2. There is no pain like putting on your tights and leotard and tying up your pointe shoes — and then having to pee.
3. You have to dodge hundreds of stares when you go to a restaurant with your family after a recital.

4. And you can never wear open-toed shoes in public, because people are grossed out by your nasty ballet feet.

—Caroline Pearce and Hannah Wodrich, Facebook