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12 Struggles Of People With Long Hair

That awkward moment when there's a long hair in your butt.

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12 Struggles Of People With Long Hair
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Long, luscious, silky locks. Long hair is truly beautiful in the public's eye, but people really don’t know about the madness that occurs behind the scenes…

1. You shed EVERYWHERE.

Every single place that you travel, you leave a little DNA behind. Honestly, it’d be so easy for anyone to clone you. It’s super embarrassing when I shed at school because my long black hair can be seen sitting on the white tile floor next to my seat at the front of the class. Schools should invest in carpet!

2. You clog your shower drain every time you wash your hair.

I can’t even tell you how many hair catcher drains I’ve had to buy for my shower. It seems like I spend a longer time fetching out wet clumps of hair from the drain than actually showering.

3. You find long hairs in the crevices of your butt.

THE worst feeling is when you wipe and you can physically feel the hair. So you mentally prep yourself to go in and grab the hair, but oftentimes this is no easy task, thanks to all of the crevices. You fish around and don't even think of stopping until you find the little devil. Once you do, you pull and pull – almost like you’re a magician pulling an endless amount of handkerchiefs out of your front pocket. But you have to be ever so careful if the hair breaks BECAUSE WHEN IT BREAKS you’re forced to restart this entire process.

4. Styling your hair is so much effort.

Not only do I have long hair, but it is also thick. Not the best combination. Straightening it can take 25 minutes at the least, and for what? So the humidity can frizz it up again? Don’t even get me started on curling…

5. You’ve given up on brushing it.

It’s summertime. I don’t have to look nice for school every day so I just opt out of brushing my hair, but let’s be real, I never brushed it during the school year either.

6. Your hair ties constantly break.

You wrap the hair tie around your ponytail twice, but it still feels kind of loose so you try to wrap it around once more but BAM your hair tie broke.

7. Sleeping with your hair down is impossible.

I strongly advise against this. Even sleeping in a ponytail is difficult because when you roll over, your hair gets caught between your back and the mattress. #FirstWorldProblems

8. Your hair always gets in your food (and candles)

Always tie your hair up when eating or use this nifty contraption shown above. Years ago, I was sitting at a table that had a burning candle on it. I leaned over the table to reach for something and before I knew it my hair got singed by the candle!

9. The wind is your arch nemesis.

You go for a ride in a convertible on a hot day, but it’s nearly impossible to enjoy yourself with so much hair flapping in your face.

10. School chairs.

The feeling of having hair caught, pulled, and ripped out by these chairs might quite possibly be the most painful high school experience.

11. You get hair stuck in your armpit.

This usually only happens on humid days when you decide to wear a tank top. The fact that your armpits are probably sweaty from the heat only makes this occurrence even more disgusting.

12. People always tell you to cut it.

“You’d look so much better with shorter hair.” “You should probably trim these dead ends.” Girl, I’ll trim these ends when I’m dead. Because you know that no one can flaunt your long locks like you can.


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