Eight struggles of being blonde or ‘blonde’

When you have blonde hair you appear to take on a blonde personality too. Apparently we’re great fun (that’s true) but there’s also many struggles that come with being a blonde and that’s not just the assumption we know how to bend and snap.

Addicted to being blonder. This is definitely a thing, you get some highlights and you love it. You then get more and more highlights. And soon you look like Draco Malfoy – without the wizardry, just very dry and damaged hair.

Sick of stereotyping – ‘practice on a blonde and marry a brunette’, LET’S GET SOME HAIR EQUALITY UP IN HERE. They’re the idiot if they use hair colour to decide their life choices, not the blondes. And let’s face it, the real hilarity is how many blondes does it take to laugh at their shit jokes?

Being aligned as the bitch in every film *except Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson, these ladies were a step towards a blonde revolution.* If you’re blonde, you’re suddenly the bleach bitch. Your hair is porous and your personality resembles that of a homeware employee. Only sweet and innocent non-blondes get the happy ending. The blondes are the mistake, the cheaters and have a prominent ‘slut’ tag.

I blame Richard Curtis

Tim and Mary in the wonderful Romantic-Comedy bubble, courtesy of Richard Curtis’ About Time (via giphy)

Richard Curtis is guilty of feeding our romantic-comedy addictions (the one who told you Love Actually is all around). But why do we love this genre so much?

Romantic-comedies are arguably the best sub-genre known to any person willing to admit they don’t still smirk at Bridget Jones’ massive pants or fall weak at the knees for Matthew McConaughey’s undeniable charm.

From pages to visuals. Most romantic novels later appear as successful films, including: Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), One Day (2011) and Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008).  The pages come to life and it’s easier to scoff an entire bag of popcorn when your hands aren’t firmly stuck to your book or your tablet. Despite feeling a little hostile at the fact that the movie version may have missed out a beautiful piece of dialogue, there’s something wonderful about knowing all the fine details whilst watching the movie version. Your film buddy may not know all the thoughts that went on in her head the moment before she kissed him or the exact way he looks into her eyes, but you do.