I have ridiculously thick hair. I know people say they have really thick hair, but then they are able to put it up or go to the gym and wash it afterwards (without it taking over an hour) so clearly they don't have hair as shit as mine.
I'm mid 40s, have had children etc and it just hasn't gotten any thinner so I think I'm stuck with it. It really does control my life. The only style (if I can call it that) I can wear it is just past my shoulders otherwise it puffs out and I look like someone from Dynasty. With layers I end up with a bad 90s "Rachel" look. I have to straighten it otherwise I look like Tina Turner - none of these looks are what I'm after 
It has a real curl/frizz to it, but I can't put product in and leave it to dry naturally because there's so bloody much of it, it would still be wet 10 hours later. I work full time in a professional environment so I want to look good and right now the only way I can do that is to wear it straight. This means that things like doing a workout or going for a swim has to have an hour and half added onto it. Even when I do go through the palaver of washing/drying/straightening it still doesn't look ok until the next day - there's absolutely no way I could do that and go out that night for example, I'd always have to do my hair the day before any event.
Sorry this is so long (and I know it's not important in the great scheme of things and other people have real problems to deal with) but it just gets me so down and I've yet to meet a hairdresser who knows how to handle my hair. In fact most of them have a go and then realise just how thick it is and want to run a mile. Is there anyone else who genuinely has hair as thick as mine and has been able to get it to look good without having to devote so much time and mental energy to it??