Studies have shown that 2 percent of the world is redheaded -- or as the other 98 percent of the world like to call us, ginger.
Being a ginger is not bad by any means. I mean, we have a higher pain tolerance, we have our own official day (yes, there is an actual day to celebrate being a ginger), you can't get this hair color from a bottle, freckles are cute as heck, and were all freggin adorable).
While all of these things are ridiculously true, there are some downsides to being a ginger.
You guessed it -- the stereotypes and the constant stupid questions from the non-ging’s of the world.
Even though we have major beauties on our side, i.e. Prince Harry, Bonnie Wright (AKA Ginny Weasley), and yours truly (wink wink), we go through struggles that are pretty unique.
1. IS THIS YOUR NATURAL HAIR COLOR?! (pulls hair to theirs) OMG THIS IS SO THE COLOR I WANT!
Hello? Hi. So that's weird. And pretty awk. Thanks for the compliment though.
2. Emma Stone isn’t really a ginger?!
I know, she fooled us all. I guarantee redheads everywhere are still crying to this day.
3. Do they make anything higher than SPF 100?
What can I say, the sun is our enemy. You say: “You got some sun today”, I hear: “LOL. You burnt.”
Don’t let us bother you getting bronzed skin over there, we just have to reapply for the 2nd time in the last hour. Forget to reapply? Have fun looking like a lobster, because our sunburns go from 0-100 real quick.
4. You ombred your hair? I can't even tell.
I sat in the chair for about 3 hours with dye in my hair. And. Nothing. Happened. Whenever you're lucky and your highlights actually show, celebrate while you can because that'll be gone real fast. Thank your pigment later though, when you're about 75 and your hair is just now turning white/gray.5. I want to wear makeup, but I want my freckles to show.
Freckles will always be adorable, and I will always believe that those who make fun of them are simply just jealous.
6. I just met you, but I'm going to say every ginger joke I know.
Although I love a good ginger joke on occasion, people love to tell me them. All. The. Time.
“Why did the ginger cross the road?” “I don’t know. Maybe to get away from your old jokes.”
“Knock, knock” “who’s there?” “Ginger” “Go away.”
7. Wait -- if you're a ginger, why are your eyes not blue or green?
(Oh my gosh Karen, you can't just ask someone why they don't have green or blue eyes.)
Even though I was blessed with my pretty emerald greens, I know fellow gingers with brown eyes. We're diverse. It happens. We're still adorable.
8. Everyone get out your shades, I'm wearing shorts today and my legs are brighter than the sun.
Back to the ultra-white jokes we go. Although we do get “color”, getting an actual tan is basically unheard of for a ginger. Embrace the white legs. They can be helpful, especially when they glow in the dark.
9. Calm down, no soul.
L freggin OL. You're so funny dude. This is probably the number one thing I get sick of hearing. I'm sure ginger's everywhere will agree with me when I say, “Bye Felicia.”
Being a ginger is a blessing. Even though we have to listen to constant jokes and have extreme whiteness, I wouldn’t trade being a part of the best 2 percent in the world for anything.
Be nice to a ginger today, you never know when the whiteness of their legs could help you get out of a super dark movie theater.
