The Long Hair Debate

So I've been thinking about cutting my hair for a while now. However, I am one of those girls who easily falls into the trap of seeing other girls' hair and wanting mine to look just like that; ie. one day short and the next day down my back.

I've had long hair most of my life except for the year-long period where my (then) hairdresser mistook my comment about being ready to go shorter and heard, "I want to cut ten inches off my hair." No joke! The bottom line is that I don't wear short hair well. Boy hair cuts? Well, I just end up looking like...you guessed it, a boy! I remember when I was about nine and I asked for the Valerie Bertinelli/"One Day at a Time" layered do, and ended up with the Mrs. Brady/"Brady Bunch" cut. Only, somehow, I looked more like MR. Brady!

And then there's the debate of what guys like? Do they really like the longer hair? Are they tired of seeing their long-haired girlfriends/wives constantly putting their hair up to get it out of the way? And why are we basing our hair decisions on what they men in our lives want?

My latest inspiration is Julianne Hough's hair. Super long, great cut, great style. Great hair.

In the end, I know I'll go to my hairdresser and want a drastic change but I'll only want her to cut about half-an-inch off. Hey, it can happen...