manes come with a price--and not everyone can handle it.
1. Ponytails
Ponytails are my go-to 'do. It's probably the easiest style to maintain, but unfortunately I either forget to bring a ponytail holder, the ponytail holder snaps, or (as happens many times) my hair just doesn't want to cooperate.
2. Buns
Lol, don't even try. Buns don't work ever. Not even with a million bobby pins, a ton of hairspray, and six extra hands. Odds are your bun ends up looking like an animal sitting on your head. A very tangled animal.
3. Brushing your luscious locks
You love your long hair until it's time to brush it. Odds are you have to bend in weird ways to brush all of it and might even need help on those days when you can't deal anymore. And let's not even talk about the arm aches.
4. Washing that mane
I often have to psyche myself up all day to wash my hair. It takes forever and when I leave the shower, a long trail of water follows me. And I don't even want to talk about all the shampoo and conditioner I use.
5. Sleeping is dangerous
You have to carefully position your hair so that you can roll over without pulling out a wad of hair or straining your neck every single night. To top it all off, your hair sometimes decides to strangle you while you sleep (but no biggie).
6. Your hair gets stuck in everything.
Honestly, nothing sucks worse than when your hair gets caught in something. Whether it's a zipper, purse or backpack strap, car window or door, it hurts.
7. Styling your hair is a daily workout.
It takes forever to tame that luscious mane of yours, and by the end of it your arms are on fire.
8. You may have an irrational fear of haircuts.
Odds are you've gotten a terrible haircut in your life. You went in to get your dead ends trimmed, and you ended up losing six inches. Ever since then you've had a fear of haircuts because you can't emotionally handle losing all of your hair again.
9. Shedding
You're probably really surprised you haven't gone bald yet. It seems you lose a thousand pieces of hair a day. You've undoubtedly had to unclog numerous drains in your life, and your friends are always pulling your hair either off your clothes or themselves. The worst thing is that sometimes you feel like a spider is crawling on you, but it's really just a loose strand of hair.
10. Eating
Either your hair ends up in your food or your food ends up in your hair. There's really no winning here.
11. Wind is your worst enemy.
You brushed your hair 10 seconds ago, and then wind comes along and tangles it up again. You've probably eaten your hair or been blinded when this happens. But I think we can all agree that there's nothing worse than when the wind blows your hair into your lip gloss.
12. Swimming
You were hoping that this time would be different and that you'd look like a Victoria Secret model with that perfect wet hair look, but instead you ended up looking like a drowned rat. Plus, your hair seems to weigh a ton, and hair flips are virtually impossible. Say goodbye to those beautiful Instagram photos.
13. You wonder why you even try.
You brush it and poof. You go outside and poof. You wake up early to style it, and guess what? It's raining. Congratulations! You now look like a wet poodle.
14. You can never fit all of your hair in a selfie.
Your hair looks awesome, and you want the world to know. Unfortunately, that small Instagram square isn't cutting it. Your epic 'do just won't fit, and there's nothing you can do about it... except maybe buy a selfie stick.
15. Your hair covers whatever you're wearing.
Oh, are you wearing a gorgeous top? Is your dress backless? No one would ever know because your hair completely covers it.
16. Your hair takes forever to dry.
Unless you have a few hours to kill, don't wash your hair. It doesn't matter whether you blow dry it or let it air dry. It will take pretty much all day for it to dry.
