Ah, bangs. The little portion of hair that some of us use to frame our faces. As someone who doesn't do a whole lot with her hair most of the time, bangs are the little something extra I need to brighten up my face. I love my bangs dearly, and I've had them so long I don't think I could ever be without them, but sometimes they're a pain in the butt. It honestly takes a lot of caution and effort to keep them looking the way you want, but in the end I think those of us who have bangs can say it's worth it. Here are some struggles of having bangs that remind us once again that nothing worth having comes easily.

When the wind blows and suddenly they're going a million different directions

If you have side bangs you know that this would be remedied if the wind would just cooperate with you and blow in the direction of your part. If you have full bangs, the only thing you can do if hairspray those babies and hope for the best. Basically, wind is the sworn enemy of bangs.

They're always the first part of your hair to get greasy

The rest of your hair looks fine, but suddenly your bangs look like you sprayed them with cooking oil. But it's no big deal, right? It's not like they draw attention to your face or anything, they're definitely not one of the first things people look at.

When you've fixed them a million times and they still just won't lay right

Yes, bangs, I definitely wanted an awkward part right in the middle of you. Thank you for positioning yourselves so that is the only thing that will happen.

When they start getting too long

Then they're just getting all in your eyes and what not and its obnoxious. And most of the time it starts happening right when you've got a lot of stuff going on and can't make it to the salon. At that point you either start pulling them back for a while or you decide that you trust yourself enough to trim them (which I do NOT recommend unless you're a hairdresser).

...and when they end up too short

Maybe they didn't need cut and you were planning ahead, or they looked a lot longer when they were wet so you told your girl to keep cutting, or you cut them yourself and didn't know what you were doing. You pull them back if you can, but if you can't you just own it. If Audrey Hepburn could pull it off, so can you.

You literally have to plan every decent looking hairstyle around them

Dressing up? Better pick a hairstyle that compliments your bangs. Getting an up-do for a special occasion? Can't get anything fancy in the front, you've got bangs. Trying out a new accessory? Hope it goes with your bangs. Personally, I use my bangs as a way of looking nicer without doing much of anything with my hair, but it makes it so much harder when I decide I do want to do something.

When you sleep on them and they protest

If you wake up in the morning with perfect looking bangs, please share your secret with the world. Mine take a good couple of adjustments before they look decent in the morning, and I know better than to try to shower at night and then sleep with wet hair. That's just asking for trouble.

When a few strands of hair that aren't part of your bangs decide to weave their way in

And your stylist will ask if you want them cut into your bangs, and you say yes because they're there anyways so why not. But once you get them cut, they of course decide to go back to where they belong.

When someone touches them

DO NOT TOUCH SOMEONE'S BANGS. I REPEAT, DO NOT TOUCH SOMEONE'S BANGS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IF THEY GET MESSED UP.

When you pull the rest of your hair back and it's just awkward

Your bangs fade into your hair when it's down, but when you pull it back there's just this awkward chunk of space between that and the rest of your hair. And if you have side bangs, there's a good chance you look bald on one side when your hair is back.