Did I roll my eyes forever when I mentioned I was cutting my then waist-length hair and people (of both genders) freaked the fuck out? Yeah, but I wasn't offended so much as amused. Peeps were treating it like I was knocking down a national treasure. Dudes, it's hair. It Will Grow Back.

Much to my sorrow my hair doesn't go much past my bra-strap. My objection would be based in my own personal pain -- but I doubt I'd freak out.

Yeah, Sumi, what bastards!

Sumi.... I feel the pain of being "support staff"

The worst is that they just had the student worker tell me she was going as she was leaving. . . where is the common courtesy of say, advanced notice? Even 30 minutes?

Much to my sorrow my hair doesn't go much past my bra-strap. My objection would be based in my own personal pain -- but I doubt I'd freak out.

I have to admit, it was pretty fabulous hair. Waist-length, thick, slightly wavy, and the perfect shade of red. (Which, I am here to tell you, is harder than hell to get.) But, man, I was so sick of being defined by my hair at that point. (This was just as I was starting to crawl out of my depression.)

Like they don't want other people to think that their woman is real butch or something. (Not that I think AT ALL that short hair = butch. Just that some of these dudes might.)

Speaking just for my dad, this is so very much not the issue. (And if you knew him, you'd understand why I can't stop laughing now.)

Hell, even knowing that at this weight, I look best with mid-length locks, I still have pangs of longing for the old length.

Plei is me. Short hair looks so much better on me it's absurd, but...I used to have so much hair! It was long and pretty and I could do anything I wanted with it...

On the short guy theory, I'm still pondering this parallel.

When I dated a guy two inches shorter than I (making him a pretty wee 5'4") I'd be talking about him and singing his praises as the newly smitten are wont to do... he's a massage therapist, and speaks seven languages, and has big brown eyes, and and and and the whatever friend would be all swoony or noddy until I got to how tall he was and many MANY of them would PHYSICALLY RECOIL.

And then say, "oh, I could NEVER date a man shorter than I am".

"Why not?"

More often than not the answer was t drum-roll "How would I wear heels?"

It was so silly. And SO frequent.

Wow, Plei, you had Kay's hair! If I really tried for it I would be a Process Nightmare. So it is sort of Ideal Hair for me.Trudy, I'd date that guy in a minute just because I wouldn't *always* be looking at his crotch, uh, I mean eye-level with it.

but...I used to have so much hair! It was long and pretty and I could do anything I wanted with it...

Exactly!

Wow, Plei, you had Kay's hair!

Less curly, darker red.

It was Waterhouse hair.

Speaking just for my dad, this is so very much not the issue. (And if you knew him, you'd understand why I can't stop laughing now.)

Oh yeah I doubt it's true for most people who have a stated hair length preference. I was just thinking maybe for some guys it is though.