You all will relate to these struggles for sure if you love wearing lehenga. Even if you have worn lehenga once in this lifetime. In fact, chances are you’ve twirled in one as part of a fancy-dress competition, or for a folk-dance performance. Wearing a mini-me version of the lehenga is a rite of passage for most girls. While some take to it rather graciously, some have trouble navigating through basic activities of life. Its cool powering through lehengas/ghaghras/ghagris isn’t an easy game. Check out the various struggles if you have gone through any and let us know.

Trust us somebody needs to give you a medal for attempting to sit in a car with all that flare and still make space for your siblings, who, if it’s your sister, will also most likely be wearing a lehenga. There is nothing wrong is silently praying for the flare to remain intact until the end of the ride.

The second most difficult thing is to walk and sit which is the mundane tasks you don’t otherwise suck at, suddenly seem challenging in a lehenga. Oh, and when the relatives force you to dance, you lug your skirt around to deliver a mild thumka. The only thing that comes naturally to you when you’re this decked-up is sitting and eventually, eating.

When you do get to step out of this mini-fest of an outfit, you are faced with a wardrobe emergency. Where is one supposed to stuff this giant skirt away? You need an exit plan and you need it fast. Our advice would be to sleep on it. You wore a heavy lehenga, that’s enough work for the day.

Where does the dupatta go? Do you wear it like a sari pallu or like a stole across the neck, 90s style? Is it best to let it be? Will the real dupatta please stand up and solve this eternal mystery? You girls can relate to this one struggle for sure we think as all have experienced this.

Of the numerous tasks, you can’t perform in a lehenga, choreographed dances happen to be the most difficult one. Indians love their Bollywood dance routines. You are most likely performing if you have wilfully donned an outfit that weighs as much as your baby niece. In that scenario, whatever you learned during practice doesn’t translate onto the stage.

Yes, admit it we’ve all fallen prey to the untimely call of nature. Brides know this all too well. Right before they are summoned, they get this growing feeling. It tells them they must pee in all their designer finery. Most succumb to the pressure and, thanks to bridesmaids, even manage to get the job done without defiling their wedding lehenga.