I cut my hair off!

The other day, I cut my hair off! Yep. I am actually glad I did. I wasn't sure for a few days though. Truth is, I was tired of having to do my hair. I was always wearing it up. I am cursed with VERY curly hair. While it has taken me a while to accept it, I still envy girls with straight hair.
Here are the curly girls rules to live by and what others should understand about curly hair.

1. Curly hair is not wash and wear hair.
2. The only good straight blow out a curly girl should do is a professional one. Otherwise it is as obvious as a toupee that you are a curly girl trying to go straight. (I have been there, done that)
3. All curly girls need good products. More specifically, anti frizz stuff, styling cream and conditioner.
4. Curls should never be crunchy!!!
5. Humidity and those misters (at out door restaurants) can make curly girls cry.
6. Curly girls should not wash their hair everyday. It is too drying.
7. If you like a curly girls hair, know she probably didn't just wake up like that. So quit saying that is why you like her curly hair. Curly hair is rarely easy to do or fast.
8. To get those beautiful ringlets (that makes everyone want curly hair). Twist hair and let air dry and then use a curling iron on the front. Use a blow dryer on your roots to gently give your hair some volume.
9. If you are trying to go curly and are having a hard time, find photos of women you think are pretty with curly hair, and tape them to your bathroom mirror. It will remind you that curly hair is attractive.
10. A curly girl absolutely MUST find a hair dresser that knows curly hair. Often a good sign is that they HAVE curly hair themselves (and not a perm)!
11. Perms whether to curl or straighten are always a bad idea. They really should be outlawed!

It took me years and years to get all these rules. I have made all these mistakes. I have has a lot of teary nights about my curly hair. I am starting to like it more and more though.